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RANT ALERT – Getting fed up..

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  • April 25, 2014 at 7:08 am #21252
    mooleur

    I’m getting sick and tired of every reasonable debate seemingly turning into some sort of misogynistic parry of “oh, I was going to reply with something interesting but I’ve just realised you’re that bird who likes to stick up for equal prize money – so I’m basically going to treat you with utter disdain because obviously, despite the fact that you ride for a successful women’s domestic team and train for 16 hours a week and work in a highly technical role, your opinion on anything is definitely worth less than half of anything a male counterpart could come up with”.

    I don’t mind putting up with the fact that there are a LOT of armchair pros on these forums (sorry, but we all know this is true) because it’s the internet and people like to feel important. However, it seems like every 4 out of 5 in-depth threads seemingly get turned on their head by someone making the above assumption.

    If one more idiot calls me “babe”, “love”, “sweetheart” or simply winks at my responses I will hunt them down like the rabid rats that they are.

    There aren’t many women on this forum, but of the ones that do use it frequently – they are knowledgeable, experienced and well known riders, and we shouldn’t really have to put up with this. If it were once or twice then fine but it seems to be increasing exponentially at the moment and it’s genuinely making use of this website unpleasant.

    Rant over.

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  • April 26, 2014 at 10:19 am #788409
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    drfabulous0

    mooleur wrote:There aren’t

    mooleur wrote:
    There aren’t many women on this forum, but of the ones that do use it frequently – they are knowledgeable, experienced and well known riders,

    Hi Mooleur, I suspect that the above may be the issue rather than your gender, you see most of us are just opinionated knobheads on bikes. Myself I’m a pro mechanic but I don’t come on here for serious technical discussion, just light hearted banter and the odd rant, loosely based around cycling.

    April 26, 2014 at 8:13 am #788407
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    Flying Scot

    as I see it, any right
    as I see it, any right thinking person knows who feels threatened in this thread, and it ain’t the OP.

    More power to you Mooleur, you have them scared, don’t worry about the odd daft post, as someone who was a crap amateur 25 years ago, I’m always interested in hearing from those employed in serious modern day competition, regardless of gender.

    There are eejits in all sports and walks of life, including those who live on the internet.

    April 26, 2014 at 5:04 am #788405
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    Argos74

    I’m just gonna get out of the
    I’m just gonna get out of the way, and hope Moo (and the other lady posters and columnists) keeps doing what she’s doing, and as awesomely as she does already. World needs more women on bikes, in and out of competitive cycling.

    April 25, 2014 at 7:57 pm #788403
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    mooleur

    Haha, aw cheers! you’re more
    Haha, aw cheers! you’re more than welcome to sit on any time dude, good TT practise, do like the hard work, me 🙂

    Thanks spin and jack. As it’s been said, it’s getting there, everyone’s learning more and more and it’s obviously an adjustment process as the women’s side of the sport grows, sometimes there are dinosaurs lurking and eventually those will subside. 🙂

    April 25, 2014 at 6:52 pm #788401
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    Jack Osbourne snr

    Moo honey, you can hunt me
    Moo honey, you can hunt me down anytime.

    Just be aware that once you catch me, I’ll sit on your wheel for the rest of the day 😀

    Gentlemen, please remember that the ladies on here are as proficient in most aspects of cycling as most of the guys are. Don’t go out of your way to be patronising or sexist.

    April 25, 2014 at 5:30 pm #788399
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    spin sugar

    Understand exactly where
    Understand exactly where you’re coming from, Moo; it’s a familiar story. Frankly, it’s emblematic of attitudes that, depressingly, still exist throughout many levels of cycling. I have to believe we’ll get there. Eventually…

    April 25, 2014 at 4:28 pm #788397
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    mooleur

    Joeinpoole wrote:Oh dear. It

    Joeinpoole wrote:
    Oh dear. It seems to me that Mooleur got up this morning and was disappointed to find there was no posts relating to female issues or a proper sexist argument to be had anywhere … so she thought she’d start one of her own.

    Then she had an enjoyable few hours responding to the daft few who took her bait.

    Yes. That’s definitely what I set out to do with my day. :/

    April 25, 2014 at 3:49 pm #788395
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    Joeinpoole

    Oh dear. It seems to me that
    Oh dear. It seems to me that Mooleur got up this morning and was disappointed to find there was no posts relating to female issues or a proper sexist argument to be had anywhere … so she thought she’d start one of her own.

    Then she had an enjoyable few hours responding to the daft few who took her bait.

    April 25, 2014 at 2:38 pm #788393
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    northstar

    OldRidgeback wrote:stumps

    OldRidgeback wrote:
    stumps wrote:
    I maybe wrong and no doubt people will tell me so but i think mooleur put the bit in about racing etc to let people know she does know a thing or two about bikes and racing and is not just making wild sweeping statements with no prior knowledge, which to be honest happens quite regularly on this forum.

    If anyone is sad enough to pick faults purely because the poster is female then they can crawl back under the stone they came from.

    +1 – well, put Stumps, no need to say more.

    And another.

    April 25, 2014 at 2:35 pm #788391
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    farrell

    But why oh why oh why is
    But why oh why oh why is there a gavel?

    Gavels have never been used in British courts……

    April 25, 2014 at 2:24 pm #788389
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    OldRidgeback

    stumps wrote:I maybe wrong

    stumps wrote:
    I maybe wrong and no doubt people will tell me so but i think mooleur put the bit in about racing etc to let people know she does know a thing or two about bikes and racing and is not just making wild sweeping statements with no prior knowledge, which to be honest happens quite regularly on this forum.

    If anyone is sad enough to pick faults purely because the poster is female then they can crawl back under the stone they came from.

    +1 – well, put Stumps, no need to say more.

    April 25, 2014 at 2:19 pm #788387
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    northstar

    And another fan club member,
    And another fan club member, what level of membership would you like?

    April 25, 2014 at 2:07 pm #788385
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    allez neg

    http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=
    http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RDjCqjzbvJY

    April 25, 2014 at 2:02 pm #788383
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    northstar

    bashthebox wrote:Fuck me this

    bashthebox wrote:
    Fuck me this is a tiresome forum thread – I’m not blaming Moo, if she feels the victim of sexism on this site, then she’s the victim of sexism on this site. Attempts to justify it as trolling or banter are pretty pathetic. Perhaps those bantermeisters ought to leave that shit for the sales rep meetings rather than exhibit their misogyny on a public forum?

    Also, and though I try to resist picking on people’s writing skills, “Northstar”, your use of quotation “marks” not “only” make you look “thick” but also make me “think” you’re a Daily Mail “reader”. Food for “thought”.

    Oh look, another “thicko”, what kind of fan club membership would you like?

    April 25, 2014 at 1:53 pm #788381
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    chiv30

    bashthebox wrote:Fuck me this

    bashthebox wrote:
    Fuck me this is a tiresome forum thread – I’m not blaming Moo, if she feels the victim of sexism on this site, then she’s the victim of sexism on this site. Attempts to justify it as trolling or banter are pretty pathetic. Perhaps those bantermeisters ought to leave that shit for the sales rep meetings rather than exhibit their misogyny on a public forum?

    Also, and though I try to resist picking on people’s writing skills, “Northstar”, your use of quotation “marks” not “only” make you look “thick” but also make me “think” you’re a Daily Mail “reader”. Food for “thought”.

    In all fairness you lost your right to comment with your opening two words….

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