Here's an example of how the tone of this forum affects me, personally. I have some pretty cool pictures from my bike rides, and some of them are of me and my friends.

If I was a guy, I would post them in various threads, we all like to do the "look at me and my bike on top of this awesome mountain pass, I want to share my accomplishment!!!"

But I never do that in Road, because of the catcalls and/or insults about how I/we look that I think I would end up with.