- Mumbai woman felt safe with female cab driver at 2 AM.
- Her experience highlighted women's constant safety concerns during late-night travel.
- The viral video sparked discussion on women's safety and freedom.
How often do women have the luxury of just stepping into a cab, leaning against the window and drifting off to sleep? For many women, travelling at night means taking extra safety measures. From sharing locations with parents to being on call during cab rides, these have become part of everyday life for many women. But a recent video on social media has caught the attention of online users. Apoorva, who recently landed in Mumbai late at night, shared a different yet empowering experience after she booked a cab driven by a woman. Sharing her experience through her Instagram account, she wrote, “I felt like a man today."
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She Took The Cab At 2 AM
After landing in Mumbai at 2 AM, Apoorva booked a cab. She was surprised to find that the cab driver was a woman. Describing her experience, she explained that she enjoyed the cab journey without the need to check her phone repeatedly or pretend to be on a call. For many women, these are go-to steps while taking a cab late at night. In the video, she said, “I almost forgot that I had to worry about my safety.” She went to illustrate how unusual it felt to travel without constantly thinking about her safety.
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Woman Clarifies What She Meant By Feeling Like A Man
Not being gender specific or targeting men, Apoorva clarifies that men also face vulnerability. She wanted to highlight how women have to take extra measures while travelling by cabs at night. “Not because men never experience fear or vulnerability, but because I got a glimpse of what it might feel like to move through the world without safety being a constant calculation”, she said in the video.
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She reiterated that sometimes freedom is all about being able to exist without fear. However, not everyone gets to taste it equally.
Social Media Reacts To Viral Video
Soon after, the video grabbed online traction, with many relating to her experience and prompting the safety discussion around women. One user wrote, This articulates something so profound that many of us as men rarely have to think about. We take for granted the simple freedom of living normal life, which is an invisible privilege."
Another wrote, “In Mumbai you can take a cab with a male driver at 2 am and still feel safe."