Women will soon be able to request a female Uber driver

This is long overdue.

Has Uber had a history of problems with male drivers / female passengers to warrant this ?

Trump and his minions will try to shut this down. DEI, they think it is.

[quote]Has Uber had a history of problems with male drivers / female passengers to warrant this ?

There have been rapes and at least one murder. I'm not sure how well these programs work, though. Lyft introduced something a year or two ago and since I hadn't noticed and opted out, I was part of it. Male drivers still picked me up more often than not and I'm in an area with a lot of drivers.

R2 Yes

Straight men are such scumbags

Can they fix it so I can request only hawt drivers?????

This will be a good job for Jizzlane once Dump pardons her.

There are some looney female drivers too. I've had a couple.

R9 right but this is specifically about women’s fear of sexual assault or worse at the hands of (straight) men. The “actually I would choose the bear” thing.

They can’t all be lying… the problem is real.

Yet another reason to be sick of American women and their constant separate-but-equal social demands and expectations.

[quote]There have been rapes and at least one murder.

Not even, just that. Drivers will other creepy things too like show up at the woman's home because they now know the address, stick around outside of it when they shouldn't be, and communicate with them via message and say weird things.

Uber does a safety report every now and then. In 2020 there were 141 rape reports (vs 247 in 2019.) There were 3,824 sexual assault reports (which was down rom 5,981 in 2017 and 2018.) However, it went both ways unfortunately. 43% were the rider harassing the driver.

I'd guess the numbers are either worse or the same for them to finally do this now, and I'm glad women drivers will get to request women passengers as well.

One issue I encounter (I'm not a woman but it's still weird) is seeing that a certain person is going to show up and then getting someone completely different. They still need to do work on a lot of aspects of their business.

[quote] DEI, they think it is.

Hi, Yoda!

I want to be able to request male drivers. Preferably hot ones.

How is this not discriminatory?

R12, my spouse had a stressful experience like that last point you made.

The app said a driver (male) with an established high rating was coming. Instead the driver of the vehicle was a totally non English speaking woman who, it turned out, was an inexperienced driver and afraid of highways. She took side streets all the way to the airport, nearly doubling the time, and my spouse came within minutes if not seconds of missing his flight. He kept trying to guide her onto the highway but she seemed very stressed out, erratic behind the wheel and unable to speak any English.

That definitely should not have happened!

R15 Women can also request female massage providers.

Can I request the Man Driver that do nude body rub?

R15, It's not discrimination. Uber hires drivers of all genders so no one’s being denied work.

And riders/drivers having a preference is no different than picking a woman doctor or therapist.

Courts already allow gender-based choices when it involves safety.

How are they defining “female”?

R20 I'd like to know!

I see this thread has summoned the MRA trolls.

[quote] Yet another reason to be sick of American women and their constant separate-but-equal social demands and expectations.

That's why I married a foreigner! She has no expectations! I just grab her by the pussy. She hates me and sometimes she fights back but that just makes it hotter. Now my Vice President's wife was born in America but she's a practicing Hindoo and brown so pretty foreign, no social demands from her either.

Thank you for the explanation, R19. I truly had no idea that someone could specifically request a service provider based on gender. Granted, I know that you can self-choose someone of a specific gender, for instance, if I would prefer a gay male doctor, I'll look up gay male doctors online in my area and make an appointment with that gay male doctor, but I didn't think you could specifically request one for comfort purposes. It just seems like a slippery slope. But if it's a thing, it's a thing.

I love this new rule. More for me!

My app already had this option for a long time. Is it a California rule going national or something?

Believe all drunk women.

Block all trolls.

I was molested.

The trolling on Datalounge has gotten so fucking stupid lately. If you're acting all bothered and offended by this, no one - no one sane, no one happy, no one without a raging personality disorder - is buying your bullshit.

I've seen lots of YouTube videos of insane Uber and Lyft drivers and some of the craziest have been female drivers.

R31 Crazy (and ineptness) comes from all genders--but sexual assault largely comes from one. This isn't an initiative designed to protect women from incompetence, it's to protect them from being raped/murdered/stalked.

How about LGBT only drivers. Straight dudes can be scary some times. Especially when they don't realize right away you are gay. The last Uber ride I took was bucket of bolts and the driver was talking about his gun.

This isn’t even going to work because only about 20% of Uber drivers are women.

Women opt out of gig jobs like rideshare driving, delivery, or other app-based services — especially those that involve working late hours, being alone with strangers, or traveling to unfamiliar neighborhoods.

They only do that if they’re hookers.

So idk women are going to have to wait a long time if they want a female driver.

[quote]Yet another reason to be sick of American women and their constant separate-but-equal social demands and expectations.

I don't think wanting not to be raped and / or murdered is terribly unreasonable?

Nor is it specific to American women.

I would like to request a hot, gay, slutty driver.

I have seen a lot of women working in gig jobs, R34. They just do it a little different. Uber for example one female driver told me she's fine bringing people to a bar early in the evening, she just avoids scheduling herself for late night rides or pickup from bars and clubs. Another woman I talked to said she mainly works the airport since most people there just want to get to and from a hotel. Another said she loved working very early in the morning because it was mostly taking people to work or to the airport.

[quote]I would like to request a hot, gay, slutty driver.

You missed your chance - George Santos headed off to prison today.

What part of HOT is George Santos?

In George Santos' world, all of him ! Those boys in prison will be clawing to get at him in the showers !

George is going to bring his own bars of soap to drop on the floor. Except the minute they drop, all the men are going to leave the shower.