Is there any domain truly safe from men’s overconfidence?

This might sound more like sexism than science, but it is, in fact, both — men think they're good at everything.

- Sophie Heawood, The Independent

A headline caught my attention this week. It read: “Men ‘are more confident drivers but cause most big crashes’, referring to a study that showed — shock — that men are more likely than women to say they are very good at driving... while at the same time being responsible for more of the serious accidents on the road. Some 86 per cent of male drivers feel confident behind the wheel, even though 76 per cent of UK road deaths, and 61 per cent of serious casualties, happen while they are driving. For women, such bravado is in shorter supply: only 78 per cent feel like confident drivers, despite being involved in significantly fewer accidents and participating far less in risky activities like speeding or drink driving.