Funny Stereotypes About Women Drivers

Women have driven spaceships successful but when it comes to driving a car on the road, men just don't trust them. Women drivers are the butt of all jokes if the conversation is among men. There is no data to prove that the driving skills of women are in any way inferior to men. So where there is lack of scientific data, men compensate by having stereotypes about women.

The jokes about women drivers is a part of this misinformation. Men have cultivated certain cruel stereotypes about women to satisfy their sense of humour. But luckily, women have the sporting spirit to treat these jibes about their driving skills as jokes.

Here are some of the funniest stereotypes about women drivers that have been circulated by men.

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A woman drives like a drunk man: Can you believe it? Men have no idea how they drive when they are drunk. So they over-estimate themselves by bringing in a comparison with average women drivers.

Women and machines are no match: Well unfortunately women are very tech savvy these days. So this stereotype about women just doesn't hold water.

Women can't do parallel parking ever: From all the silly jokes about women drivers, this one might just have a grain of truth in it. However, there are a very large number of men drivers who cannot do parallel parking either.

We bumped into some old friends yesterday. My wife was driving!: Unfortunately, these kinds of cruel jokes makes matters worse for women drivers. Most women lose out on confidence due to this relentless ridicule.

Women brake more than they accelerate: This just means that women are cautious drivers. Men have exaggerated this caution exercised by women and blown it out of proportion.

What is worse than a woman using your credit card? A woman driving your car!: Very funny guys. Just leave your credit cards with us and then you can choose between the devil and the deep blue sea.

A woman driver's speed inversely proportional to her age: That is is because we do not believe in rash driving. And yes, women are ageless and eternally beautiful. From when did that become a crime?

Most men offer only jokes and no driving tips to the women around them. That is a part of the problem. So let us end on a funny note that pokes some fun back at our tormentors girls. Why are all jokes about women drivers one liners? So that men can understand them with their limited IQ!

Story first published: Thursday, January 3, 2013, 18:38 [IST]
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