But maps are the best. If it weren't for them I'd probably have ended up sleeping in my car more than a few times. I've noticed females use directions from place to place much the same way you describe. Men don't want to defer from the course, and will always take the same way to a location. They are better at remembering street names and house numbers.
Women use landmarks and general direction.
It's just one of those things we can all laugh about in private concerning the other sex. I've also heard there was a dispute in which they deposed their leader in 1990. When I state the fact that affirmative action destroyed the integrity of the program, I am attacked, even though I am just the carrier of the bad news. The pill did not reduce my sexual desire at all. In fact, being on the pill increased it because I don't have to worry about unwanted pregnancy.