At least if they get lost along the way, they won't be too bull-headed to ask for directions.

I didn't know road trips were innately a male thing.

I bounce all over the place about the term feminist. I really just do not like labels, I find them confining. I am just me. . .

This book does sound really interesting, so I hope I remeber to keep an eye out!

Well yeah, ever since the movie Thelma & Louise, female road trips have declined by 87.5%.

Yeah, I agree about the label thing. I have no clue why we as a society have such a need to assess labels.

Maybe it's because people are under the impression that if you can define someone - then you can "easily" deal with them because they must be like all of the others in that label.

People can suck sometimes...and not always in the "good way."

Road trips a male thing? why? because cars are a male thing? Because that shitty movie made it a male thing? Because the mainstream media makes it seem like girls traveling alone are in danger? Because most of the road trip books are written by men? I'm afraid I just don't understand that sentence...admittedly I'm focusing on a tiny part of your article...but for some reason it really just threw me for a loop.

but whatever, it does sound fascinating.

hopefully they aren't driving that military jeep cross country. Those things are geared for offroad use and usually don't break 45 MPH.

I'm all for feminism as long as the dishes get done first...

But seriously, sounds like a great idea. Best of luck to the feminists.

They aren't going to Chicago, but they'll go to tiny towns? That's dumb.

Big cities get enough coverage already. Power to the people in small towns!

That sounds interesting, actually.

cool pics ad art on that site!

i think its traditional a male drives, i know grandmas that dont drive, never learned

That and the whole "male bonding" thing. Men need an excuse to indulge in the company exclusively of other men. Women don't (usually).

i'm confused about how they choose who to talk to. somehow i doubt they just bumped into Andi Zeisler.

Yeah. Really awesome. Was having a right shitty day until I read about this.

Not only did you focus on a tiny part of the article, you completely misread it. She said, "the CONVENTIONALLY male DEVICE," as in, our culture dictates that road trips are male experiences.

It would seem you scooped up the fumble and ran into the wrong end zone.

the coolest thing i ever experience was in history class in grade 10. my history teacher asked the class "raise your hand if you consider yourself a feminist" i think about 2 or three of us raised their hands. then he proceeded to go through the same process with questions like "do you beleive in gender equality" "do you beleive women should have equal pay as men" "do you beleive women are as capable as men" etc. and of course the entire class raised their hands. the word "feminist" has such a stigma to it. it's awful really