Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Stereotypes about women's driving

For many years, driving was considered an exclusively male prerogative. A woman's place securely in the passenger seat. It is generally accepted to think that women do not drive a car can, in principle, but may do so only to the most extravagant and emancipated ladies who despise social stereotypes. Now everything has changed. If we take as an example of the West - we can clearly see that every housewife is in the garage of his own car and driver's license for foreigners is almost the main and the only proof of identity. In Russia, these achievements with regards to gender equality are modest, but Russian women are still ahead. The rights are becoming more and more of the fairer sex, the market produced cars, often positioned as a "ladies' cars." And now someone will surprise a woman at the wheel? However, in our country is very much rooted vestiges of the past and for some male drivers inconceivable that a machine can be controlled everything from young girls and ending 90-year-old women. The most common view is that women's inherent in some inept, sluggish driving style combined with the persistent problems at the parking lot. Support this myth is not only men but also many women. In general, there are three basic claims of men to women drivers: First, the women accused of excessive caution, the inability to make quick decisions in difficult driving situations. Failure to comply with ryadnosti, clumsy parking, traffic speed is lower than the rate of flow - these are the "sins" that are so often reproached the fairer sex. But, nevertheless, such ignorance is inherent in driving, and many men simply more noticeable when the error committed by women. Suppose you went to the car at a speed of a wounded turtle, and takes just two lanes and there is no way to bypass it. Pogudev and blinked his lights you forced him to miss you. Full of righteous anger, you will overtake him and trying to discern what kind of "tea" at the wheel. It appear that "tea" woman, most immediately exclaim: "A woman at the wheel, it is understandable". If the driver is male, no emotion on this issue does not arise. As a result, all the horrible drivers begin pre-identified as female. How many times can you hear from other motorists, "Look, look, jeep park is an hour can not, maybe the girl at the wheel". Thus, clear progress in learning to drive in women go unnoticed, but the slightest error causes a lot of shouts and accusations. But this is completely unfair! Another claim to the weaker sex - in the opinion of men, women poorly oriented to the terrain, can never choose the best route and in the end necessarily stand in the hollow stopper, although there are many "secret" ways in which it can be avoided. However, psychologists claim that the women worse than men are guided only by an unfamiliar place. At the same routes learned long ago women did not concede, and even superior to men. And finally, the third claim - the all-consuming technical illiteracy. It is believed that a woman is not able to distinguish from balonnik Svechnikov, carburetor from the engine, and also believes that the broken machine will certainly be got, if it is good to ask her and whisper sweet words. It's over, it usually corresponds to reality. But is it worth to give technical "ignorance" status of a serious crime? To date, Autoservice service is everywhere. Is it really necessary fragile girl of weak ability in a terrible dirt on the roadside, a car jack and heroically to change the heavy wheel? Now there are many firms offering their services to technical assistance. For a small fee specialists will travel to anywhere in the city, zavedut zaglohshy car dolyut, if necessary, oil and gasoline, and ourselves will change the punctured tire. For these services have resorted to recently, more and male drivers. And besides all of the above, the women themselves support the idea of ??himself as nothing in the cars smyslyaschih personalities. In part this is because of coquetry, as morally removes them from any responsibility for the maintenance of cars. Under the burden of these are not always well-grounded claims, women tend to find the best way to fend off ridicule. There are two options for protection - active and passive. Passive protection is reduced to that car paste various "female" signs and stickers featuring shoes and so on. Often on the back of the shelf can see a mountain of plush toys. But, as experience shows, foreign drivers have a negative attitude to the machines, which by all means allocated from the general flow, especially when it comes to just such as these purely female "gadgets." So many women are choosing an active way of dealing - buy expensive cars can be as large in size, begin to drive much more aggressively the rest, sometimes going to unreasonable risks. The only correct solution, only one - just ride, despite the stereotypes. If you make a mistake, admit it and try to avoid it in future. Skill and professionalism comes with experience, regardless of gender, age or hair color. Be courteous on the roads and respect of his fellow drivers, only then we can proudly say that Russia - a country vyskokoy car culture.

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