Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... ... I don't know.... I'm not saying us mouth-breather traditional guy types are angels, but... I've never actually seen any misogynist type posts in any BF post. Its more like women and issues of women and biking are simply ignored by male posters. Moreover recently a number of self-identified women have started posting regularly and I haven't seen them treated disrespectfully. So... ... IMO there is no real need for women to be afraid to post here. Do automotive forums discourage women posters? When I left NYC the overwhelming majority of cyclists on the streets were male. I was dropped on when I saw Portland's cycling scene where every other cyclist is female. An earlier poster puts it at 60/40 but I wonder if it isn't closer to 50/50. Maybe even 60/40 with women being predominant! Women are less likely than men to let ego goad them into commuting by car after the Recession has said, "maybe its time you made a change". I can believe that the commuting dynamic has changed in NYC to reflect this. But getting on the bike and commuting is different from wanting to get on BF and post about it. I mean... what is there to say? That drivers will maul you if you don't have $1000 worth of video recording equipment on your rig? That's a guy thing. So the women are over in the secret forum doing inscrutable things which makes a kind of sense. But... I'm still curious... how does one present one's bonafides for access to the inner sanctum as it were. Is that secret too? I haven't been this intrigued since Jimmy Hoffa went missing...

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