“I wouldn’t have back-seat crazy fests in Uber because, hypothetically, the voyeur driver would have my name, address and a system that lets them rate me,” said Twanna A. Hines, a sex educator in New York and Washington. “Getting naked in an Uber has occurred to me about as often as I’ve considered doing a striptease in public, which is never.”
For her, “New York City cabs are one-night stands,” she said. “What happens during the encounter doesn’t really matter because I’ll never see that driver again.”
Ms. White echoed that sentiment. “I use Uber a lot, and it’s definitely not sexy because they see your name as soon as you get in,” she said.“It’s this very formal setting, a professional setting, almost. They know you, they’re watching you.”
By contrast, “in a New York City cab, it’s not very well kept up, the driver’s on the phone, ignoring you,” Ms. White said. “There’s a feeling you can do whatever you want. Would you rather have sex in a seedy motel room or a really luxe hotel room? Which elicits the hotter affair?”
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