Gender Lens Project – Auto GPS Navigation Device

Magellan Global Positioning System

Magellan Global Positioning System

Invented and patented by Roger L. Easton, the auto GPS navigation device has been helping us find our destination for many years. Developing and becoming more and more modern each year, the traditional GPS system is one that we usually fail to see as sexist or offensive. While the device is not necessarily geared toward one certain gender the way BarbieĀ is to females and Hot Wheels are to males, it still brings up questions of sexism and/or gender discrimination. However, we know that the GPS device has done nothing but guide us (literally) through the 21st century.

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