Poking the Borax

What!  That's Not On

There is talk of a female only taxi service about to be launched in Auckland.  Here is the skinny:

Women-only ride-sharing coming to NZ with launch of DriveHer app

Brittany Keogh
Stuff
Uber is getting a new competitor when an Auckland law student launches a female-only ride sharing service later this year.

An Auckland law student is starting a female-only ride-sharing service, believed to be the first of its kind in New Zealand.  DriveHer is similar to Uber, where users can hail a car using a cellphone app. The difference is its drivers - and riders - must be women.

DriveHer founder Joel Rushton, 23, told Stuff he often worried about his partner's safety when she caught taxis home late at night when they were living in Melbourne and was inspired to start the business after learning about a women-only ride-sharing service in Australia called Shebah.

So far, so good.  But, let's just run with this a bit.
  What are the implications for public buses, which-- last time we checked--are gender integrated?  What some choose to provide--if it reflects a human right--ought to be mandatory in publicly funded services, non?  So, public bus services ought to be male and female--in the same way that public toilets are gender specific.  There ought to be no doubt about this, because it is human and gender rights we are talking about--and, as we know--they trump all.

Further, what are the non-discrimination laws doing to do about this new service?  To refuse a customer on the basis of gender or sex is clearly discriminatory.  Moreover, in this case it implies, does it not, that the one refused service may be a violent sexual predator.  Therefore, the service is offensively discriminatory.  It exposes every refused customer to public disgrace and shaming.

And what about the trans community?  Ah, we hear your say, we wondered how long it would be before trans-genderism and gender-fluidity reared its ubiquitous head?  Those who are trans-genderist can be one of the 75 Facebook identified genders one minute, and another the next.  So, who is to say that the gender that presents on the sidewalk is or ought to be the same as that person's gender once they get into the taxi?

We are sitting back waiting to hear the howls of offended outrage from the Human Rights Commission, the media, and the Chattering Classes.