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A Guardian article on why women cyclists are being targeted for abuse…

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  • October 4, 2019 at 5:43 pm #950745
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    Boatsie

    I’m a white male. I’ve been
    I’m a white male. I’ve been yelled at by a driver instructor and had some sort of hand gesture from a lovely looking female driver the last two days.
    I figured it because I dropped it back a few cogs and launched it in front of the next multiple lane wave of traffic on the express way. Must have looked good at it. 🙂
    Women look even better. Congratulations. I love the wet of sweat too

    October 4, 2019 at 4:38 pm #950743
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    Burke

    That’s not a good article at

    [quote=Armstrong’s_balls]

    That’s not a good article at all… just a feminist rant based on a 2015 study which it takes at face value and doesn’t even try to critique.

    Why a “feminist” rant? It’s her point of view based on her own experience, her discussions with other female and male cyclists, and a reference to a published article.

    Regardless of the basis for it, an article implying something negative about men is a “feminist rant”. In that vein, I’d characterise your opinion as mysoginistic bullshit.

    October 4, 2019 at 4:19 pm #950741
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    bobbypuk

    Does that not contradict the

    Does that not contradict the research into close passing from a few years back?

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/5334208.stm

     

    (I only skimmed the article, this is the internet so I never like to wade into a discussion with all the information)

    October 4, 2019 at 3:47 pm #950739
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    brooksby
    Armstrong’s_balls wrote:
    brooksby wrote:
    Armstrong’s_balls wrote:
    That’s not a good article at all… just a feminist rant based on a 2015 study which it takes at face value and doesn’t even try to critique.

    In what way was it a “feminist rant”?  I thought it made some good points.

    (Disclaimer: I’m a cis white male).

    You’re a STRAIGHT WHITE MALE?

    Your opinion is automatically racist and invalid. Check your privilege and pay reparations.

    Hmm  

    And perhaps you need to go find yourself the next Jordan Peterson book-signing, so you can be back among friends.

    (PS – you do know that “cis” doesn’t actually mean “straight”?  It means someone who self-identifies with the same gender as their body appearance, which is itself the same gender with which they were born).

    October 4, 2019 at 3:12 pm #950737
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    Armstrong's_balls
    brooksby wrote:
    Armstrong’s_balls wrote:
    That’s not a good article at all… just a feminist rant based on a 2015 study which it takes at face value and doesn’t even try to critique.

    In what way was it a “feminist rant”?  I thought it made some good points.

    (Disclaimer: I’m a cis white male).

     

    You’re a STRAIGHT WHITE MALE?

    Your opinion is automatically racist and invalid. Check your privilege and pay reparations.

    October 4, 2019 at 2:50 pm #950735
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    Mungecrundle

    I would mention aggressive
    I would mention aggressive female drivers of large 4x4s but I dare not as a middle aged man for risk of being accused of gender stereotyping.

    October 4, 2019 at 2:27 pm #950733
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    ktache

    It seems to be written from

    It seems to be written from her experience and those with whom she has talked to.

    We may get abuse, talking as a middle aged male cyclist, but we can never hope to understand the levels of abuse that many women are subjected to in life, let alone whilst riding a bike.

    October 4, 2019 at 2:27 pm #950731
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    brooksby
    Armstrong’s_balls wrote:
    That’s not a good article at all… just a feminist rant based on a 2015 study which it takes at face value and doesn’t even try to critique.

    In what way was it a “feminist rant”?  I thought it made some good points.

    (Disclaimer: I’m a cis white male).

    October 4, 2019 at 2:15 pm #950729
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    Armstrong's_balls

    That’s not a good article at

    That’s not a good article at all… just a feminist rant based on a 2015 study which it takes at face value and doesn’t even try to critique.

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