Male drivers probably want that too. Especially the drunk women.
this post was submitted on 10 Mar 2026
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Men being triggered by this is so cringe. Ew.
The sad reality is that women have to worry about being attacked... Not all men are creepy but men need to also hold the shitty men accountable too. The "would you rather be in the woods with a bear or a random man" question broke the internet because it was a strong argument and made a lot of men think about who even they feel comfortable with if alone in the woods.... Most men said the bear, too... Idk many men who are deathly afraid of women and this isnt me saying that men havent been raped, abused, attacked. No human should have to experience ANY intimate violence. The risks are just less statistically. Its not weird to try and mitigate violence on any app...
As a man, I also want to ride with a woman driver, for my safety.
Most of the comments here seem to be talking about the politics of the gender roles, but no one really seems to be mentioning that Uber should only be used as a very last resort. Call a Taxi, a friend, take public transit. Do not support the VC startup trash that doesn't pay their ~~employees~~ "contractors" living wage.
Taxi drivers and taxi companies rip off passengers. Taxi companies don't do fixed rates agreed-upon before the trip.
I'm not going to mooch off a friend.
Public transit can't always get me where I need to go when I need to get there in a reasonable time (but it is my first choice when it's too far or unpleasant to walk).
If the issue is the drivers not being paid well, then tip well.
When taxis and/or public transit can improve their services to the point where Uber doesn't replace them, then Uber will be redundant.
Supply and demand. If that's what they want, fine. But that might limit ride availability.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
i see more complaints about misogyny in the comments here than actual misogyny. Which is good, I'm just wondering what I missed
Men are upset that women feel the need to protect themselves against men.
No, men are upset that there's nothing they can do to assuage that fear. Imagine if half the world thinks you're a grenade with a faulty spoon, and there's nothing you can do to show that you have had your gunpowder removed and cannot explode. You're just resigned that you will always be viewed as a threat even though you stay far away in public, don't talk, keep eyes down, ear buds in, stay at home and hardly leave the house. What more can we expect from them? They know some men are bad, just like some women are bad. But no one told men what to do, other than to believe women when they say things, and many women said don't approach, they don't need men, they are independent and equal.
What do you believe the average Joe sitting in his house as a hermit should do to fix women being afraid of him when he leaves the house? Genuine question. I don't see the solution.
Okay but where? On balance there are not a lot of those comments and they're downvoted through the floor. The complaints make it sound like they're alone in a sea of angry men.
You can sort by controversial or just open the replies under some other comments. There’s plenty of sexism against women here.
A lot of the nastier comments on lemmy aren’t super in your face, they’re subtle jokes about women being bad drivers or that it’s not fair to say men are violent against women.
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