Uber for women is a great idea—except for one thing
Found on Quartz on Sunday, 10 April 2016
A new women-only ride-sharing service, Chariot for Women, is set to launch April 19 in Boston, Massachusetts. Surprisingly, its founder is not a former female passenger who felt unsafe in an Uber—as many of us have—but Michael Pelletz, an Uber driver who had a revelation when he felt threatened by a passenger.
Scores of women have reported rapes and assaults by Uber drivers, while, anecdotally, countless others have felt threatened.
According to civil rights lawyers, Chariots for Women’s female-only policies could put it squarely in the crosshairs of gender discrimination lawsuits, which would be difficult to win.
Just imagine someone would start a male-only ride-sharing service. Lawsuits and threats would rain in non-stop.