I hope this doesn't make sense to you folks.

[cjsmith]

Seen in someone else's journal, a story: a maniac driver runs a red light at apparently a pretty good clip, and hits a car whose female driver is on the phone.

First comment indicates a wish that the cellphone got permanently implanted in the head of the woman who was hit. It goes on to say she was probably putting on makeup at the time.

Wow. First off, let's note the casual bigotry. If the driver who was hit hadn't been noted in the story as female, that lovely throwaway comment about the makeup wouldn't have been in there. Would the first part have been? Next let's take a look at the fact that the commenter is more ticked at someone for being on the phone (and yeah, being female) than at someone who RAN A RED LIGHT AND HIT ANOTHER CAR. O-kay. I know there are links between cellphone use and distraction while driving, but this gal DIDN'T run the light, and was thus to my mind quantifiably less dangerous at that time than the person who did run the light. I sure know which driver I'd rather share the road with. But this commenter defended his comment, saying it was every driver's responsibility to look out for others and he just hates it when women put on makeup in the car.

Bat shit, holy man.

Comments

[ericainohio.livejournal.com]

So she can put on makeup AND talk on the phone at the same time? What is she, a squid? Dude, decide on a sexist stereotype and stick with it. Using too many stereotypes at once can be fatal to those with such limited intelligence.

[cathepsut.livejournal.com]

Didn't you know that women can multi-task? That's why, in a larger group of us, we can have several coverstaions at the same time.

Poor, simple men, who can only do one thing at a time...

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I wonder if any of the studies about driver distraction actually take sex into account. It would be interesting. I doubt anyone will do it though -- it might produce data we don't want to see!

[cathepsut.livejournal.com]

Well, in Europe there are CHEAPER car insurances around for WOMEN ONLY, because it is a known fact that they have less accidents then men. Probably because they don't drive with their d%$&.... :)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

People in the US would never for an instant believe there is something women do better than men... except childcare.