Women’s safety is not just the responsibility of a company, but the responsibility of the whole society.
On November 6, Drips and Windmills went online in seven cities such as Beijing and Harbin, and did not attract as much attention as they imagined. What the drop did not anticipate was that it was a general rule that the female passengers could only enjoy the service at 5:00-23:00. To this end, the president of Didi Liu Qing also specifically defended.
The public’s point of view is divided into two factions.
A user will equate the “female curfew” and gender discrimination. A feminist KOL wrote on Weibo: “The logic of Didi is, If women are unsafe at night, they are forbidden for women. According to this logic, if women are not safe at night, women are prohibited from travelling, and if women are not safe to enter the entertainment venue, women’s entertainment is prohibited. Span>”
There are also users who stand up to defend Drip and think that it is very difficult for a company to take risks at the bottom of the society. “It is not born out of nowhere, and there are too many difficulties and limitations behind it.”
In this regard, Didi President Liu Qing said that as a senior female white-collar worker, I feel that the current product of the shuttle is not very useful for female students. Didi has also previously replied that “the future official launch of the program will continue to improve according to the feedback from all parties in the community.”
The focus behind this debate is actually the question of how the boundaries of security responsibility are defined as the service of the company. The public’s questioning points mainly come from the fact that in the last two security incidents, there were loopholes in the connection with the police and the emergency handling of customer service personnel. In addition, the drop of the windmill was not originally a public interest attribute, and the commercial attribute made the drop in the public opinion.
During the past year, Didi has done a lot of reflection. It is understood that in terms of product positioning, the improved Drips will not establish a KPI for growth or profit, which is a true return to the “shared economy” and will not charge for information services during the trial operation. In the specific details, Zhang Rui, the person in charge of the ride, revealed that the product has been offline for more than a year, Drips and windmills have been iterated over a dozen versions and optimized 226 functions.Reconstruction around real road trips, true identity verification, and full peace of mind Click to polish.
If the future of the drop-off is really returning to the public good, the platform is responsible for the users and passengers despite the need to fulfill its due security obligations, but this obligation is not unlimited.
It’s not hard to imagine the reason from the point of view: the two security incidents have already destroyed the most promising downwind of the drop, and can not withstand any security risks, so it is better to “overcorrect”. In order to be on the go, Drip made trade-offs at the product level, including the convenience of product use, and even privacy. Previously, the recording function for the safe launch of the line also triggered a small discussion about the privacy of the two parties.
As Liu Qing said in Weibo afterwards, now the drip of the ride “is still on the safety issue, it is still running the trial run of thin ice.” Drip’s approach to the “feminine curfew” obviously has room for improvement. More importantly, women’s safety is not only the responsibility of a company, but also the responsibility of the whole society.