[lyaa]

The author is a man. This is an article sharing his experiences driving drunk people very late at night, which tend to be older men because women and younger men tend to leave earlier.

I do not see this article as an attack on men. It is concerned with the behavior of a subset of people who are getting excessively drunk. And again, the author seems to want to share or "vent" about what he is experiencing. Maybe even encourage people to look at the situation and consider if something needs to be changed in terms of social expectations or bars policies.

As for the touching part, I don't see how it is hard to know that one must not touch others without their permission, regardless of gender. All humans have autonomy over their bodies and in exception of times of some emergency, consent has to be given either explicitly or implicitly. Unwanted touching is especially threatening to women because they are physically smaller and in more danger. Yes, not all men are a violent threat but _too many_ men are. Women need to play it safe. It might hurt your feelings, but it might save their lives.

Another angle that might matter for this as well, is that sometimes people "de-humanize" service workers such as drivers and treat them more like tools which is often evident in ignoring their personal space, time, and opinions.

Since this is a charged topic for you, take a moment to contextualize what you read and consider your biases or insecurities before making a judgement next time. The last decade has had so much unnecessary fraught discourse online that is not helping anybody but those who want to cause harm. The internet would be a better place if we all spend a bit more time to understand each other more.

[belorn]

A common methodology I use to check biases for articles is to replace a target demographic with an other. In this case I could switch all reference to the demographic of the male gender to African American and check if the article becomes racist. The title would distinctly raise some alarms, as would the highlighted sections, primarily those things that the editor is likely responsible for. The article itself isn't too terrible, through I suspect that people would have some concerns about the underlying tone if African Americans would be singled out in such negative way, and would question the motives of the author.