<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2650.12"> <TITLE>RE: cars and racism/sexism</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> > As far as sexism is concerned, driving is still the > patriarchal domain of > the male.  Surely, there are woman drivers, bhut if a man and > a woman are > in the car together - it is usually the male who does the > driving. My hat's off to you, Wojtek, for your powerful anti-car manifesto.  However, I must note there is at least one striking exception to the patriarchal dominance cited here -- myself.  Whenever my wife and I drive together, she almost always takes the wheel, because (1) she actually enjoys driving and (2) I drive too slowly for her.  I feel not the slightest tinge of macho resentment and am most grateful to be relieved of what I see as a chore, plain and simple. Carl </BODY> </HTML>