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Uber is letting women avoid male drivers and riders in the US (www.uber.com)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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When women riders and drivers told us they wanted more control over how they ride and earn, we listened. That feedback led to Women Preferences, features designed to give women the choice to ride with other women. Since our first pilots last summer, we’ve heard just how much that choice matters—from feeling more comfortable in the back seat to more confident behind the wheel.

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[–] 8 points 6 months ago (5 children)

You answered your own question. The task for men is to trust women when they describe their experiences, even if it’s completely invisible and alien to their own experiences. Reading detailed firsthand accounts is a good way to build understanding.

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  • [+] -7 points 6 months ago* (4 children)

    That is not a task for men. That is a demand from women. If men can only decide to believe based on the trust they have with the speaker then the speaker must earn their trust. It is not men's responsibility to become trusting of women, just because women want it. If women want men to trust their words then it's women's responsibility to gain men's trust. It would be profoundly unwise of men to believe without either trust or safety. How often do you ever concern yourself with the safety of men? Because from my experiences, those of my male friends and of the media women like most, women ensuring men feel safe enough to trust is not a concept that rarely ever appears, nevermind it being respected when it does.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I think we all need to do the work to understand the problems faced by different groups. Women need to be doing this too. This isn’t a thread about problems men face, however.

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  • [–] -3 points 6 months ago*

    Few of them ever are...which is an example of the point. Stories of men's experiences are not wanted. So when the topics affecting men are brought up, it's the closest many get to being heard. Which, of course, they get attacked for. It's not the place but there is no place so it never gets heard. Seems to me like a little system of censorship and oppression.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    This is kind of an insane take.

    Women have always been vulnerable. Women are easy targets because they are, on average, physically weaker than males.

    Women get raped and sexually assaulted at rates far beyond men. 50% of women will suffer a sexual assault of some kind in their life. Just 3% of men report a sexual assault.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    What's so insane about it?

    I agree that women have and will likely continue to be, physically vulnerable to larger people, most often from those whom are men, because they more often bigger. Women suffer from this vulnerability in a variety of ways, including sexual assault. That risk, and the severity of the consequences, deserves community effort to mitigate.

    Where's the insane part?

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