> Back before GPS was available, were you one of those "typical males" > who would be reluctant to consult a map out of fear of revealing a > lack of complete knowledge
See, I've never observed that to be much of a problem. I don't remember meeting any male who wouldn't consult a map in an unknown area. Everyone I knew pre-GPS had stacks of maps in the glove compartment. If you'd lived someplace for a while, you'd have three maps of the same area: 20, 10, and 5 years old (the oldest one had an Esso logo instead of Exxon). And we know how to fold them correctly. We do seem to be reluctant to ask for directions--but maps, no worries. (I have a theory about the ask-for-directions issue, by the way: Most of the time, we don't think we're actually lost. Whatever we're looking for is just over the next hill or around the next bend, and, if not, our sense of direction will find it eventually. Women's navigation does not work this way, as has been demonstrated in controlled experiments. Most women rely primarily on landmarks, not on a sense of direction.) ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
