Men take shortcuts, while women follow well-known routes, finds a new study that suggests that men and women tend to adopt different navigation strategies and men navigate more efficiently than women.

EricAllonde · 2018-05-24T17:39:00+00:00

More evidence that we should not be surprised when research provides confirmation of long-term stereotypes.

_Leukocyte_ · 2018-05-24T17:55:56+00:00

Could shoe preference be a factor?

Women are more likely in non-business settings to wear flimsy or heeled shoes that would not perform well on non paved surfaces.

Tennis shoes? Loafers? Boots? Bring on the gravel.

thrway_1000 · 2018-05-24T23:54:50+00:00

One more reason the system is pushing for women out front. The established corporate world doesn't want new competition rocking the boat.

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GreyTortoise · 2018-05-24T21:53:14+00:00

Cool story. Not related to the MRM in any way, shape, or form.

We can get to point B faster but I'd really much rather get to equality.

HotDealsInTexas · 2018-05-24T20:48:59+00:00

Does this have to be caused by spacial reasoning as many commenters are claiming, or is this just an extension of men, on average, being less risk-averse? The drawback of looking for shortcuts is that you can also run into unforeseen delays, get lost, or, in the circumstances where human evolution mostly took place, get into a dangerous situation, so it would make sense for the sex which is more likely to take risks in general to also be more "experimental" with navigation.

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