Originally Posted by
Machka
You're new here so you probably don't know ... but it has always been like this. I guess that's what comes of allowing teenagers and college kids into a forum. The youngsters look at women merely as sexual objects ... they don't take women seriously at all. Some, but not all, grow out of that attitude as they become more mature.
And ... I have my doubts that most male road riders (or at least the teenager/college crowd) want more female involvement in our great sport, or care one way or the other. Perhaps the idea of women doing as well or better than them on the bicycle is somehow threatening.
Those are some pretty strong generalizations. While I agree that many teenager/college kids may act this way, I would also argue that many teenagers/college kids do NOT act that way or have strong sexist beliefs. Personally, I have seen just about as many grown men with sexist attitudes as I have college age kids or teenagers. But I'm referring to real world experiences here, I tend to stay away from a lot of BF threads so maybe there is a different trend here. I'm also 20 years old, so maybe I'm a little biased on the subject.
Nevertheless, I agree that it (sexism) is unacceptable for any age group, and that there is far too much of it, especially around sports of any kind.