Feminism?

[teyla]

As a rule, I try to keep out of feminist discussions, because they usually end up giving me a headache. But I just had a conversation with my sister which made me wonder what you guys would say.


Picture this: In a city where most bus drivers are male, there's a female bus driver whose driving quite objectively sucks.

Question:

Is it the duty of that female bus driver to change her driving style so as not to enforce some people's prejudices about women and driving,

or

should the female bus driver keep driving the way she drives because if people see their prejudices justified by her driving, it's a problem they have to work on themselves, and nobody should expect the female bus driver to change her ways just because of those people?

Discuss! ;)

ETA: Of course, whether or not the female bus driver should change her driving because she's endangering people by driving suckily is another discussion entirely. This is just about whether or not the first point above is a valid point or not.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

*lol* what a discussion. I think every bus driver not matter if it´s a male or a female drive their bus and they don´t think about any prejudices of other people. But well *lol* I´ll will give you one point more to discuss: female car driver are not able to drive a car. Sorry but that´s my experiences every morning in the big traffic. ;-))

[neery.livejournal.com]

female car driver are not able to drive a car.

The accident statistics disagree with you there. The majority of all major accidents are caused by men.

[chaoskir.livejournal.com]

yeah, I know but this statistics is the opposition to my experiences at every morning. I know I don´t do every time the right thing but sometimes I do have big doubts that some women really should have a driver license.

[teyla]

Well, but then you get off the city streets and onto the Autobahn, and the drivers of the big BMWs that are glued to your rear bumper as soon as you dare to venture onto the left lane are almost exclusively male. So I guess it balances out ;).

[chaoskir.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I guess you are right. That´s the balance. I do drive a Ford Transit. Do you know that car? It´s a transporter and I have to drive a few Kilometer on the "Autobahn" every morning. Last year in October I end in the "Leitplanke" at the "Auffahrt" because a stupid woman with a fast car (a Renault Scenic) tried to passed me in the Auffahrt. There is a little ascent and that girl pushed me into the Leitplanke. She didn´t noticed what she has caused. Arrgh if I start I couldn´t stop to talk about that theme and honestly I think there are a lot of people in the traffic who better don´t should have a driver license not matter if they are male or female. Oh and this morning it was completly problem-free *smile*