Gay Men Navigate In A Similar Way To Women, Virtual Reality Researchers Find

Science Daily ^ | January 3, 2008

[Stoat]

Related articles:

Women and gay men are 'worst drivers' - Telegraph

Driving somewhere new Take a heterosexual man - Times Online

Study claims gay men and straight women have poor sense of direction Straight men better at navigation The Sun HomePageNews

[spyone]

“why don’t you pull over and ask for directions!”

[mtbopfuyn]

men consistently outperform women on tasks requiring navigation and discovering hidden objects

Not in this house.

[Jeff Chandler]

men consistently outperform women on tasks requiring navigation and discovering hidden objects

That skill obviously comes from the experience of figuring out how to understand women.

[dfwgator]

Of course gay men have a poor sense of direction, that’s why they are always going in through the out door.

[Grizzled Bear]

That skill obviously comes from the experience of figuring out how to understand women.

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Sounds like an isometric exercise.

[FormerACLUmember]

Opening ceremony of the National Gay Drivers Convention:

[paudio]

Do lesbians also navigate in a similar way to men?

[elkfersupper]

Makes sense to me.

Women navigate by retail outlets.

"Left at Target, right at Starbucks, across from the PetsMart".

I've attracted many a vicious stare by asking for the address or the cross streets.

[RDTF]

where the heck was that?

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

I have a theory about why men don't like to ask for directions (other than the fact that we're never actually lost ;-) ). It's about survival in a hostile world. Only strangers ask for directions -- throughout most of human development, strangers were either: driven off; robbed; killed; or enslaved (or some combination). We learned it doesn't pay to ask for directions. Much safer to just stay in the car.

[Stoat]

Do lesbians also navigate in a similar way to men?

Apparently not.  From the posted article:

"Dr Rahman explains: “Not only did straight men get started on the MWM test more quickly than gay men and the two female groups, they also maintained that advantage throughout the test. "

[RansomOttawa]

Gay men navigate in a similar way to women, according to a new study from researchers at Queen Mary, University of London.

They start by looking for the shoe aisle?

[Nachoman]

Does this article imply women rear-end people all the time?

[hunter112]

Women navigate by retail outlets.

Yep, want to give a woman directions in an urban area? Just describe a location by it's proximity to shopping malls. I would expect gay guys to be able to navigate by the locations of Crate and Barrel stores...

[wideminded]

Women navigate by retail outlets.

Exactly.

[Jagdgewehr]

LOL!!!

[FormerACLUmember]

These disasters are almost always in Interstate 5 in California after a fog patch in the AM commute.

[Dumb_Ox]

I have a theory about why men don't like to ask for directions (other than the fact that we're never actually lost ;-) ). It's about survival in a hostile world.

Considering women are far more vulnerable to physical violence, this would suggest that women would be far *less* likely to ask for directions.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

Good point. I left out an important part of my theory. When people were hunter-gatherers, men did most of the traveling to strange lands, while women tended the home fires. Women didn’t go on raiding parties — but, they were often the victim of them, right in their own back yard. Given conditions in parts of some cities today, probably no one should ask for directions.