Originally Posted by
Dagmarthegreat
Yeah, I was always reluctant to ride my bike to and from my college's campus, I feel like it's exacerbated by being female because rarely have the comments been about cycling, they're generally something sexually suggestive if not outright explicit. Trying to work up the courage to take up cycling again now that I'm back in the U.S., after the bike-friendly culture of Germany I'm not sure I'm ready to encounter having comments about my hindquarters yelled at from the cab of two-ton pickups again... It definitely is discouraging, but I'm trying to not let that sort of behavior discourage me from doing something I love, as I don't think that there is actually any danger in most cases.
I don't see it as danger I just wonder why they do that to try and annoy me. You should continue to cycle. I think when anyone cycles often enough then it doesn't matter where you are well by moving countries I assume it would take time to get used to. So far I've been wearing a rain coat, hat for now, and sun glasses. Not only to protect my eyes especially due to sensitivity, but also in a way the drivers don't know who I am/can't see my face clearly so in a way when they say the sexual comments it literally can't bother me as they don't know what I even look like or the actual outline of my body shape