The road has been viewed as a male turf. If you think of the classic "Odyssey," of, you know, classical literature or Jack Kerouac or almost any road story, it's really about a man on the road. There's an assumption that the road is too dangerous for women.
Gloria SteinemWhen the past dies, there is mourning, but when the future dies our imaginations are compelled to carry it on.
Gloria Steinem