Interesting and more or less spot on I reckon.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-41737483
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Read the BBC article on why many women are reluctant to cycle?
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Posted 32 minutes ago #
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Is the answer because the public at large are pricks?
Posted 25 minutes ago # -
Spot on? It never reaches any conclusions, it's just a series of experiences and opinions.
Posted 23 minutes ago # -
Safety.
Sexist abuse.
Etc
etcConclusions I would say?
Posted 17 minutes ago # -
This seems to be an article less about cycling, and more about the nature of modern-day Britain i.e. Full of dicks. However, much of what the story mentions could be applied to both sexes: For example, I've had my arse slapped by a passing motorist. I've had "witty" comments aimed at me whilst cycling, and running, for that matter.
I'm not saying their comments aren't legitimate, just that the article seems rather blinkered.
Posted 17 minutes ago # -
Depressing reading. But the bit where she says a bloke said "keep pedalling, nearly there" and she found it patronising? I've had it said to me and I've said it to other blokes. I guess there is a difference between intention and perception.
Posted 14 minutes ago # -
I shall try to remember all this advice:
Don't boast of your long rides
Don't cultivate a "bicycle face"
Don't refuse assistance up a hill
Don't use bicycle slang. Leave that to the boys
Don't go out after dark without a male escort
Don't scratch a match on the seat of your bloomers
Don't appear in public until you have learned to ride well
Don't appear to be up on "records" and "record smashing". . . even though it's from 1895
Posted 14 minutes ago # -
Yeah, 1895 was a good year for women's cycling.Lol
That was a quote from an American author.
I bet the UK was even more repressed about women on bikes! Lol
Posted 11 minutes ago # -
Don't go out after dark without a male escort
That could get expensive this time of year
Posted 9 minutes ago # -
"I've even had 'keep pedalling, nearly there' - from a male cyclist. They wouldn't have said it to another man, it's so patronising and uncalled for.
As someone who enters races well beyond his fitness level, blokes definitely say it to other blokes...
Posted 5 minutes ago # -
Is it OK to say that I cringe when I read rubbish like that? Sometimes women just need to WTFU and ignore stupid words shouted by stupid males.
Was talking to my daughter at the weekend, she won't go running without a friend. WTF? And this, motivation, I think is a large part of the problem with women. I told her to join my old running club, that went down well!
*shakes fluffy little head*
Posted 3 minutes ago # -
Spot on? Not really.
1) "The roads aren't safe" - not true, most of them are. Just avoid the bad ones, it's not usually difficult.
2) "Keep pedalling, nearly there" - she suggests that wouldn't happen to a man - well, it does. All the sodding time. Along with any number of other stupid comments. Not usually sexual harassment though.
It's not that the public are all pricks either. I might get comments from a few dozen cars a year, depending on when I ride. But I've been passed by countless thousands.
Posted 2 minutes ago # -
cinnamon_girl - Member
Is it OK to say that I cringe when I read rubbish like that?No, that's not alright, it's sexist!
Posted 2 minutes ago # -
Excuses excuses. It's tiresome.
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