Is it genetic?
2006-09-15 05:11:45 · 47 answers · asked by Michael E 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Wow! This is the best response I had to ANY question! More sexism, please if you wanna get noticed!!
2006-09-15 05:22:10 · update #1
slow down ladies, my old pc can't handle this level of response! You'll bust a gusset!
2006-09-15 05:25:30 · update #2
Naughty boy, Michael!
I can read maps, my husband always falls asleep when it's my turn to drive and his turn to navigate! I have to memorise the way, let alone read it and understand it.
Then he wakes up and says where are we?
2006-09-15 07:00:57 · answer #1 · answered by used to live in Wales 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Maps are a boys thing. Men seem to be able to draw and read maps instinctively. Women find it harder to relate to maps and have to learn how they work. It all comes down to the way we developed.
For most of human existence, we were hunter gatherers. Societies varied, but usually the young men went off to hunt game while the women gathered fruit & veg. The old men sat around telling everyone what to do. (Not much change there then).
When hunting, it's handy to be able to climb up a tree or mountain and get the lie of the land and communicate this with your fellow hunters. This is how maps developed. Then natural selection set in - men who couldn't read maps tended to get eaten. However, the skill was not so necessary for gatherers.
2006-09-15 05:25:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Most women have brains over bronze, Weather women read maps all of the time! Not all women are dumb, It's not a question of wheather or not a woman could read a map, it is "who," could read a map! Most intelligent people could read maps, it's not like rocket science! If you took any woman and taught them how to do a so called man's job, they could do it. I mean look at world war 2. You should really be asking yourself this question, " why oh why didn't I pass in history class?".
2006-09-15 05:30:46 · answer #3 · answered by Baby 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO!! What a loaded question. I am fantastic at reading maps.. and whats more when Ive been somewhere before I never need a map again. I know plenty of men who cant find their own way home after a night out lol.
2006-09-15 05:24:05 · answer #4 · answered by purpletia2000 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think women are better at reading maps than men. I was remembering a comedy show(back in the seventies) that was talking about women being trained as astronauts."That good,because if the crew ever gets lost in space,it's the female astronaut that's going to have to get out and ask a complete stranger for directions."
2006-09-15 05:26:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not at all! If it wasn't for one woman (Me) reading maps and acting as navigator all teh time when we take the camper ... We'd never reach our destinatuion nor ould we return home. Seriously! My partner is useless at map reading. I have to do it all the time, never mind find a way back to the road we should follow when he decides there's better way to 'Save time'. I didn't mind ending up in a field one night (We could back out and get back to my itinerary plan that did take us home, if ... I truly resented ended up inh a public dump and find myself knee high in muck because the camper was stuck. O and my daughter is the same! Same problem with her boyfriend but i wouldn'y call it genetic!
2006-09-15 05:23:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What? Where in the world did you get this? I happen to be able to read maps very well. My hubby and I travel extensively and I am the navigator. He is terrible at reading maps and gets lost everytime.
Is it genetic that men won't ask for directions? LOL
2006-09-15 05:15:15 · answer #7 · answered by Medusa 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, it is not true. I can read a map better than most people can. I have driven taxi cab and so has my husband so I used to read the map for him all the time. We have also traveled quite a bit so I have always been able to read a map.
2006-09-15 05:20:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
If it were true I'd get lost every time we went on a trip. My wife reads the map. I can, but I'm driving. Besides, us men aren't smart enough to ask directions.
2006-09-15 05:19:52 · answer #9 · answered by jepa8196 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
im a woman!...and to be fair men are better at driving etc!...but how silly...of course women can read maps !! we dont just sit there being pretty without learning a thing or to along the way!!
2006-09-15 05:16:22 · answer #10 · answered by private 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋