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Specifically what behaviors do you feel subjected to, especially those of other cyclists, that annoy/irritate/frighten you that you feel you disproportionately experience as a direct result of your gender identity.

I am exploring this as a possible topic for an upcoming video education piece. So hit me.

Feel free to send me your thoughts in an email (jason@activetrans.org) if you don't feel like sharing with the group.

Thanks all!

Jason Jenkins

Education Specialist

Active Trans

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The question wasn't "What do you, as a woman, feel you're subjected to that men aren't?" It was what we feel we disproportionately have to endure as women. I think we can agree that we all get shoaled by people who are obviously casual cyclists that don't know shoaling is rude. But it's another thing to get shoaled by men who obviously fancy themselves cyclists, and shoal us despite evidence that we're going faster or are more agile than they are.


Jason said:

ehhh, I dont think you all get over taken at lights because youre a woman...its just what people do.

I have women do that to me riding a cheap mountain bike w/ a crooked helmet. 

IMO its pretty rare for a person to stay behind you at a light.

As to the "hey men" thread--I am 99% certain it was not meant to be taken seriously.  Follow  h' around here for a while and you will see he has an interesting sense of humour. :-)

I have been following the chainling for over a year. I get the humor. Just because i "get it" doesn't mean I approve of it or think it's useful. 

Lisa Curcio 6.5 mi said:

As to the "hey men" thread--I am 99% certain it was not meant to be taken seriously.  Follow  h' around here for a while and you will see he has an interesting sense of humour. :-)

The thing about being a hegemon in some context is that no one has to give you something - you just take it, or assume everything is yours.

Davis Moore said:

I think the "alternate" thread is actually a light hearted (read diplomatic) attempt by h' to clear this one out of unsolicited voices by giving those individuals someplace else to go and grouse. I'm pretty sure he's on your side, as am I.

My intent was clear from the first post- it was meant to lampoon the fact that men couldn't stay the hell out of this one.  I considered whether this thread had run its productive course before starting it, and peeked in to see that it seemed to have thoroughly jumped the rails.

Did everyone really just agree here that the intent was to ridicule this thread?

Absolutely wrong, and I have nothing else to say about it.

Davis Moore said:

I think the "alternate" thread is actually a light hearted (read diplomatic) attempt by h' to clear this one out of unsolicited voices by giving those individuals someplace else to go and grouse. I'm pretty sure he's on your side, as am I.



echo said:

Does anyone else feel like we need to start a thread dedicated to cute animals? To balance all this heaviness out? 

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