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Lyft is introducing a new feature that lets women and non-binary riders choose a preference to match with drivers of the same gender.

Lyft is introducing a new feature that lets women and non-binary riders choose a preference to match with drivers of the same gender.

The ride-hailing company said it was a “highly requested feature” in a blog post Tuesday, saying the new feature allows women and non-binary people to “feel that much more confident” in using Lyft and also hopefully encourage more women to sign up to be drivers to access its “flexible earning opportunities.”

The service, called “Women+ Connect,” is rolling out in the coming months. Riders can turn on the option in the Lyft app, however the company warns that it’s not a guarantee that they’ll be matched with a women or non-binary person if one of those people aren’t nearby. Both the riders and drivers will need to opt-in to the feature for it work and riders must chose a gender for it to work.

  • ParsnipWitch@feddit.de
    511·
    1 year ago

    Women and non-binary people gain more safety from this. What are men going to gain from a feature letting them have only male drivers?

    It’s such an incredible dumb thing to be mad about.

              • SeducingCamel@lemm.ee
                46·
                1 year ago

                There’s a big difference in the amount of traumatized men and the systemic oppression of women. Have you ever thought that maybe everything isn’t about you? Do you actually listen to women when they talk to you or do you just go “but but men this men that!”

                  • SeducingCamel@lemm.ee
                    25·
                    1 year ago

                    I certainly don’t think all men are bad but just putting fingers in your ears and going “I fight for equal rights for everyone!” extremely downplays real issues that a significant amount of women are facing. This feature isn’t an “equal rights” issue, men don’t need it because men don’t face this problem like women do

            • transigence@kbin.social
              51·
              1 year ago

              Fearing for your safety from relational aggression from women is completely rational. Women are just as aggressive as men — it just takes a different form.

        • Soulg@lemmy.world
          53·
          1 year ago

          The exact same way women and nb people get more safety. You’re not that special. It goes both ways, the rate may be much higher one way, but it exists the other way too.