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Why do men get upset when a woman overtakes them on the road
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RACING ISSUES Why is the accelerator in picture when women drive?
It has been Mars Vs Venus since ages and it manifestsitself in more ways than one. And one of the many aspects of this clash of sexes takes place on road.
Most women who drive know it well enough and men also do though many may not want to accept it. It hurts a man when a woman zips ahead of him on the road. Sure enough, their instinct drives them toovertaking that person.
"There are times when I drive a little fast to reach my destination early and, in such cases, if I ever drive past a man I would invariably get overtaken by him soon. Most men move ahead of me more than once. I prefer to act ignorant, but that obviously doesn't stop me from going the way I do," says Shikha Verma, a client service executive.
She is definitely not the only one feeling that way. Kiran. G. Chabria a 23-year-old has her take on it as well. "This happens to me many times. When the signal turns green, everyone wants to go first and so do I, but if a woman goes before a man does he will to overtake you somehow. As a woman, it doesn't really bother me much if a man overtakes me or not, but that doesn't seem to be the case with the man. I think this quality is inherent in men and they just cannot help it."
And she doesn't want to be left behind in the race as well. "I don't think as a woman I shouldn't overtake men, if given a chance I also do zoom my way out," she adds.
Men, of course, have their own opinion on this matter. "It is just human instinct of showing your superiority, in this case it's driving skill, over others. I don't think it is has anything to do with being a man or a woman. If it was a man instead of a woman, we would still react the same way," explains Ajay Gupta, project manager with an IT company.
But K. V. Anand, senior sales manager links the overtaking bit to the attractiveness of the woman. "Men will do it just to have a look at her in their rear mirror. And they will wait to see if the woman slows down or not. But with the helmet rule in place, the excitement has gone down," he says.
MANGALA RAMAMOORTHY
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