Background: I was on the phone with this guy a few days ago, and he made a few "women driver" cracks. I said I was uncomfortable with that kind of humour and thought the stereotype was unfair
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Er....Men are universally worse drivers than women. They're aggressive, competative, and they tend to escalate bad situations out of machismo. Your friend is one of those people who sees only that which confirms his prejudices. Most car accidents involve young men. Furthermore, there's no hard science about the 'differences' between men and women. We're more similiar than we are different. I'd suggest reading The Myth of Women's Masochism by, I believe, Paula Caplan---I think it's linked on my bio page----for an overview of how definitoins of women change with the 'science' of each era.
I wish I had something about male drivers, but all you'd have to do is look up the insurance industry. Hell, even in law enforcement there's been acknowledgement that female cops de escalate situations, whereas male cops can escalate them. A guy who identifies himself primarily as a guy is going to be more aggressive--and more likely to want to pigeonhole women, too, by the way.
Well, I'm thinking the wingnut fringe was probably afraid of being accused of being sexist against men. There's also the fact that any female-dominated profession soon loses its pay rate and prestige, so it's better for the moment to keep the sex ratio half and half.
Yeah, no shit. I've been told by a notoriously grumpy NCO after months of people losing my records--and then blaming me---that I have an attitude. He, of course, does not.
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