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Sound familiar to other forms of gender segregated travel arrangements.Female and non-binary Uber drivers are now able to refuse trips from male passengers in Australia under the launch of the new Women Rider Preference.
BTW the 'non-binary' designation thrown in there isn't where the real emphasis is, it's on women (even despite the continued lumping in of 'non-binary' people with women), as we'll see shortly. The focus is clearly gendered around male versus female, with men being the antagonists to women that need to step aside and be at the mercy of whatever women want, lest they be considered a danger to women.
This is basically saying that anytime women want to, they can decline to give rides to men, even though they signed up for a job to give rides to anyone that is willing to pay. Imagine if this same reasoning was applied to men refusing women passengers or people of color being denied rides by white drivers, for at any time and for any reason they choose. There would be civil rights lawsuits and government investigations into the practices of that company and its employees.Female and non-binary Uber drivers are now able to refuse trips from male passengers in Australia under the launch of the new Women Rider Preference.Western Weekender reports that the new feature will enable female and non-binary drivers to only accept rides from women, however, they can turn the preference on and off.
This isn't about safety. This is about giving women that signed up to drive paying customers the freedom of choice to discriminate against passengers because they are male, and is a step towards more gender segregated travel arrangements where women are treated as the 'betters' and men literally have to go to the back and wait because otherwise it might inconvenience women. 'Non-binary' is just tossed in as a classification to make this policy seem inclusive and to at the same time possibly falsely portray people opposed to this policy as homophobic, hence the grouping in of non-binary people with women.Director of Driver and Marketplace for Uber Australia Emma Foley said the new feature is intended to make female and non-binary drivers feel safe, especially when working in the evening.
“Women that earn with the Uber app do so because it enables them to be their own boss, earn flexibly around their lifestyle and in some cases, support a side hustle,” she said.
Again, this isn't about supporting women or non binary people, but to allow for drivers to more easily discriminate against male passengers while they can simultaneously be praised for keeping women safe. They want to portray this discrimination, exclusion and removal of freedom of movement and choice for male passengers as a good thing and justified by fake appeals to safety.“By providing greater peace of mind with Women Rider Preference, we hope to support women and non-binary driver-partners in amplifying their current earning hours, while unlocking barriers preventing Australian women and non-binary individuals from accessing flexible earnings that support their ambitions.”
What this is basically saying is that somehow it's men's fault, it's men's existence that causes women not want to be Uber drivers, therefore male passengers are part of the problem and have to go. This is the same rationale used for affirmative action hiring preferences given to women, keeping men out of career fields so that there is more "female representation" in those fields, providing women more priority and conveniences for basic necessities such as food and also for giving better overall living arrangements (housing, transportation) to women. That's where this is leading. Not just the government but the private sector, in ways that if this was any other group this level of favoritism and was shown to, and for the justifications of "safety" and "convenience", it would not be accepted even as a hypothetical.The adjustment to the popular app follows research commissioned by Uber, which surveyed 1,037 Australian women aged 18-60 years, who said they were exploring other money-making options to keep themselves afloat, according to SmartCompany.
Research also revealed eight in ten women were considering new ways to earn money, while 74 per cent of surveyed women said they wanted to pick up a side hustle to better support themselves.However, despite these findings, 83 per cent of women said they needed more flexibility to do this, and 88 per cent expressed there were barriers in the way, preventing them from starting a side job.
The research concluded that 70 per cent of women would like to see more female Uber drivers in the front seat.
And again, this isn't about equality, they are making a mockery of this word in the process. This concept about making it easier for Uber riders to deny male passengers. For what specific reason really? Most likely to appeal to feminists (and they are all on board, as there don't seem to be any complaints from them about this or the possibility of "harmful division between the sexes" that they sometimes go on about when men try not to closely associate with women).Foley also said the new move hopes to establish more of an equal gender representation of those working under the app while encouraging more women and non-binary people to apply as drivers.
Again says it all. They want more women drivers and more women passengers, and if it means denying men rides even if they are willing to pay, so be it.Foley said: “The Uber platform should reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, including equitable gender representation among the driver-partner base."Women currently represent a small portion of driver-partners, but we hope, by supporting women and non-binary individuals in unlocking more earning opportunities, that this will increase over time.”
This isn't the only incident this year where transportation services in western countries have discriminated against men while painting it as a virtue and a boon to women's safety
Do other ride sharing apps like Lyft not have this policy? Are there are any companies that don't have this policy that males would be better off if using their services instead? These are all questions any Australian male reading this should now be asking themselves. While protesting Uber's decision to do this, Australian males should only be using other ride sharing apps if those companies don't have this same policy.