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Do not try
any of the experiments

You are about to see

At home.

You heard him.
Don't do it.

Ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome to
"battle of the sexes 2,"

Where mythbusters pit
men against women...

...To determine myth from fact.

You'll probably disagree
with our results.

So let's get ready to grumble.

Yep. On this controversial
episode of "mythbusters"...

I think we might be kicking
some male butt.

...There's
a contentious collection

Of classic clichés.

You throw
like a girl!

First up,
are guys really the fling kings?

Slow down there, cowboy.

Then, when lost...

...Will a man ever ask for help?

This is fantastic.

Next, are women really
the multitasking masters?

Yeah!

And finally,
in a parallel park-off,

It's...Parkageddon!

Do you have
a license?

Who are the mythbusters?

Adam savage...

Now I'm ready.

...And jamie hyneman.

This is gonna kill you.

Between them, more than 30 years
of special-effects experience.

Together with tory belleci...

That was insane.

...Grant imahara...

Who wants some?!

...And kari byron.

The right tool
for the job.

They don't just tell
the myths.

They put them to the test.

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Captions paid for by
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Duck, cover, and get ready
to sleep on the sofa,

Because war will be waged.

The last time the team battled

For supremacy of the sexes...

go ladies! Go ladies!

...They debunked
five fractious fables --

Driving, grilling,

Packing the car,

Navigating, and emotional cues.

Is "flirty"
an emotion?

Is "blushing"
an emotion?

And with two wins apiece
and one myth tied,

The Mythbusters are once again
declaring a war on error.

I can tell from the way
they're driving

That it's probably a woman.

First up --
a pitched battle of the sexes.

Hmm. Well, you probably
heard it.

I definitely heard it
when I was a kid.

It is the classic
schoolyard taunt,

"you throw
like a girl!"

I never heard it.

Well, that's 'cause
you never took gym.

I took art class.

Smart.

At any rate,
it's an insult

And a terrible thing
to say to someone,

But it does raise
a genuine question,

And one we think
is worth answering

Here on "Mythbusters."

And this is
the question --

Is there
a measurable difference

Between the way
a man throws a ball

And a woman throws a ball?

Exactly.

I got it!

It's an age-old
playground put down.

When it comes to
playing with balls --

Specifically,
tossing them around --

Girls are purportedly
the paragons of poor pitching.

To find out,

Adam and jamie are instigating
an intraspecies throw down.

We're about to do something
on this episode

That's a little bit different
than the path

We would
normally take.

Normally, we'd just get
10 men, 10 women,

Take them out
on a baseball diamond,

And start them throwing --
see what happens.

But we've done a ton of research
into this story,

And if it's true that men
and women throw differently,

There are a million
different theories

And questions
around the "why."

Is it cultural?
Is it innate?

Is it genetic?

Does it show up
at a certain age?

Let the throwing begin.

Sorry.

It's a multi-faceted question.

What is a good throw?
How do you measure it?

And who does it better?

To zone in on the science,

Adam and jamie have hit the gym

And set up
a state-of-the-smart lob lab.

So, how do you
qualitatively measure

Someone's throwing ability?

In the jungle,
when you want to kill something

In order to eat it,

You've got to
be both fast and accurate.

So speed and accuracy
are our two metrics.

But when we've researched
other tests similar to this,

It's been said
that when you stress accuracy,

People slow down their pitch
in order to hit the target.

We don't want that.

We want them
throwing as hard as they can.

So what we're telling them is,

"throw as hard as you can
at the yellow box."

With accuracy best described
as a lottery in motion...

I don't feel like you and I
are very good at throwing.

No, we're not.

...And a less-than-impressive
slow ball,

Adam and jamie clearly need help

Understanding
the art of throwing.

Cue major-league pitcher
greg reynolds.

If we're gonna spend
the rest of this episode

Assessing
people's ability to throw,

We need a top-level control
to compare them against.

That's where the guy
behind me comes in,

And he's gonna show us
how it's really done.

Yeah, like that.

With his
90-mile-an-hour fast ball,

Greg nails the center
of the target every time.

And when it's slowed down
and analyzed,

It's clear
that the perfect pitch

Is a complicated
biophysical ballet.

It's all about timing

When you're talking
about pitching,

And so, from your feet

All the way to the end
of your fingertips,

You want to start
that chain reaction

And keep them all
on time.

Wow.
It's kind of like a dance.

Yeah.

So, this is
the perfect pitching technique,

And it requires
years of practice

And an elite physical ability

To combine 90-miles-per-hour
speed and pinpoint accuracy.

But do men
naturally do it better?

To find out,
it's time to get it on.

And so, now we pit
the men against the women,

But not in the way
we normally would

Where we just gather a bunch

Of random 20-something
volunteers

Out of the local paper.

This time, we are pitting groups
of people from different ages

Against each other.

This way, we can compare and see

If there's a difference
not only between men and women,

But whether that exists
across every age

Or whether it happens

At certain stages
developmentally.

So, adam and jamie
have selected four pairs

Of average joes
and josephines...

Hi, zoe.

...To go head-to-head
in a pitch battle.

We'll be gauging the throwing
ability of our test subjects

According to
two primary metrics.

Mine will be speed.

I'll be behind the net here
with my savage radar gun,

Logging how fast they throw.

And I'll be back here

Judging the accuracy
of the throw

On a scale of 1 to 5.

Now, we won't be judging anyone
on a single throw.

All we want you to do
is take that ball

And throw it
right at the yellow square

As hard as you can.

Okay.

No. We're actually
gonna let them warm up,

And then we're going to
be averaging their accuracy

And choosing their best speed

From the multiple throws
that they'll do.

With our first
pint-sized pitcher warmed up

And raring to go...

Okay, hold on there.
Slow down there, cowboy.

...Jamie begins
officially scoring

And averaging zoe's accuracy
across five throws.

A bulls eye scores 5,
the inner square, 4,

All the way down to zero
for a complete miss,

Which zoe is not doing.

Excellent.

Meanwhile, adam monitors
for zoe's single fastest throw.

she's good.

With the girls' first
impressive score on the board,

Thomas steps up, winds up,

And gives it his best shot
for team men.

Excellent.
That's the spirit.

But when he's done
and the numbers are in,

Adam, for one, is surprised.

I love this kind
of counterintuitive result.

We're testing
"throws like a girl,"

And it's supposed to
be some kind of insult --

That girls can't throw
as good as boys.

But our very first
test subjects,

While the boy threw
a little bit faster

Than our girl,

She smoked him
in terms of accuracy.

He was all over the map.

She was going
right for the center.

It was great.

Up next are the 12-year-olds,

And kara continues
the impressive start

By the lady lobbers.

Her top speed
of 31 miles per hour...

She throws a heater.

...And an accuracy average
of 3.75

Lays down a mean marker.

Nice.

But when aaron steps up

And flings
a few fearsome fast balls...

Wow.

...It's apparent
that a trend is emerging --

One that continues
with the remaining two pairs

Of age-matched pitchers.

The guys are throwing faster,

But the girls are hitting
the target more accurately.

But only the final tally
will tell the full tale.

The results are in, and they're
really pretty interesting.

The females, as it happens,

Are more accurate
than the males by 17%.

But in the speed department,

The boys were able to throw
15% faster than the girls.

I know. It's like these two
numbers cancel each other out.

But watching them,
it strikes me

That there may be more
than speed and accuracy

To how people throw.

To that end, back when jamie and
I worked in special effects...

We frequently utilized
a technology

That we think might give us
the best view yet...

Of whether or not
there's a difference

Between the way men throw
and the way women throw.

You ready to
get out of here?

Let's do it.
All right.

Next up, the conflict continues
with an age-old argument.

All right.
First up for us is a classic.

Women are better multitaskers
than men.

Oh. You mean, like,

Juggling many different
activities at once?

Exactly.

When it comes to performing
several tasks at once,

The fairer sex
supposedly has more flair,

But is it scientific fact
or urban folklore?

All right.
This should be cool.

Let's build
the ultimate multitasking test.

We'll get 20 volunteers --
10 men, 10 women --

And we'll have them both
juggle all sorts

Of activities at once.

Maybe we could do
something

Like getting ready
for work --

Making the bed,
getting dressed,

Making lunch,
watching the kid,

And getting out the door
in time to get to work.

It's a good idea.

Welcome to
the multitask assault course --

A set of simultaneous tasks

That will test the volunteers'
chore-juggling skills

To the limit.

So, we've set up a scenario
of getting ready

And getting out the door
as soon as possible.

So, you have to get out of bed,
make the bed.

Then you gonna grab
your clothes.

You're gonna iron them,

And then you're gonna
get dressed.

You're gonna wear your shirt,
your pants, and your shoes.

Then it's time to make breakfast
and get lunch to go.

You've got to toast your toast,
put butter on it,

Make yourself a cup of tea,

All the while
while making yourself a sandwich

That includes lettuce, tomato,
ham, cheese,

Mustard, and mayonnaise,

Put it in a bag,
get it ready to go.

And while you're doing that,

You got to answer the phone,

Answer any questions
we have for you,

And make sure baby buster
doesn't make it out the door,

All before the timer runs out.

With the room ready to roll,

The subjects are introduced
to the format

And thoroughly briefed.

Hello, everyone,

And welcome to the "Mythbusters"
morning challenge.

But crucially,
they're kept in the dark

About the aim of the test.

They're given
instructions on the chores

They have to perform
and nothing more.

However, kari's in the know.

All right, for this experiment,
we have 20 test subjects.

We have 10 men
and 10 women.

Now, they have to complete
all of their tasks

In a set amount of time,

But they can't do
all of these tests

One at a time.

Some of them have to
be done simultaneously,

Like you have to wait
for the toast to toast,

You have to wait
for the iron to heat up.

This should not be
a very easy task to do.

Especially
if you're tory.

To score
the tricky tory-proof test,

Each testee starts with 100

And is penalized 10 points

For every
multitasking infraction.

And first up
and out of bed is linda.

Go.

There's only five minutes
on the clock,

So managing the myriad of tasks
simultaneously

Is the only route to success.

And by immediately turning on
all the appliances,

She's off to a great start.

Oh. It looks
like the baby's awake.

Come here, baby buster.
You're coming with me.

But it's about to
get a lot tougher.

While ensuring baby buster

Never leaves the marked
safety zone unattended,

A sandwich lunch has to be made,

Toast and tea attended to,

And then there's the first
of three calls from kari.

hello?

10 times 4,
divided by 2?

- 10 times 4 -- 20.
- Well done.

They're not difficult questions,
but they're hard to do

When you're doing,
like, three things at once.

Yep.
It's an all-out mental workout.

The thing that's great
about this test

Is it stimulates so many
different parts of the brain

Using all these
different challenges.

You've got motor skills.

You've got verbal skills,

Communication,
doing math problems --

All different parts
of the brain.

And as the myth would suggest,

Our first lady, linda,
is coping spectacularly well.

Ironing while tending the baby
and tackling the trivia

Is just one of her many
multitasking successes.

Hello?

You have red paint.
You mix yellow and blue paint.

What color is the paint
you originally had?

Red.
Perfect.

And with time in hand, linda
calmly completes the course...

Okay.
Come on, baby buster.

Time to go to school.

...Giving the girls
a great start.

Linda, well done.
Thank you.

You have a perfect score
of 100 points

With three seconds
to spare.

But that single data point
only tells linda's story.

To compare women against men...

Start.

...An average across
a larger sample is needed.

All right.
That's a quick start.

Made the bed right away.

And as the nine remaining
female volunteers

Cope with the confusion
of the concurrent chores...

One thing is clear to tory.

I'm starting to think there
might be something to this myth.

She got him.
Unbelievable.

She makes the save!

It was so interesting to see how
these women tackled the test.

Yeah, there were variations
in their abilities

And how many mistakes
they made...

Hello?

What is 9 times 3,
plus 3?

I don't know.

But overwhelmingly,

The women were able to
focus while multitasking.

I'm impressed.

Yep. With all
the women successfully dressed,

The team is duly impressed...

Yeah!

...Which just leaves
all 10 of the scores

To be tallied and totaled
into an imposing average of 72.

I think a score of 72 is gonna
be pretty tough to beat.

I mean, I saw a bunch
of competent women

Doing what they do every day,

Handle a ton of stuff
all at once,

And do it with style.

I think we might be kicking

Some stubborn, dogmatic,
linear-thinking male butt

Coming up here.

I'm not biased or anything.

Coming up on "Mythbusters"...

This is the coolest
technology ever.

Adam and jamie shine
some industrial light & magic

On the myth of the man throw.

If men are from mars

And women from venus,

This episode of "Mythbusters"

Is the war of the worlds,

Where adam and jamie are testing
the contentious taunt,

"you throw like a girl."

And so far, the myth is looking
like a misogynist misnomer...

Excellent.

...Because the girls
may have less power,

But they're more accurate.

But the Mythbusters aren't done

With this complicated
controversy just yet.

They're lob laboratory
just got a double-barrel blast

Of motion-picture science.

We're here
at industrial light & magic --

The preeminent visual-effects
company in the world.

Now, over the last 37 years,

They've had their hand
in around 300 films.

Now, adam and I used to work
here, and we've pulled a favor.

We've asked for access

To some very special
visual-effects technology.

Special, indeed.

It's state-of-the-art
motion-picture technology,

And the guys will use it

To illustrate
the motion of pitching.

This is the industrial light
& magic motion-capture stage.

What is motion capture, you ask?

Well, it is a technology

That allows the digital artists
here at ilm

To take a human's performance
and render it digitally.

All I need to do
is wear a crazy suit...

Wow.

Ooh! I'm iron man.

...And the dots
all over this suit

Are being picked up by cameras
around this room

And turning me into
a 3-d rendered stick frame

Right there.

Look at that.
Whoo, technology!

I am made of full stick frame.

I love this place.

A place uniquely geared
for the next experiment --

A visual and anatomical
analysis of motion.

You look like a ninja.

Let's go.

Each of the throwers
will be rendered

Into 3-d digital skeletons

For an accurate comparison.

What they're doing is putting
these little reflective markers

All over zoe,

And it gives us a very clear,
geometrical understanding

Of the movement of her joints,

Which is what we need to have

To be able to analyze
how she's throwing.

Perfect. High five.

Thanks so much for your help.
You're welcome.

Once adam, jamie,
and the ilm team

Capture the action
from the two youngest pitchers,

It's the turn
of the 24-year-olds.

And when they're all transformed
into 3-d digital skeletons...

This is the coolest
technology ever.

...The comparisons can begin,
starting with the 7-year-olds.

We've analyzed the data
we got from the motion capture

Of the 7-year-olds,

And there's already,
even at that age,

A pretty clear difference
in how they throw.

The boy is going more horizontal
with his body,

While the girl
is staying mostly upright.

This difference is much more
clearly exemplified

In the 24-year-olds.

Yep, and a comparison
of the adults in action

Shows the difference
is down to rotation.

The girls bend forward
at the hips,

Whereas the guys
twist aggressively

Through the hips
and shoulders.

Mechanically speaking,

It's a method that delivers
much more momentum.

But where does
the difference come from?

Now, there are
a couple of theories

As to why men would move
differently than the female.

One is that they're just bigger
and more powerful.

The other one is that females
evolved to carry children,

And so they're not gonna move
quite as aggressively.

But in any case,
these are two people

That are not trained
as ball players,

And there's a very distinct
difference

On how they're moving.

That's the crucial point.

Our volunteers have had
no explicit training,

And yet, when seen
in digital detail,

The guys' technique
more closely resembles

That of
our professional pitcher.

The question is,
do boys simply pick it up

By being exposed
to more ball sports?

Adam and jamie have
one more test to find out.

We got to go.

They're shutting
this building down.

Really?

Told you.

Wow.

Women, supposedly
the master multitaskers,

Have fired
a formidable first shot.

Yeah!

So, we've tested 10 women,
and they've done really well.

They're average is 72 points.

Welcome.

Now it's time for the men

To do the same challenge
and see how well they do.

fight.

And first to fight
like a man is malcom.

But from the get up and go,

It's clear his approach
is distinctly linear.

He's wasting a lot of time

Going from the counter
to the floor.

Yep. He's not so much
multitasking

As tackling each task
sequentially.

Hello?

There are seven colors
in the rainbow.

What is 2 plus 2?

4.

In a test designed
to reward multitasking,

Stopping and taking a phone call
cost precious seconds,

As does a stop-and-start
babysitting technique.

Down you go.

All of which means
he didn't have time

To finish making his sandwich...

Oops. I don't know
how to do that.

...His breakfast,
or get dressed properly...

- Oh, no!
- Two...One...

...A combination
of multiple infractions

That leaves him with a score
of just 50 points --

An ominous sign for the men.

They have to up their game
to get in the game.

That's the farthest
he's gotten.

But as the clock
and cameras roll

For the nine
remaining contestants,

It's clear the guys
are out of their depth.

I'm sorry?

A few perform
as well as the girls,

Juggling obstacles
like the phone and buster.

Hello?

If "a" squared
plus "b" squared

Equals "c" squared,

How do you spell
"green"?

G-r-e-e-n.

Perfect. Yes!
That was fantastic.

Shoes, phone,
saves the baby.

But most are "one thing
at a time" kind of guys.

Hello?

Uh...

Jobs that can be tackled
simultaneously

Become a series
of time-consuming interruptions.

What is 2 plus 2,
times 3?

And with points deducted
for incomplete tasks

And for each time buster escapes
his safe zone...

Oh. That's
an infraction.

Do you have kids?
No, I don't.

Thank god.

...The poor scores
are racking up.

And with buster packed
off for school one last time,

Tory is ready and waiting
with the crunch numbers.

Drumroll, please.

So, the results are in.

The women came away
with an average of 72 points,

While the men came away
with an average of 64 points,

So it looks like
this myth is confirmed.

Ooh. So women can multitask
better than men.

Confirmed.
Totally confirmed.

All right.
Confirmed.

The numbers don't lie.

The average accurately reflects
the girls' multitasking mastery,

Meaning this myth,
just like baby buster,

Has been put to bed.

Next on "Mythbusters"...

I'm so lost.

...Men --
are they really incapable

Of asking for help?

Before adam and jamie wrap up
their high-tech tossing tale...

This is the coolest
technology ever.

...They're going to tackle
a marital skirmish

That never fails to escalate.

When the man of the car
is lost and not found,

Suburban folklore
would have us believe

That there's one thing his pride
will prevent him from doing.

Jamie's lost, and he's asking
for directions.

That is the opposite
of what most people think

A man would do
in this situation.

In fact,
there's a prevalent myth

That men bullheadedly refuse
to ask for directions

When they get lost.

It's a myth that we are going to
put to the test

Right in this episode.

Think you know
where we are?

Yep, I'm good.
Excellent.

Here we go.

And after a quick change

Into something
a little more comfortable,

The plan to test
this contentious cliché

Is simple and sneaky.

A bunch of volunteers,

Stripped
of gps technology or maps,

Will be misdirected and lost,

And adam and jamie
will monitor them

To see who stops for help.

The volunteers won't know this,

But the test actually starts
right here.

All you have to do

Is follow these directions
to get there.

Now, the first set
of instructions

They'll be getting is correct.

But by the time
they get to this intersection,

We've given them a left turn
that totally doesn't exist.

This is ground zero,
where they're gonna get lost,

And we have seeded
the entire area

with volunteers.

If they ask for directions,

These guys are gonna give them
to them.

So, the driving draftees
will be asked to find their way

From here to here

Using a series
of written instructions.

But one deliberately
false directive --

A nonexistent almond street --

Will ensure that by the time
they hit this intersection,

They'll be lost,
and that's where the fun begins.

Immediately
after they start driving,

I'll be hiding
in this blind corner

Right around the corner

So I can follow them
at a reasonable distance

And see exactly
when they ask for directions

If they ask for directions.

To find out, our first
lady is given her instructions.

And away we go.

As she pulls away,

Adam,
a discreet distance behind,

Drops into position on her tail.

The setup might seem elaborate,

But it's important
that the drivers don't know

They're being tested.

We don't want to affect
their behavior in any way.

I'm chasing our volunteer.

Once they reach
the nonexistent almond street,

We want to see how long
it would naturally take for them

To pull over and ask for help.

And here we go.

Left on almond.

Despite dutifully
following the instructions,

Our willing volunteer
is now officially lost.

Subject has
just passed the intersection.

Subject has passed
the intersection.

We're like secret agents.

Emerald.

Where is almond?

What's...Darn it. Okay

And after a quick u-turn reveals
she really is lost

In deepest, darkest suburbia...

Um...Let's see
if it's the other direction.

...Test subject number one
does the sensible thing --

She pulls over
and asks for help.

Excuse me.

Hi. I'm sorry.

Can you help me, please?
I'm looking for almond.

That's one-zip to the girls.

Now how about the guys?

According to the myth,
they don't give up so easily.

Cat-and-mouse
with test subjects --

My favorite sport.

Once again,
the driver is thrown for a loop.

And the team on his tail
waits to see what he does.

And what he does
is get stressed...

Oh, my god.

I definitely need to
turn around.

Oh,

...Perform several u-turns...

He's going back
to his original route.

Okay, I started over.

On edgehill.

...Gets stressed some more...

oh, god.
This is ridiculous.

...And stubbornly, adamantly
refuses to ask for help.

He is intrepid.
That's for sure.

And he is fulfilling every
stereotype about a man driving.

Got to be -- oh
did I get lost again?

Huh.

It's now been,
like, 13, 14 minutes.

Okay, turning around.

I am -- just ran away
with the "Mythbusters" car.

Awesome.

That was a perfect embodiment

Of what this stereotype
is all about.

Against all reason,

The first guy kept
driving around,

Trying to find a road
that didn't exist,

And didn't want to stop
and ask for help.

After 20 minutes of that,

We put him out of his misery
and called the test.

How you doing, andrew?
Good.

So, how come you didn't ask
for directions?

Well, they said follow
the directions to find you

To get the test,
so I was like,

"oh, I got to be able to
at least get the test sites."

Look, I have to admit.

I came to this story
with a little bit of bias.

I actually think
it's probably true.

Oh, my god. I am so lost.

So I am not surprised
by these initial results.

But these are not
the final results.

This is just one guy
and one girl.

We're gonna build our conclusion
on testing a lot more people.

I could be wrong.

Coming up on "Mythbusters"...

Oh!

...It's parkageddon.

That didn't sound good.

What you are about to see
could be dangerous.

We're trained
professionals,

So please,
leave the mythbusting to us.

I think
it's your turn to change him.

Up next, a declaration of war

That will surely end

In fender benders
for both genders.

What's with the gloves?

I hear we're doing a battle
of the sexes story.

We are, however, bad news is
it involves you parking cars.

Why is that
a problem?

Because we all know
how you drive.

So, the myth is that women are
better at parking cars than men.

is that ridiculous or what?

At least we're better
at the sucker punch, huh?

It's a controversial claim

Based on an extensive
scientific survey.

It states that women may take
slightly longer to park,

But their calm,
methodical approach

Is more accurate

And they're more adept
at maneuvering into the space.

The team can't wait
to tackle it, and here's how.

For the parallel parking
challenge,

We're bringing in
20 volunteers --

10 men and 10 women,

And this is how we're going
to score them

On their parallel park.

Centering --

The center in between the front
and the back vehicle.

The curb distance -- they must
be at a legal curb distance.

We're going to deduct

If they smash into the car
before or after them.

They will fail if they actually
take off a bumper

Or scrape the car.

And how many times
they need to correct

To get into the space.

Tory and I
are both going to be judges

So that there is no bias.

With the rules revealed,

First to kick off
the park-off is frank.

I am an incredible
parallel parker.

I can do it fast.
I can do it on a dime.

I live
in the big city.

I know
what I'm doing

When it comes
to parallel parking.

He's confident,
that's for sure.

He better be a good parker
after all that talk.

Despite the fact
there's no time limit,

Frank heads for the space
like it's a race.

Wow, he is in a hurry.

He must have to
use the restroom.

He's definitely
somebody from a city.

Whoa!

He's got a good angle,

But his speed and overconfidence
costs him.

Oh!

That's a 10-point deduction...

Okay,
we got a bump...

Okay.

...And an alarm.

Oh!

...And that's another 10.

And with an additional
forward and back correction,

That's 10 more.

I bet you he thinks
that's an amazing park job.

Perfect.

Well, not really.

In addition
to his 30-point deductions,

His centering
isn't particularly centered.

All right.
Front is nine inches.

Perfectly square
would be 20 inches.

So, a further 11-point deduction
leaves frank with a total of 59.

So far, not a good start
for the men, I'm telling you.

Up steps the starting driver
for team women, gwen...

Okay, gwen.

Here we go.

...And she's much more cautious
than frank.

She's doing pretty good.

Maneuvering
with careful precision,

Gwen makes the most
of the angle and space.

She almost touched
but didn't touch.

Look.
She's just readjusted.

The impressive gwen
completes the park

With a single 10-point
correction penalty,

And the tale of the tape...

20 inches.

...Tells us gwen
is perfectly centered,

Scoring an impressive 90 points.

It's a tough act
for scott to follow...

He's driving
very confidently.

...And he carries on
where frank left off.

Oh, we got a bump.

He's also racing
to get into the space,

And doesn't mind
using the cars on either side

To nudge his way in...

oh, geez.

That's not good.

...And with
a poor positioning score...

Eight inches.
You impressed?

...He posts a total
that's very similar to frank's,

Meaning in this battle
of the sexes,

The guys already have
their backs to the wall.

The men seem to be
getting in the space

With less maneuvers,

But they're also crashing
into the cars as they do it,

So really, who's better
at parking so far?

If I'm one of the cars
parked on either side,

I'm going with the women.

Welcome back, passengers.

We are testing the myth
that men are more reluctant

To ask for directions
than women,

And so far,
based on our sample size

Of one man and one woman,

It's looking
pretty good for the myth...

I'm so lost.

...But sample size
is everything in science.

The more you have,
the better your results,

So we're not gonna
leave it there.

We're gonna test
a bunch more men

And a bunch more women.

Yep. With 12 more volunteers
to be led astray and lost...

Hmm.

...The result
is far from decided.

So jamie, the puppet master,

Reprises
his string-pulling role...

So, here are
the instructions.

...And adam continues

His comically inept
secret surveillance...

oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.

did he see you?

...But crucially,
after our driving draftees

Hit the bermuda triangle...

...Everyone,
gals and guys alike,

Stop to ask for directions...

Excuse me.
Do you know where almond is?

Excuse me.

Do you know where almond is?
Excuse me.

Is there an almond street
around here?

And...

There she goes.

...If our last
female volunteer, tammy,

Stops and seeks help...

...The girls
will have a clean record,

The guys won't.

Ah! I don't know
where I'm going.

But as the clock ticks on
and tammy circles back again...

Oh, yeah.

...And again...

Ah,

Okay.

...It's clear
that her frustration...

Oh, my god. No.

...Is not going
to turn into a plea for help,

But a plea for candy.

Fudge!

And at the 20-minute mark,

The team terminates
tammy's trauma,

And the score is all tied,

But jamie has a solution.

With one failure apiece,
we need a tie breaker,

And time might just do it.

If the men have an aversion
to asking for help,

That reluctance
might just translate

To them taking more time
before they stop.

Over to adam for the breakdown.

Men drove for an average
of four minutes and 11 seconds

Before asking for directions.

Women drove for an average
of five minutes and 11 seconds

Before asking for directions.

That's right.

The men asked for directions
20% sooner than the women.

All that leads us
to call this myth...

Thank you,
my silent friend.

Kari and tory
have been asking the question,

"which sex parks
in the perfect spot?"

And so far, it's looking good
for the gals...

Oh!

Oh.

...With a commanding lead
on the scoreboard.

But with justine
behind the wheel...

Nope. No. No.

This has all gone wrong.
That's a bump.

...All goes curb up.

Oh!

Hmm, that's really close.

She better
leave a note.

Things get so bad,

Tory even tries his hand
at some encouragement.

You're doing great.

You almost have it.

Really?

That was really nice
of you.

Yeah.

Oh, man.

oh.

Wow. That's --

I'm speechless.
Wow.

Yep. Drive up
on that curb. Do it.

Whoops.

You almost got it...

...And by almost,
I mean miles away.

Um, p.S., we've run out
of points to take away.

Yep, justine's long list
of transgressions

Means she scored zero...

I don't know how to do this.

...And she not so much finishes

As gives up.

Might not be called parallel,
but it's definitely parked.

Uh...Yeah.

I'm in the space, right?

Yeah,
you're in the space.

That was a license-revoking
parking job.

Justine parked on the curb

And may have ruined two cars
in the process.

I stopped marking down her score
when we got to zero.

The women's average took a hit,
and six tests later...

17 inches.

...The status quo
is in much the same state.

The guys aren't
doing a whole lot right...

Oh, big bump.
That was a bump.

...But they're not
doing much wrong, either.

Nice work.

And the girls?

Well, they veer and steer wildly

Between brilliance...

That was awesome.

...And catastrophe.

Oh!

We have another bump.

That didn't sound good.

We're about halfway
through the test,

And I got to say,
this is really interesting.

We have some really great scores
from the women

And some really bad scores
from the women...

Oh, god! Really?!

Can this woman see?

Do you have
a license?

I do.

I-I-I'm terrible
at parallel parking.

...Whereas the men
are kind of consistently

Staying at the middle.

So, when it averages out,
we're at a tie.

After 10 park jobs,
the average is incredibly close,

But there's a clear gender-based
difference in method.

Oh!

The men are generally faster,

Don't mind the odd bump...

Oh.

Ooh!
That was a good bump.

...And as a group, they seem
to have more confidence...

Perfect.

...While the women are more
cautious and methodical...

Whoo-hoo!

The difference

Between their highs and lows...

Oh, this is
a really bad angle.

...Being a lack of confidence.

I'm used to nudging my way in,
but when the alarm went off,

I was a little...
Paranoid, you know,

Someone would come out screaming
with a rake or something.

The rest
of the afternoon speeds by

In a blur of curb crawling,

Car alarms...

Sorry I hit your car.

...And high-fivin'...

Team men.

...Leading
to a final revealing tally.

All right,
so what are the results?

All right, so, the women
came out with an average of 42.5

And the men came out
with an average of 43.6 --

A statistical tie.

Yep, with just 1.1% difference,
statistically speaking,

There's nothing in it,
and that means...

Women being better parkers
than men -- busted.

All right. Let's go.

Oh, should we let grant out
of the trunk?

Yeah.

That's probably
a good idea.

Hey, wake up.

We'll let you out when we get
back to san francisco.

You may or may not know
that from 1998 to 2003,

I actually worked
in the model shop

Here at
industrial light & magic,

And it's kind of like
a coming home

For me
to be here today.

Yeah! I bet you never saw
a giant baby do this before!

Oh, look! I'm running!

I've run into
a lot of old friends,

Seen a lot of stuff
that I built,

And here's one of them.

This is a carousel that
I actually designed and built

With a crew for the film, "a.I."

You might not recognize it
'cause it is a scene

That got deleted
from the final film,

But I got about
two or three weeks

To design and construct
this entire thing

And then prep it
for being weathered

By our fantastic group
of scenic painters.

It's one of my favorite models
I got to work on,

And I just ran into it
here in the hallway.

Adam and jamie
are back at the lob lab

With some unfinished business.

All episode long,

We've been testing
"throws like a girl."

We've been looking
for an experimentally
provable difference

Between the way that men throw
and the way that women throw.

We've pitted eight test subjects
in four different age groups

Against each other,

And we've analyzed their throws
in a motion-capture stage,

But still, still, we can't shake
this cultural generality

That playing catch,
throwing a ball,

Is a boy's game
and not a girl's game.

How do you control for
that inherent cultural training?

With this -- our final test,

In which we are making all eight
of our test subjects

Throw again,

But with their left hand
this time.

Yeah.

Oh, it's gonna be so awkward.

It may be awkward,

But with the same setup
and scoring system as before,

It will get to the heart
of this myth.

We're gonna ask you
to do the same thing,

But with
your left hand.

All right.

And as our eight volunteers
are put through their paces,

It should be noted
that without practice,

It's impossible to transfer
a learned athletic skill

To your non-preferred hand...

Oh, heads up!

...Meaning this test

Effectively cancels out
any subtle cultural training

That may give the boys
an advantage.

It's like they're throwing
a ball for the first time,

And the numbers, when collected
and collated, are conclusive.

This is interesting.

The guys completely reversed
the result

From the preferred-hand test.

They're more accurate
by the girls by about 12%,

But the girls are faster.

It's marginal -- 4% --
but they are faster.

But what about form?

If you look at
our motion-capture data,

It does seem quite clear

That men throw
with a better technique.

They throw with a technique

That looks much more like
that of the pro pitcher,

And when we removed
all that training

And had our "blank slates" throw
with their non-dominant hand,

Males and females threw

With almost identical
techniques.

This suggests strongly
that it is cultural --

That it is training,

And then,
when you remove that training,

You level the playing field.

To test this,
jamie has one final fling.

Meet jordan taylor.

Jordan is a girl...

...A pitcher
for the u.S. Softball team...

...And jordan can throw.

Her 65-mile-an-hour canons

Hit the target
with unfailing accuracy,

And her form
matches that of greg,

The male pro pitcher.

His larger frame
does mean greater speed,

But in terms of precision
and technique,

Jordan has it nailed.

So, given the training,
there's no reason

Women can't overcome
cultural bias

And throw as well as the guys.

Nice.

How are we gonna
call it?

Well, we set out
on this episode

To see if we could
find a distinctive difference

Between the way men throw a ball
and the way women throw a ball.

And what
did we find?

Well, we found that there is,
in fact, a distinct difference.

Both our data
supported this

And, more importantly,
the motion-capture data.

We were able to clearly see
that, when throwing a ball,

Women tend to stay more vertical
and throw like this,

Whereas men
go more horizontal

And rotate their bodies
more aggressively.

But you know,
we really should deal

With "throws like a girl"
as an insult.

Indeed, we should,
and here's the big news --

"throws like a girl"
is not an insult.

We did not find
in any of our testing

That women throw
more poorly than men.

Maybe now
we can put to bed

"throws like a girl"
as an insult.

I surely hope so.

You hear that?