Where do you go when you can't even feel safe inside your own car? (Inside, we guess. Where women belong!) Here's a disturbing story about driving in Delhi from Pamposh Raina in the New York Times:

This is legendary three-time Formula One world champion Jackie Stewart in 1973, explaining how a racecar is "like a woman."

The greatest challenge in putting together Friday's story about ways to inspire women to become gearheads was finding an image for the top of the story that didn't support the kind of stereotypes about females and cars we were trying to discourage.

Detroit's ad machine — back when it ran on brown liquor and slathered on Old Spice without a touch of irony — used a not-so-subtle play on America's rigid gender roles to sell the country on automatic transmissions. The ladies, you see, can't be bothered to shift on their own.

A 1960s Volkswagen ad extolling the Beetle's easily repaired bodywork. Sexism + People's Car = Ha ha ha OW! HEY! Honey! Stop with the hitting — it was just a joke! You're a great driver! Really! [via Fox News]