Most women will tell you that it has traditionally been like pulling teeth to get most guys to ask for directions when driving or to consult a map when lost. Being a guy myself, and while actually not like those guys I just described, I can say that my experiences have shown that, indeed, most guys have preferred not to do anything that might indicate they did not know how to get from point A to point B while on the road.
I therefore find it quite amusing to discover what appears to be the fact that GPS devices in cars are almost exclusively used by guys. In fact, these guys try as hard as they possibly can to make sure that everyone knows they are using GPS units by mounting them as conspicuously as possible on their windshields for all to see. Over the past few days I have taken to counting the number of cars I see with GPS devices being used and taking note of the gender of the drivers of these cars. Overwhelmingly, by something on the order of at least 14 or 16 to one or greater, it is guys. What has happened to the macho man of yesteryear who never needed no honkin' directions? Ditto the old saw that women did most of the talking on phones? I'd wager that these days, guys are as likely as gals to be on their cell phones. Also, being a typist on a keyboard used to be the domain of women. I'd also wager that guys are as likely to be typists these days as are gals. Whadda ya think? Is the digital age muddling gender stereotypes? Steve ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
