Originally Posted by
CbadRider
It has not been moved to Foo because it is a discussion about the perceived environment of the Road forum.
The handful of female-specific cycling threads I have seen all went downhill pretty quickly. That is one reason why I personally have not posted any in the Road forum, and the same reason a lot of those in the Women's forum give for not posting in Road.
I wouldn’t have guessed that a female interested in learning more about cycling would be reluctant to post questions or share their thoughts. The amount of vulgar and insulting posts directed towards females seems infrequent from my eyes. I just read them and think “idiot” and move on.
Even if others called out the vulgar posts, I doubt if it would stop or change anything. Some are doing it for shock and entertainment value. There are many lurkers that are probably more reluctant to post for fear of getting flamed or facepalmed.
Maybe you can spread the word in the woman’s forum to encourage participation in RC. The <1% of insulting posts shouldn’t keep you away. If a post is truly vulgar, the mods should immediately pull it.