Originally Posted by
valygrl
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.
This just bugs the hell out of me. It ignores the fact that SOME women take advantage of attention in other situations.
It also comes across as if guys don't get crap on here too. I have seen way more guys get flamed for some part of their body or looks or you name it than I have seen woman get harassed.
It also comes across as if the percentage of guys that are aholes is larger than the percentage of women that like the attention.
How is a woman getting a catcall any more hurtfull that a guy getting crap for having small legs. (not me, I've never posted a picture, I couldn't stand the rejection)