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Old 10-28-2007, 12:41 PM   #1
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Default Women divers outdo men, study claims

Now this is bound to cause some debate....

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For years women drivers have endured jokes about map reading and reversing from men who pride themselves on their superior spatial awareness.

Underwater, though, the boot – or flipper – is on the other foot. For women divers are much more aware of their surroundings than men, according to a two-year study of scuba divers.

"Women have better orientation," said Mandy Shackleton, a marine scientist at Hull University's marine sciences centre. "They have a greater awareness of what is going on around them."......
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It has always seemed to me that women also conserve their air better for some reason.
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I always knew this was true. Now I have a proof.
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It has always seemed to me that women also conserve their air better for some reason.
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