Probably gonna get flak for this, but as a man, I have no issues if women want to stick with other women and I don’t particularly care if I have the option to pick whatever driver I want.

Obviously weirdness and sexual misconduct can occur to both men and women from both men and women, but it’s naive as hell to pretend that men being weird or sexual towards women isn’t the most common.

I understand why women feel this is necessary, but I also understands that a policy like this paints all men with the same brush. It’s like they are saying “Since a small number of men are creeps, we give you the option to avoid all men”. Which seems to be counterproductive.

Meanwhile, Uber has invasive tracking, where they know everyone’s history. They know how many drives a customer has provisioned without incident. And I have always considered these rideshare things to be particularly safe, because all parties are consenting to the tracking.

If Uber had rolled this out and said “you have the option to avoid rides with the opposite gender without an established history in our files”, then I think I would have less of a problem with it. But it seems like I can do everything right, and be respectful of everyone, and give Uber shitloads of money, and still be potentially waiting longer for a ride, just because of my parts. How is that OK?

It’s not about you. Repeat after me: It’s not about you. It’s about women who feel unsafe.

Most sexual assault is not reported.

And you will not be waiting longer, women who choose this service will be. So cut the pity party. You lose absolutely nothing.

The more I think about it, though, the more I think this is a genuine discrimination case. If Uber had rolled this out and said “White drivers can choose to pick up only white passengers”, would that be OK?

Heck, I even think if they rolled this out and said “female users can choose a preference for only female drivers”, that might be able to fly, because it’s the buyer of the service expressing that view.

But to me, for the people offering the service, there is no difference between this and someone who doesn’t want to make a cake for a gay wedding. Yes, I understand the safety thing. But a store that catered to women wouldn’t be able to bar men from entering.

You know what sucks the most about this? They’re probably gonna get sued over it, either by the Trump DOJ or some shitty Red State AG, who is probably gonna win.