John Templeton wrote:
> ivaluemyprivacy{at}mailblocks.com wrote:
> > "Tyred men are all talk, no action"
> >
> >
>
http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=9&si=1370496&issue_id=12294
> >
> > Women stranded on road as male drivers pass 'damsels in distress'
> >
> > MEN are all talk and little action when it comes to helping women
> > drivers.
> >
> > Despite 92pc of them claiming they would stop to help a woman
> changing
> > a wheel, only two male car drivers did so when they had the
> > opportunity.
> >
> > (article continues)
>
> I don't see any studies testing how many women would stop for a man
in
> distress. What's the male equivalent of "damsel in distress"? I
dunno.
> The point is, the study is biased in itself and so it's invalid.
Maybe
> 92% of the men interviewed really would stop, but they just weren't
on
> the road that day. If they did that study with men, no women would
stop
> because they wouldn't know how to change a tire, or they would think
> the man would consider her help as coming on to him.

If you don't have basic knowledge of a tool, you shouldn't be using it.
Or if you do, and it fucks up, and you don't know how to fix it, don't
be looking to anyone else to take pity on you and come do it for you.
Learn how to do it yourself. That said, some women do know their cars,
and some men don't. And who stops to help anyone on the road now? Too
dangerous if you're a woman or if you're a man, for similar and for
different reasons. It's a sad world.



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