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As it is a membership-only club, yes they can: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_Scouts_of_America_v._Dale
Uber is letting women avoid male drivers and riders in the US
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That's not even as close to as smart of a gotcha as you think it is.
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#13Unfortunately necessary. Essentially every girl I know has had at least one bad experience with a creepy uber driver. These are people that are entering their address and often their workplace into the app. It's a big reason why a lot of my friends are picking Waymos instead.
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#15If this form of discrimination is ok, can we get other filters?
Women's only gyms and hours exist already. If there's a need, and they feel safer this way, let them have it
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#16A population of class action attorneys just smiled. A paycheck is materializing.
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#17If this form of discrimination is ok, can we get other filters?
This is as discriminatory as choosing strawberry ice cream over chocolate. To say, not at all.
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#18The real problem is that this is necessary.
This same thing that keeps on happening when we try to reinvent things "without all that stuff that just adds friction." As with software, one should understand the underlying reasons for constraints in the old system before building the second one.
Banking -> crypto and NFT "without all that stuff..." -> wash trading.
Taxi service -> Uber "without all that employer stuff..." -> drivers with no background checks and no interview process
I understand part of this is routing around the damage of monopoly maintenance (medallion system, for example), but let's fix that instead of taking away the protections in place.
Sorry for the rant. I know this is like asking water to run uphill.
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#19We are reinventing, from first principles, the discrimination we fought so hard against in the 20th century.
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As it is a membership-only club, yes they can: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_Scouts_of_America_v._Dale
> In a 5–4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that opposition to homosexuality is part of BSA's "expressive message" and that allowing homosexuals as adult leaders would interfere with that message.
How does this discrimination factor into Uber's expressive message?