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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[–] 10 points 6 months ago* (3 children)

Whenever something like this happens where women speak out or something is done to benefit their safety, men just love showing up to give opinions that nobody asked for.

You could paste this article link in the most progressive-minded group you can think of and, like clockwork, a significant amount of men will be like "Ok great, but..." and drop some turd of a comment that beautifully highlights just how ignorant they are as to how unsafe women actually feel.

Hannah Gadsby did a fantastic show called Nannette which heavily goes into these topics and her own personal experiences. I can't remember the exact quote but she said something like "If this is all surprising to you then you're not talking with the women in your life."

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    “If this is all surprising to you then you’re not talking with the women in your life.”

    To be fair, maybe Lemmy is less social than "average"? I'm certainly contributing to that statistic.

    ...Still, as a guy, it's kind of my experience everywhere. The longer I live, even as isolated as I am, the more I'm bewildered by other men being incapable of following the "don't be a jerk" rule, incapable of shutting up and listening to women, or doing/saying straight up terrible, sexist things, all while knowing that's the tip of the iceberg.

    I can't even imagine the experience of being a woman using Uber. It's mind boggling that so many male commenters wag their fingers like they somehow do.

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