Originally Posted by
Tulex
Ok, so I'll be the one that looks like an ahole for pointing it out, but your title says you are a cougar, you have a dominatrix avatar, you say you are on the prowl, and your sig says you are looking for a new toy.
Don't you think that might have something to do with it?
And it works both ways by the way. More often than I see women treated poorly on here, I see men jump to help them because they ARE a woman. And I have seen women flirt like hell on here. And just like it might be a small percent of the women that do that, so is it a small percent of the men that scare women away.
Originally Posted by
Machka
But here's the thing ... women are concerned that if they post something, it will either deteriorate into something vulgar and insulting ... or that they will get flamed or facepalmed because they don't know the right questions to ask or right terms to use or whatever. There's a concern about both things.
Like every other thread in RC? Regardless whether a man or woman started it.
I think women should just get in here and post ... and I also think that the mods should be right on it if it turns negative toward the women.
Originally Posted by
Machka
And many women, even here on BF, are still in that sort of mindset. IF they happen to get a bicycle it's because of pressure from a husband or boyfriend, or maybe a vague desire to get into shape. But they feel like they know so little about bicycles that they are not even sure what questions to ask. They might not even have the vocabulary to use. Maybe they venture in here, but they see everyone talking away using words they don't understand or in ways they don't understand. And they see all the teasing that goes on. And so ... they don't come back here to ask questions.
Gotta disagree. You're assuming some male pushed females to get into cycling and they may not be the case. I think many of your posts show more generalizing than others on here.
Originally Posted by
Flatballer
Maybe they're proud of their bodies and their sexuality and aren't afraid to show them off? Sexuality isn't something that needs to be kept in a little box and only unlocked in the bedroom with your legal spouse.
We're becoming prudes in the age of political correctness. Sure sex sells. And sex should be fun. If I had a killer body I'd want to show it off too. It's funny because when I was living in the UK the comedies on TV (ie Coupling) are so much more sexual than they could ever be here in America. The level of provocatism there is far beyond ours as well. People need to embrace sex and stop fearing it.
Quick question - can someone link me to all the women hating threads? I've been here a long time and can count maybe on one hand the number of times I have ever seen a thread posted by a woman go downhill - and each time it was addressed by mods. I think in general, everyone is harassed on the RC forum. Dosen't matter which protected category you belong to, we're all treated the same.
Lastly, it's the internet people and this is a free forum. Hell, we don't even know if the men in this thread are really men and vice versa. This is one of the most respectable forums I've been a part of. I spent several years in the BMW car mod world and let me tell you they make this forum look like something straight from the good side of heaven.
Rob