Survival Skills

Just read an update on The Amazing Race 9 on www.cbs.com.
Yet ANOTHER WOMAN had difficulty driving a car with a manual transmission.
It's amusing when these contestants think that everyone around the world drives an automatic.
Then it leads to their downfall, mwahaha!
Unfortunately, it's also a bummer that it's someone of my gender, AGAIN.
You'd think though that after watching eight seasons they'd realize the necessity of this skill.
Some people just never learn...