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Lyft is introducing a new feature that lets women and non-binary riders choose a preference to match with drivers of the same gender.

Lyft is introducing a new feature that lets women and non-binary riders choose a preference to match with drivers of the same gender.

The ride-hailing company said it was a “highly requested feature” in a blog post Tuesday, saying the new feature allows women and non-binary people to “feel that much more confident” in using Lyft and also hopefully encourage more women to sign up to be drivers to access its “flexible earning opportunities.”

The service, called “Women+ Connect,” is rolling out in the coming months. Riders can turn on the option in the Lyft app, however the company warns that it’s not a guarantee that they’ll be matched with a women or non-binary person if one of those people aren’t nearby. Both the riders and drivers will need to opt-in to the feature for it work and riders must chose a gender for it to work.

  • over_clox@lemmy.world
    817·
    1 year ago

    Look, ‘non-binary’, whatever the hell that’s supposed to even mean, basically adds up to ‘I don’t want to tell you what my body structure is’

    If someone doesn’t want to reveal their gender to me, hey no problem by me. But privacy is a two way street ya know. What business do ‘non-binary’ people have asking anyone else about their sex/gender?

    • PotatoKat@lemmy.world
      123·
      1 year ago

      Non-binary has nothing to do with secrecy? It’s a catch all term for genders that don’t fall under the man or woman category. It pretty much means they don’t identify as a man or a woman but as something else, there are many other identities a person may have

    • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
      62·
      1 year ago

      i don’t think it’s hard to divine the meaning of “non” - it means not

      and binary means “choice between two options”

      put together it means “not one of the two options.”

      I believe I already covered your other points (as did the other person replying), but they did reveal their gender.

      Consider this: It’s more like

      “Did you watch the soccer or tennis match last nigjt?”

      “I don’t really like sports, I watched a movie instead”

      “why are you keeping it a secret whether you watched the soccer or tennis?”

      Its not a secret, there just happens to be more than two choices.

      “is your name John or Christopher?”

      “neither its David”

      “why are you keeping your name a secret!”

      etc