The good old days of socially acceptable misogyny

They're still here!

I don't usually (OK, I never) post current events stuff on this blog, but if Charlotte Allen's dipshit essay in the Washington Post had you rolling your eyes this week, be sure to read Katha Pollitt's response today:

Allen claims that the misogynist canard is true: thanks to their superior visuospatial abilities, men (although maybe not gay men?) are better drivers, with 5.1 accidents per million miles compared to women's 5.7. "The only good news," she adds, is that because they take fewer risks, women's accidents are only a third as likely to be fatal. That's a very interesting definition of ability behind the wheel: the better drivers are the ones who take more risks and are three times as likely to end up dead.