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Uber is letting women avoid male drivers and riders in the US (www.uber.com)
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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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[–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

It probably pulls from whatever's already on the license. I assume there's a verification process to drive.

[–] deathbird@mander.xyz 3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (2 children)

In like, 20 states plus DC you can change your sex on your ID basically on demand (no doctor's note or court order or whatever). There's enough Uber drivers out there someone will mark themselves F or X to keep their job options open.

[–] sveltecider@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Do you think someone will change their gender legally just so they can make like $15 extra on uber (driver's perspective) or to get into "female only cars"? (passenger perspective)

[–] deathbird@mander.xyz 1 points 1 hour ago

I think people will do all kinds of shit for money.

[–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

That will get interesting. I can't remember if there's id verification on the rider end, but there will probably have to be. That could be what this whole thing is about, come to think of it....

Also, I'm wondering how they'll treat trans and agender people who don't have m or f, or who can't mark their actual gender on their ID in their state.

[–] deathbird@mander.xyz 1 points 1 hour ago

From what I've seen in a cluster F and NB as one category separately from M.

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

They still have to treat a trans M to F as if they were an M, unless they transitioned completely, for practical purposes.

Don't even bother with agender, apparent gender will be used, obviously.

Because a woman does not care what gender you want to be, only how much risk you are to her, obviously.

[–] deathbird@mander.xyz 2 points 1 hour ago

From what I've seen of these apps, they cluster NB and F together. And I'm assuming they don't go further than state ID for validating, but I can't say for sure one way or the other.