Originally Posted by
Machka
OK, consider these situations ...
A) Suppose I (a woman) posted about a recent century ride I did, and as a part of that ride report, I made the comment that a guy rode up beside me and said, "Nice bike!" When I looked over I discovered he was riding a Marinoni too. We rode and chatted together for the next 20 km and then went our separate ways.
I highly doubt that a woman would come in at some point during the first 5 or 10 posts and say, "Was he hot?" or "Did you hook up after the ride?" or anything like that. If people commented on the ride report at all, they would likely make comments or ask questions about the bicycle and/or ride.
B) Now suppose a guy posted about a recent century ride he did, and as a part of that ride report, he made the comment that a girl rode up beside him and said, "Nice bike!" When he looked over he discovered she was riding a Marinoni too. They rode and chatted together for the next 20 km and then went their separate ways.
I suspect there would be a good chance that somewhere in the first 5 or 10 posts some guy would come in with "Was she hot?" or "Did you hook up after the ride?" or something like that.
Would my suspicions be right or wrong?
Why is it necessary to know anything about the looks of the girl? And what's worse are the comments that if she wasn't hot, they would have blown her off earlier than 20 km (I've seen those ones). Those sorts of comments are completely unnecessary and unwelcome in a co-ed cycling forum.
With BF, in it's current state, I would agree with your suspicions 100%.
However, I would argue that this is due to the Male/Female ratio in RC. If you had the same number of Males/Females and other variables like teenage males/females, I would wager that this anomaly would normalize significantly (example of behavioral normalization is any of the popular social networking sites).
Furthermore, everyone here has to realize that this is a pretty anonymous msg. board on the Internet. People can and will say things that they might not say in a face-to-face conversation.
We have moderators when things go overboard...