The Bad Driver: Why Are Women Are Bad Drivers

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women are bad drivers Introduction

People always joke about female drivers and link car accidents with female drivers, so why do people say females are bad drivers? When people are in the car and they see a bad driver in front of them, people will guess the gender of the bad driver, and it is very likely that people will say "it 's probably a woman" than " it 's probably a man" In this paper it will discuss weather the stereotype " Women are Bad drivers " are true, and weather people actually believe in it. It is said that females don 't have skills and judgement like men do, therefore females are dangerous driver. The stereotype is wide spread, and if people do believe in it , then there goes another unreasonable name tag on females back . The stereotype is sexist, because it is questioning women 's ability by saying women are the dangerous ones on the road, which spreads negative feelings and thought to everyone which could effect how drivers view themselves and others, but it 's no harm only when people don 't believe in it and people are only joking. If many people
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This study consist of 20 volunteers ; five who are female and are able to drive, five who are male and are able to drive , five female who doesn 't know how to drive and five males who cannot drive. The reason why I classify the volunteers in to four groups is to see how different gender and with or without driving experiences will influence who the volunteers think. The age group of the volunteers are around 16 ~ 20 years old , and half of them have half a year to two years of driving experience. The reason why I chose this range of age group is because, they are the new generation who are capable getting their learners license and novice license ; who the new generation thinks determines how the future will think of female

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