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Old 12-14-08 | 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by InfiniteRegress
It is interesting to hear about some of the confrontations on here that men experience. As a woman, I may get the occasional horn honk now and again, but in the 12+ years I've been bike commuting, I've never had people come after me or try to pick fights. I can only attribute this to gender, as my male colleagues who bike commute always have similar aggression-filled confrontation stories when they get to work. Although I do get a lot of sexually-explicit comments thrown my way that I could do without.
For what it's worth I've been commuting for 7+ years and I've never had anyone try to pick a fight or run me down or anything, and I'm a male. Maybe it's due to living in the Pacific Northwest.
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