# Female-Only Services **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [September 12, 2014, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-only-services/698298 "2014-09-12T16:06:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 36
**Author:** ![ZPG\_Zealot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47c2d/32.png) [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2014, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-only-services/698298/36 "2014-09-14T20:37:02Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > The New York Times article mentioned that some Orthodox Jewish women would only ride in a cab with a female driver. Some Muslim women may have the same need. I will not ride alone in a cab with a male driver unless I have my hand gun with me. And my hand will be in my purse with fingers on the trigger. I have had too many close calls to do otherwise. Men who consider a female-only livery service such a bad thing should consider that women who have had negative experiences with men are not going to be tolerant of any threatening or questionable behavior by a male driver. A lot of situations that could turn dangerous (or if not dangerous at least job jeopardizing) could be avoided if women have an option of not being forced alone with a man. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-only-services/698298)._