And it’s actually science – I kid you not – that claims to prove just that. According to this source, the male ability of spatial orientation comes from the testosterone gene he inherited from his ancestors, and it didn’t get to women.
The guys who do research in this sort of thing are going with the theory that when the male cavemen went about hunting, at the end of each day, they had to rely on their natural instinctive sense of direction to get back home. This was as compared to the cavewomen who were staying nearer to home and farming the lands around their settlements – their sense of space and direction never quite got as evolved as their counterparts.
It’s funny, because I see that in play between Ling and myself too. Ling isn’t very good when it comes to figuring out directions, and more than on a few occasions I’ve observed she doesn’t perceive space as naturally or quickly as I can. So, whenever we go to new locations, typically I’ll navigate and she’ll drive.
Funnily, there’s an exception to this rule: when it’s that time of the month for women, they suddenly become better drivers for that brief window of time. It’s apparently something to do with low estrogen levels which results in heightened sensations of space.
That said, there is one thing which I’m supposed to be good at but am really not – and that’s parallel parking. Whenever we encounter a lot which requires parallel parking, I’d step out of the vehicle if I was behind the wheel, and let her do it lest I langah the car in front of me when trying.
No kidding.:)
*pats chest* i have not parallel parked yet neh =(