Sarah Harte: Women are expected to be like ninjas in making it safely home

Taxis are meant to be safe, but horror stories abound, while recent findings about Uber in the US are further cause for concern

We can’t take a taxi at night without second-guessing our chances.

We can’t walk home because that’s unsafe. We can’t take a taxi at night without second-guessing our chances. It just feels like different verses from the same depressing melody. 

Women are expected to be like ninjas in making it safely home. We expect to go through our lives routinely feeling unsafe in public spaces.