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My wife gets hit on and asked out all the time when taking Ubers/Lyfts by herself. It's unfortunate, but it's just a reality for women.

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My partner was sexually assaulted in a Lyft. Background checks only detect people who have been previously accused or convicted; they don't protect against people who haven't been caught yet.

At the core of it, a woman is getting into a vehicle with a stranger.

This is why Waymo is the preferred choice when sending a ride for a woman, especially at nighttime.

Speak for yourself: some of us still reside in civilization, where the preferred choice is driving the woman yourself.

You mean the part of civilization that requires every single last person own and operate and have space to store their own 3,000 lb pedestrian mower, especially while intoxicated? No thanks!

No part of civilization requires you to be intoxicated.

But, some parts certainly feel that way!

Report it an give 1 star every time.

Also report it to your city if they have a mechanism for registering rideshare drivers.

I rarely use these services, so I don't know the facts, but multiple times I have heard a woman say she is afraid to give a bad rating or report because the driver picked her up at her home, so he might return. I assume drivers can't see who is reporting/rating, but the fear is that they can use basic logic to make an assumption about who it was.

My girlfriend had some driver straight up offer her $100 for sex one night. Another weirdo started stalking her, spamming her coworkers, etc.

It’s absolutely insane to me. Worst I’ve ever had in an uber were geriatric drivers who probably shouldn’t have had their license still.

The pain of having an attractive wife or female partner. Some guys are so aggressive a-holes that more decent women end up shying away from men in general.

Imagine being hit easily 10-50x a day, every effin' day. Work, street, public transport, online, everywhere. Guys really think inviting pretty ladies 'for a coffee' aint something they heard 100x that week already.

Dated one such lady, the trauma and trust issues were real. Either they get spolied for attention or get traumatized. Everybody loses.

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