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Originally Posted by randya
you didn't really answer the question, perhaps I should rephrase it: are any of these women you mentioned active advocates for vehicular cycling or do they advocate for other forms of bike infrastructure and facilities that are more conducive to cycling without elevated adrenaline and testosterone levels?
Clearly yes.

More generally, there are many observed gender differences including behavior -- for an interesting and well-written take on the matter read Crossing by D McClosky -- such that asserting a causal relationship is quite difficult. A long literature that discusses how women argue/discuss matters differently than men -- at least the subset that I read -- would support some of the observations made here. My take on it, is that making assertions on "how VC" females are based on comparing female to male internet posts is probably biased.
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