Riding with women
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I'm still trying to figure out how my wife ended up marrying me and staying with me for 22 years...
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He actually stated that both sexes are "doing dirt" to each other, so I don't even know what the double standard claim actually is.
Weird I can't find a chi square on dirt doing by gender of dirt doer and dirt doee.
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No. It's just that I find generalizing about genders tiring. Virtue signaling at its finest. Look at me, I'm on the correct side of history! Bleah.
I treat everyone on the roads the same. I engage if I'm engaged, otherwise I'm much like a recent poster: low social needs/requirements - I ride my own ride. But there's nothing wrong with others being outgoing, or acknowledging a person doing the same activity as themselves. Someone here posted that their wife would find it "creepy" if a passing male cyclist gave her a simple wave. Really? I think that says more about her than the man giving the wave. And yeah, I do it all the time, with both genders. Where's the issue?
While I realize I'm in the minority here, I don't really care. Not a stalker, know no stalkers, am not being stalked (currently). It's all good.
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I treat everyone on the roads the same. I engage if I'm engaged, otherwise I'm much like a recent poster: low social needs/requirements - I ride my own ride. But there's nothing wrong with others being outgoing, or acknowledging a person doing the same activity as themselves. Someone here posted that their wife would find it "creepy" if a passing male cyclist gave her a simple wave. Really? I think that says more about her than the man giving the wave. And yeah, I do it all the time, with both genders. Where's the issue?
While I realize I'm in the minority here, I don't really care. Not a stalker, know no stalkers, am not being stalked (currently). It's all good.
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Well, you go from zero to one hundred in an eye-blink, don't you?
Also, it's #MeToo - and has nothing to do with this conversation.
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Also, it's #MeToo - and has nothing to do with this conversation.
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I'd have found his comment hilarious if not for the semi-recent events demonstrating that it's all too easy to get similarly delusional and disillusioned folks to do stupid, dangerous things in hopes of going back to "better" times.
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I treat everyone on the roads the same. I engage if I'm engaged, otherwise I'm much like a recent poster: low social needs/requirements - I ride my own ride. But there's nothing wrong with others being outgoing, or acknowledging a person doing the same activity as themselves. Someone here posted that their wife would find it "creepy" if a passing male cyclist gave her a simple wave. Really? I think that says more about her than the man giving the wave. And yeah, I do it all the time, with both genders. Where's the issue?
While I realize I'm in the minority here, I don't really care. Not a stalker, know no stalkers, am not being stalked (currently). It's all good.
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While I realize I'm in the minority here, I don't really care. Not a stalker, know no stalkers, am not being stalked (currently). It's all good.
DD
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That’s why I hesitate more before matching a woman’s pace than a mans, and am extra attentive to body language to know if I am unwanted. Also I haven’t given a woman an encouraging push up a hill or something if they are struggling to keep up, I’ve done that to guys but would hesitate before laying my hands on a woman. It’s about being respectful.
Now, I certainly don't put hands on a male or female without prior consent. Seriously, I would never consider doing an "encouraging push" - to me, it's a violation of their space, no matter the gender. I'll freely give an encouraging word, but no physical contact unless I personally know them and know they'd be okay with it.
As you noted, it's about being respectful.
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Show me a female-dominated incel group and we'll talk. What facts count?
Getting anywhere with you is not any aspiration of mine, you're obviously out to troll. It's just that you suck at it.
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Now days, one can never be quite sure of any gender. So I just keep my distance, but always say hi as I go by.
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