German mayor designates men only parking spots - what happened to gender equality?

Calling himself a proponent of equal rights, Gallus Strobel, the mayor of a small town in the Black Forest has designated special parking spaces in the municipal garage for men - because they're harder to get into.

Unlike the 12 spaces set aside for women, which are wider, well-lit, and closer to the exit, the men’s spaces require the driver to pull in at an angle, and avoid hitting cement pillars. They are an “attraction” for any ambitious driver, Strobel saod. “But men are, as a rule, a little better at such challenges,” he said.

Strobel, 58, who says he has parked in the spaces three times, admitted that “of course, there are also great women drivers!” He said that when he came to the idea, he knew it would challenge “political correctness.” But he says he has received mostly positive feedback from his stunt.

So is this guy sexist or is it true that men park better than women? Insurance rates for men are higher than they are for women because they aren't better drivers. Surely parking and driving skills are similar and make use of the same part of the brain.