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>In this case auto insurance rates are ... a mechanism that imposes [the stereotype] on new drivers.

The argument for restricting discrimination on a gendered basis relies on the socially instructive nature of vehicular insurance to teenagers.

That feels exceptionally weak.




One of many factors. Movies and other fiction are no doubt the most powerful force communicating that expectation that young men should act like race car drivers.




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