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Lyft’s feature that matches women and nonbinary riders and drivers now available nationwide (www.theverge.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

I know this is a small part of the feature; but it is the small part that offends me, and I see it all the time, so I am going to complain about it here.

Can we please stop saying "women and nonbinary" when we mean (charitably) "fem presenting people"; or non charitably "women and people who are actually women, but calling themselves non-binary to be cool".

Most people using this feature will not be happy getting matched with a masc presenting person. And the insinuation that non-binary is a type of women is common, offensive to afab enbys, and erasing to amab enbies.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I cannot believe it's 2024 and another major company just announce tagging people based on their gender and sexuality to promote/demote certan groups.

Like if we didn't get our lessons with race bias already. Remember white-only toilets?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

I guess it's empowering when done this way. It does sound really sketchy

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Im going to say this as nicely as possible, comparing this to white only toilets is not cool... its a little racist. Using poc's actual historical oppression like a prop to express your distaste for safe spaces for women and nb people is just not a great vibe.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

I have no distaste for making safe spaces for woman and non-binary. What I have is distaste for deliberately making safe spaces only for woman and non-binary, where there is no cost making it for everyone.

Lyft could do a switch saying "match my gender", but they went making basically "match anything other than man" just diffrently phrased. And this is sexists, really disgusting and may look excluding for many.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Hahaha yeap welcome to the leftinst agenda lol

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm just imagining a white passenger feeling safer with a white driver. Oh boy

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Feeling more safe with your own gender is something understandable. I also absolutely agree that woman are much more in the need of such feature. What I don't get and hate is targetting something that could be useful to anyone in need and slice it to work only for woman.

In the city I live there is a clinic that announced free medical help for people with risk or after heart attack. Those are not some support groups, you don't meet others and the clinic is mostly public funded for all. But they just decided to only offer this to woman, they advertise everywhere about free tests for woman. I asked some people from there and they have no idea why it is done that way, someone propably changed it and everyone accept it as ok.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Okey, would your opinion be the same if instead Lyft would announce Man+, an option for man to drive more frequently with man or non-binary? There are plenty of man who would feel safer having their own space.

I have no problem and won't ever rage at choice, but Lyft choices feels like treating woman as a minority:

Switch off: man, woman, non-binary, trans, queer, ...
Switch on: woman, non-binary, trans, queer, ...

Why woman are being put in this group, but man not? It's not like they too are almost half of the society, aren't they? Also, how can someone not feel excluded, when there is literally a switch to turn off him because of the gender?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Lyft will have the most non-binary workforce in the world if this takes off.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Todd Chavez and Mr Peanutbutter are really raking in the money...

I expect this to end up pretty much the same way.