> How many frivilous assault allegations against male drivers are there? I've never heard of this happening personally.
It comes up from time to time if you watch Uber driver videos. There's a reason why many drivers have a camera that records the interior of the car: alcohol + entitlement can manifest in many ways.
Most commonly, passengers cancel the ride and expect to be driven to their destination anyways. But worse stuff happens from time to time.
Daily Mail is usually accurate. If you'd read the link you'd know they're just reporting on the contents of a viral video, and if you search the guy's name you can find reports from Mexican media.
Well, I rate fact checkers less reliable than the Daily Mail based on direct experience of checking both. And this particular story, as expected, has no obvious factual errors.
Well, it's hard to argue against your direct experience without any actual detail. But the paper has consistently been shown up as sensationalised and misleading when it comes to right-wing bugbears such as climate change, COVID, and immigration.
Me neither. I hear about assaults against female passengers but I don't believe I've read or heard about one against female drivers. I've asked a few women I've gotten in Ubers with and they say they've had some dicey situations but no out right assaults.
But I don't think you were asking genuinely and just wanted to be snarky without contributing to the conversation :)
His is the best response in this thread. The point is that whether you've personally heard of something or not is not a great indicator of anything.
To answer the original question, wherever there is any power imbalance, there will be abuse. Priests, teachers, parents vs children; boss vs employee; "vulnerable" females vs "aggressive" males. A man complains about assault by a woman, everyone laughs. A woman complains about assault by a man, he gets thrown in jail.
