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Then I guess I would have to counter her observation, since she can get away with citing a few examples, then give me the same priviledge. While I am out walking, and that is every day, and I walk facing traffic, I have not encountered anyone not giving me berth. But in the case of some younger visitor drivers, they seem to slow down to snail’s pace as they pass me. This is particularly true of the daughter of the man who had brain surgery.

Anyways, there is a reason why we don’t tend to base most research strictly on anecdotal evidence. I am sure her personal observation was correct, but her conclusion regarding an entire gender, is not.