Irenicus, please be who you want to be, as long as it fits into veganbikes social constructs.
Most here knew exactly what you were referring to. Heck if you would have said the bar tape the "gal " at the bike shop put on didn't match your new lacquer fingernails and that the tape still looked to girly, most here still would have been okay... me included.
You couldn't state that it looked like shart or arse, the mods would have shut it down. They might anyway.
But I'm sure I wouldn't want stars on my bar tape. But that's just me. I've never thought "girly" was a derogatory term and never will.
Peace, out......