I don’t think I’ve seen one. Most of them are male. What’s going on?
Most jobs where a single individual has one or more strangers in close proximity will be staffed by men. Men are perceived as less likely to be victims, and therefore more likely to take those jobs.
https://truthout.org/articles/women-and-non-binary-rideshare-drivers-face-harassment-and-violence/
Women make up 20 percent of the drivers for more established companies like Lyft and Uber.
I’m actually surprised it is that high, thought it would be closer to 10%.
Wonder if that includes Uber eats?
That would be seen as less risky for sure. Might even be less risky in practice.
I wonder… I remember reading a scientific article (or looking at a headline in the grocery checkout line, donn’t remember which - Norm Macdonald) that noted that pizza delivery was one of the most dangerous jobs in America.
Presumably Uber mitigates some of that risk by having more info about their customers?
Pizza delivery is dangerous because of the driving.
Really? That seems odd just because there are so mamy jobs that involve driving under time constrains…
Smaller cars, generally owned by the driver with a rushed time frame and often staffed by teenagers made it a lot more dangerous back in the 90s. Drivers in large delivery trucks are a lot less likely to die in a wreck than a teenager in a Honda civic.
Fair. Admittedly, teenagers I think are some of the most dangerous drivers around (at least, God knows I was) so I suppose any job that disproportionately hired them…
I’d imagine it’s a little safer these days for women to drive with cameras and full GPS, but people are nuts so ¯\(ツ)/¯
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Rape, Murder, Arson, and Rape.
I don’t know a lot of women clamoring to be in a confined space with however many random guys by themselves…
What kind of racist ass shit is this?
It’s an actual picture from a porn shoot. In this context it’s more about the genders.
What kind of taxis are you getting into?
The kind that are able (and often do) accommodate multiple people, including possibly a bunch of guys? I’m not sure what your question is trying to ask, do you think a group of men taking a taxi is a particularly odd thing?
I’m equally confused. Maybe it’s the confined bit? But it’s not like having to flee your vehicle is ideal or even always possible. And as far as I know, taxis don’t have ejector seats for the driver OR passengers (thanks Obama.)
I don’t really want to be in an enclosed space like that with a stranger, especially a man. Men can be psychos and it’s not worth the risk.
Yes, women can be psychos too, but A) women are less likely to feel entitled to another woman’s body, and B) the playing field is more level in terms of strength.
One of those lines that really stuck with me for awhile was True Detective Season 2.
“The fundamental difference between the sexes is that one of them can kill the other with their bare hands.”
Never had it laid so bare for me before but on average, that’s probably true which must be fucking terrifying. As a guy I’ve been in a handful of scraps but if I’d weighed 30% less and had a lot less muscle, those would have been really dangerous. (Except for that one kid who punched my jaw so weakly and drunkenly off target that all I could do was howl with laughter.)
Or imagine if half of the people around you were the size of The Rock by comparison 😳
Jesus! At first I thought that was a bit of an oexaggeration (and I think it is a little bit, as how much of his additional weight is muscle etc) but I’m decently muscled and am slightly less than 30% his weight without much body fat.
Wow. That would be terrifying. I absolutely would not hang out in a lot of the sketchy areas I love.
Edit: Checked, our height difference and the average height difference for North American men n women is also pretty similar. That’s a wildly, and increasingly appropriate image!
I suspect it’s partly a safety / comfort thing, female drivers don’t necessarily want to be hit on or harassed by every other male passenger they pick up.
They do exist, I just assume they’re armed in case they pick up some dude that starts acting up… The one woman I personally knew that was an uber driver always had a weapon her on side of the car just in case.
In cities I’d agree, but when I lived in a closeknit rural area it was probably majority women. As the rest of the commentors are saying, I think it’s mostly a perceived safety issue for a lot of women. But if you’re likely to know the name, address and family history of everyone who gets into your taxi, it’s less of a concern.
Interesting. Thank you for the insight.
Perhaps too much harassment in the places you have looked at?
What do you mean by “places you have looked at”? I’ve only taken taxis from airports in Europe.
I thought their meaning was obvious. In the places you’ve paid any attention to the sex of the taxi drivers, any would-be female taxi drivers have been deterred or driven out of the job by too much harassment.
Definitely a safety issue.
Yet another c/nostupidquestions post in here…
One possibility might be “women can’t drive” reason, not saying I agree with that reason but it might be that some taxi companies hire less female drivers for this reason other reason might be that less women are applying to be taxi drivers compared to male applications. Idk exact reasons just some possibilities. I mean I did see some women as taxi drivers and delivery but yeah it’s mostly men.
For the same reason you see very few male babysitters. There are implications that come with each gender that don’t mix well with certain occupations.
What kind of implication comes with women driving cars?
Wait, have you never heard any of the Boomer jokes about “women drivers”?
Nothing. It’s when we drive taxis in particular when we would fear getting the “weird” customers. Note that, outside of taxis, we make up the majority of carpoolers.
