Women-only Uber set to open in Boston. Isn't that illegal?

SporkTornado · 2016-04-10T19:46:54+00:00

I'm curious as to how many drivers they will get. I know the overwhelming majority of taxi drivers out there are men. Additionally men are more likely to work night shift. How many women are interested in driving a taxi at 2am giving women rides home from bars. Will they get enough female drivers signing up to make this successfull. Or will a lack of women signing up to be drivers crash the system.

ablemabley · 2016-04-10T22:12:22+00:00

Under Massachusetts law this company is illegal. Do I care enough to do anything about it? Not really. If an unemployed guy happened to apply for a job to this company, was passed over for a woman, then decided to sue, would I support him in his endeavor? Definitely

Lethn · 2016-04-11T01:17:05+00:00

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ghebert001 · 2016-04-10T19:25:36+00:00

Female only drivers and passagers? Great. Less chance of false rape accusations there.

TheDude41 · 2016-04-10T23:58:41+00:00

Every subscriber living in Boston -- call a ride in from them, then sue.

chocoboat · 2016-04-11T01:55:42+00:00

Sounds pretty illegal to me. If law enforcement doesn't shut this down in a hurry, I look forward to when a competitor opens up a "whites only" driver service. It should be quite a show.

garglemesh42 · 2016-04-10T19:18:11+00:00

I'm interested in this only so far as capitalism is concerned. I don't know it's legality, but I feel it should be legal and allowable. If it is, however, expect uber and lyft to quickly add options to their apps for gender preference.

But why stop there? I'd rather not be driven by some kid who's had his license for less than a decade. I want an experienced driver. And I don't like anyone with religious crap all over their car, so I'd like to select based on that too.

I'm perfectly serious about the above, btw. I feel customers should be given the option to discriminate however they so choose. Of course, the downside is that they're going to be waiting longer for a ride or in many cases there won't be a ride available that matches their criteria, but them's the brakes ( pun intended ).

5isoutofthequestion · 2016-04-10T22:17:54+00:00

The interesting thing about this all is not that women want a by women transportation service. I can totally understand this, albeit flawed, but understandable logic.

What I don't understand is the then blanket logic being applied that is "women are incapable of raping other women," which is just asinine.

I'm not going to argue with someone over an imagined or legitimate fear of being raped or sexually assaulted when out late at night while drunk. If a women would feel more comfortable being driven home by another women then fine, I have no qualms with that.

What does offend me is the reason why. The underlying logic here is that a women wont rape another women, meanwhile a man would rape a women, or under 13-year old males as they can also use this service I believe.

It's that kind of rational which perpetuates rape culture, which to me is not that men rape women a lot, it's that men are believed to rape women a lot. Which is statistically uncertain because there exists no certain criteria of rape that can be unilaterally applied to both genders and accurately reported.

I just wish someone would come out and say "I would feel more comfortable having a women drive me home at night because it is an irrational comfort that I wish to enjoy," a totally justifiable reason to want a capitilistic service. But stop demonizing men as the reason why this service is needed.

eekamike · 2016-04-10T23:34:57+00:00

What's the cutoff age for boys? If he's 17 will she turn him away?

MindlessElectrons · 2016-04-11T09:58:42+00:00

Why not just say you identify as a female and say that just because you have a penis does not mean it isn't a feminine one?

tito333 · 2016-04-11T14:20:32+00:00

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ChaosOpen · 2016-04-11T15:39:06+00:00

Can we have a men only Uber? To protect Uber drivers from constantly being accused of rape by women who don't want to pay for their ride.

qwerty12qwerty · 2016-04-12T14:30:28+00:00

So someone cant refuse to make a wedding cake for a same sex couple despite being their morals, yet something like gender can?

Ceruleanbluedolphin · 2016-04-11T01:20:15+00:00

Did anyone notice that they are including transwomen? Does that mean anyone who identifies as a female, or do they have to be post-op transwomen?

RainDrizzle · 2016-04-11T01:58:46+00:00

It'd be sad if this happens and it gives access to accident statistics for when only woman are the ones driving...

It could potentially make them look bad and reinforce the stereotypes they probably don't want to reinforce. If it ends up statistically safer to be driven by men then that'd be quite embarrassing.

aokusman · 2016-04-10T22:55:03+00:00

This is good news. Will keep women drivers off uber.

twoheadedhorseman · 2016-04-10T22:50:06+00:00

Private business can accept or reject customers or employees because of anything they want

Tazoo · 2016-04-11T02:48:53+00:00

Probably as legal as Hooters.

johnjesse2122 · 2016-04-10T19:30:00+00:00

No. It is not. As I understand it, women are considered a "suspect class" under the equal protection clause of the constitution. Thus, any government regulation discriminatory toward women receives intermediate scrutiny. Which is only relevant because of the inverse.

I believe businesses can operate under "women only" conditions because it isn't against the law - because in the VMI supreme court case, the Court ruled that not only must VMI admit women into a previously all male school, but also that women MAY receive special treatment to offset years of oppression (same with minorities, but that happened way earlier, and in a different court case).

Title	Women-only Uber set to open in Boston. Isn't that illegal?
Author	tito333
Upvotes	69
Comments	61
Date	April 10, 2016 7:11 PM UTC (10 years ago)
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