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All-Female Ridesharing To Debut In Boston (qz.com)
HughPickens.com writes: Scores of women have reported assaults by Uber drivers... Now Jenni Avins reports at Quartz that a ride-sharing service that only uses women as drivers, Chariot for Women, is set to launch April 19 in Boston, featuring more stringent background checks and additional steps to ensure riders correctly match with their drivers.... "[U]nlike other services, Chariot for Women features a patent-pending technology that will provide both users and drivers with a code after a request is made that will need to be verified upon starting the ride," reports Glamour. But "whether it's legal or not is a different question," says Joseph L. Sulman. Quartz reports that "According to civil rights lawyers, Chariot for Women's female-only policies could put it squarely in the crosshairs of gender discrimination lawsuits, which would be difficult to win." Founder Michael Pelletz says he welcomes the legal challenge. "We want to show there's inequality in safety in our industry," says Pelletz. "We hope to go to the US Supreme Court to say that if there's safety involved, there's nothing wrong with providing a service for women."
They explicitly say that they're inclusive of anyone who identifies as a woman, including trans women.
As a trans woman, I'd really appreciate if dudes stopped trying to fuck stuff up for us.
I need a cab... and I just happen to be a trans-woman as well ! Oh, and I'll have a leak in women's bathroom as well ! Profit !
...but to me this sounds like a "service" that paints a big giant "I'm so afraid of being assaulted I'll do anything" sign on its customers.
And on ANY female customers of other "rideshare" services, who happen to be driven by female drivers.
Basically, if you're a violent criminal and see a woman coming out of a car driven by a woman - you're seeing easy prey.
Regardless of YOUR gender.
Bonus points if you're a female criminal with a big, threatening boyfriend.
You just stop that gullible female who only trusts females and start up a conversation - while your big threatening boyfriend sneaks up from behind.
Same goes if you're the big threatening boyfriend whose girlfriend is up for playing bait.
Whoever the woman coming out of a car driven by a woman is - at least she has a mobile phone on her.
And she is SO AFRAID of being assaulted, she can't even stand to sit next to strange men.
Easy prey.
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OK, isn't it interesting though that the same type of service aimed only at white customers or only for a specific religion would cause a massive outcry and also would be illegal?
The world isn't fair. I'm sorry if attempts to make it more fair are sometimes applied inconsistently.
Discrimination against non-whites has been, and continues to be a massive problem in society.
As such I have no hesitation about banning services that are for whites only.
Discrimination by women has never been a problem except in the imagination of men's rights activists, on the other hand women being harassed or assaulted by men has also been a huge problem forever.
I have no issue with a woman only service giving woman a ridesharing service where they feel safe from harassment.
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