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A new ride-hailing service is trying to improve women’s safety — by banning men
cnbc ^ | 4/12/16 | Emily Crockett

Posted on 04/12/2016 1:22:03 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper

....one former Uber driver, Michael Pelletz, decided to create a woman-only ride-hailing service. It's called Chariot for Women, it's based in Boston, and it's scheduled to debut nationwide on April 19.

More than 1,000 women have already signed up as drivers. Pelletz, whose wife, Kelly, is the company's president, said he came up with the idea after a scary experience with an unstable passenger. He imagined how much more terrifying it would have been if he were a woman, and remembered that his wife had thought about driving for Uber but was too afraid to....

....There's also no surge pricing, transgender women are welcome as both drivers and passengers, and 2 percent of every fare will be donated to a "women-based" charity that customers can choose from a list.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: bigots; boober; freedom; hypocrisy
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....transgender women are welcome as both drivers and passengers....

There is your loophole, fellows! "I feel like a woman at this time"!

1 posted on 04/12/2016 1:22:03 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

Will Bruce Springsteen and Bryan Adams refuse to perform their "music" in Massachusetts, now that this BIGOTED behavior is now being tolerated?!

2 posted on 04/12/2016 1:23:23 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper (Just say no to HRC)
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To: SoFloFreeper

The cross dressing fags aren’t going to like this.


3 posted on 04/12/2016 1:24:11 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The DNC's Boston Globe really sucks. All the BS about global warming and now more about Trump.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Opportunity knocks for the rapist who simply disguises himself as a woman, calls for a ride and...


4 posted on 04/12/2016 1:24:32 PM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Because discrimination, sexism, and racism are A-Okay so long as the victims are white, male, and Christian.


5 posted on 04/12/2016 1:24:52 PM PDT by MeganC (The Republic of The United States of America: 7/4/1776 to 6/26/2015 R.I.P.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

I thought women were ready for combat in the military. Why the double standard?


6 posted on 04/12/2016 1:28:47 PM PDT by GilGil
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To: SoFloFreeper

Sexism. Pure and Simple. Why not try a ride service by and for whites only?

I know. Come up with a rides sharing service for Christians. No muzzies allowed.


7 posted on 04/12/2016 1:29:50 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Plan A. Split the GOP. Plan B. Hillary Wins!)
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To: SoFloFreeper

They need to have their a$$es sued off.


8 posted on 04/12/2016 1:32:43 PM PDT by VTenigma (The Democratic party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: SoFloFreeper

I can’t really blame them...has to be scary at times as a female jumping into a car with God knows who/what :-(

True story: When I was teen me and a couple of friends were walking down the highway and one said “Why don’t we try hitchhiking?” I said “I’d be scared to ride with anyone who’d pick up three guys who look like we do”


9 posted on 04/12/2016 1:33:13 PM PDT by Bobalu (I'm spitting on my hands, and hoisting the black flag!)
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To: SoFloFreeper

We should Institute male only clubs again.


10 posted on 04/12/2016 1:33:23 PM PDT by Crucial (At the heart all leftists is the fear that the truth is bigger than themselves.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

http://youtu.be/ZImOR-nNips

Of course it will be available loon females like this that attacked an Uber driver in Florida.

Because women = good


11 posted on 04/12/2016 1:34:46 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: SoFloFreeper
Deep down, I think it is a great idea, and have absolutely no problem with discriminating against men in this instance.

But deep, deep down, I want to see lawsuits jammed so far up this president's arse, she can't sit right. How DARE she purposely create a discriminating business.

on a more practical note, how would they be able to build it like Uber? Do you know the sex of the party you're going to pick up??
12 posted on 04/12/2016 1:35:59 PM PDT by No_More_Harkin
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To: SoFloFreeper

I dont see how the above is legal


13 posted on 04/12/2016 1:38:07 PM PDT by sickoflibs (MAKE SURE YOUR VOTE COUNTS! VOTE TED CRUZ SO THAT YOUR VOTES TRANSLATES INTO DELEGATES!)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Boober?


14 posted on 04/12/2016 1:38:35 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

If a car breaks down only female road side service from AAA.


15 posted on 04/12/2016 1:38:47 PM PDT by 4yearlurker (We have leaped off the cliff toward madness and we are still falling...)
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To: SoFloFreeper

How about an app if I only want to ride with white people over the age of 30?


16 posted on 04/12/2016 1:39:38 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: FlingWingFlyer

nope. transgenders are welcome.


17 posted on 04/12/2016 1:44:05 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper (Just say no to HRC)
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To: SoFloFreeper

There is profit to be had with segregation. It has a bad name but people self segregate all the time. Let ‘em.


18 posted on 04/12/2016 1:55:33 PM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: SoFloFreeper

I know a great way to irritate a feminist: tell her that the women-only rides are a great idea because of modesty.

In some Jewish & Muslim communities, women prefer women drivers because of the prohibition against being with men who are non-family members.

All you have to do is tell a feminist that your religion prohibits you from mingling freely with the opposite gender and she’ll complain about discrimination and gender-separation.

As long as the issue has nothing to do with God or religion, she will wholeheartedly support it. She wants life on her terms.


19 posted on 04/12/2016 2:02:47 PM PDT by MoochPooch (I'm a compassionate cynic.)
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To: VTenigma

Pretty sure this kind of sex discrimination is already illegal.


20 posted on 04/12/2016 2:16:46 PM PDT by Oberon (John 12:5-6)
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