[Closed] Why aren't there more women posting on the forum? Some research

oi, i'm only insecure in the bedroom thank you very much!

Fighting, causing trouble - moi? A girl of nervous disposition, I'll have you know. 🙂

Where's Sammie-Louise? Haven't heard her simpering for a while. 😉

oi, i'm only insecure in the bedroom thank you very much!

For Christmas you could buy MrsConsequence a book on knots?

Only read the first post...Think we all know who she means when she talks about the creepy one

😆

the forum is a better place with you on it cougar. medical FACT.

In response to the points, and at risk of being shot down for both:

Life's about arguing, in general - there's two sides to every question, story and interesting article. Life would be really really dull if everyone agreed with everything you said and didn't argue. Why would you just agree with someone for the sake of it? And if you don't agree, until someone convinces you otherwise, laying down and accepting their point is a bit lame.

And in this case blokes appear to be stuck between a rock and a hard place - you're damned if you're an arse, and damned if you're friendly and show some support. Ho hum.

Life's about arguing, in general - there's [b]at least[/b] two sides to every question, story and interesting article.

FTFY HTH

life would indeed be very dull and indescribably fraught if everything only had two sides..

life would indeed be very dull and indescribably fraught if everything only had two sides..

I might go out on a limb and say pretty much everything is a binary choice when broken down, although when posting my original post I was thinking "more than" but simplified it somewhat by accident. But ultimately I don't care (enough to continue the discussion).

to be or not to be... what was the question...?

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i dont know what i'm doing with these buttons!

Does she attend a gym in the Midlands? 😉

life would indeed be very dull and indescribably fraught if everything only had two sides..

in fact in the case of buildings, downright draughty and unsafe too.

i wish people would consider the full ramifications before offering advice on the internets.

And there would be no triangles. Imagine life without triangles?

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Wouldn't be worth living

They're not actually triangles .......

i have three black jelly beans here if anybody wants then, collection only from Reading, UK.

And there would be no triangles. Imagine life without triangles?

I don't think Phthagoras realised how important his work was. Imagine if he was around today to see the practical applications in the form of Dairylea Cheese Triangles.

They're not actually triangles .......

Dairylea Triangle-Style Cheese wedges.

Think we all know who she means when she talks about the creepy one

You do yourself a disservice, Houns.

All the ladeeze know that what with your IBS, they are perfectly safe... 😉

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Where's Sammie-Louise? Haven't heard her simpering for a while.

is not she having her piles lasered or something?

Back to the OP:

[b]Possibly,[/b] statistically more mtb-ers are men than women

[b]Probably, [/b] women have better things to do with their time and are working harder. Multi-tasking doesn't extend to wasting time on internet fora!

Agree with what was said above; there are fewer women who ride bikes/ride mountainbikes and fewer women interested in the internet.

If you worked out how many male posters there are as a percentage of how many males cycle, and the same for women, maybe the number of posters, when expressed as a percentage of the female cycling population (rather than as per capita) is rather higher.

Maybe.

Favourite Definition of The Day: A Misogynist, one who hates every bone in a womens body, except his own....

.....somehow seems appropriate and explanatory.

I don't understand the desperate striving for more female members etc anyway to be honest - who's here is who's here, those who don't join I don't care about, those who do join could be either male or female or alien for all I care. Providing no-one feels personally attacked and bullied, ultimately it's all personal choice. If I didn't like it here I wouldn't expect people to be clammering to find ways of getting more coffeekings here, I'd expect life to go on as normal. Same with women in the sport - who cares? If it were all female and sod all males I don't see why I or anyone else would want to cautiously tippy-toe around me to make sure I felt included and didn't get put off. I don't think you'll find netball forums are full of women saying "we need to find ways of including more men in this sport, it's a disgrace that it's primarily women" do you?

in fact in the case of buildings, downright draughty and unsafe too.

Bus shelters are often 1 or 2 sided. While a tad draughty, I'll grant you that, they're safe 🙂

I lurked for ages before posting and it was a thread with Rachel explaining what she was going through that made me want to start posting here. When you lot want to be, you can all be so supportive. The piss taking was hard to understand at first, and I got really wound up by it until i got that it was mostly trying to be funny. The sexism on here can get a bit much sometimes and it was a bit ****y that it took me and sueW to say " we're going" before it got taken seriously but most of you got it!!

It's mostly good here and the times it's not I just don't post.

can't the mods just delete all the men until the number of men and wimmin active posters is equal? MODS! ARE YOU LISTENING? CAN YOU HEAR MY QUESTION?!

THERE ARE NETBALL FORUMS?!

The sexism on here can get a bit much sometimes and it was a bit ****y that it took me and sueW to say " we're going" before it got taken seriously

SPEAK UP GW, I CANT HEAR YOU OVER THEBUNKS SHOUTING!!!! 😀

The mods are listening..

Only 4 blokes left.

you weren't ever taken seriously (other than by "the creepy club"

What is 'creepy club'? Care to explain please because do not understand this concept. Thx.

You're still smarting over being made to look a bit silly, aren't you GW? 😉

Yes you are. Don't try pretending you're not.

Otherwise, you woon't have posted that provocative comment.

Now, stop being silly, focus and answer my question please.

What is 'creepy club'? Care to explain please because do not understand this concept. Thx.

Now, stop being silly, focus and answer my question please.

Happier now, creepy man? 8)

emsz - Member
it was a bit ****y that it took me and sueW to say " we're going" before it got taken seriously

I don't understand the desperate striving for more female members etc anyway to be honest

's not a "striving for more women," is it, it's a striving not to alienate a minority demographic or indeed, y'know, people generally.

To put it another way; if the topic was racism, you've effectively just come along and gone "I don't understand the desperate striving for more brown members etc anyway to be honest."

I can easily see how STW could be intimidating to new users, and why people would be hesitant to post. Personally I'm thick-skinned and too old and grumpy to give a tuppenny shite, my background is pre-web MUDs and BBSes which make STW look like a puppy pile, but the fact that we're missing out on a lot of potential contributors saddens me a little.

The serial arguers can be a problem when it gets heated, sure. But at least as bad (and IHMO worse) are the 'third man in' braying mob brigade that comes gleefully piling in going "yeah TJ / Cinic-Al, everyone knows you're a prick, remember this event from two years ago" in the middle of any debate.

You know when a lion kills an antelope, then when he's had his fill all the hyenas and vultures pick the corpse clean? That's you that is. Please stop it, it's unpleasant and unnecessary.

oh.. ok, then.. but I'll let the OP's friend's words do the answering

No, I'm interested in [i]your[/i] own explanation, not what Clubber's made up friend has to say.

So, try again.

I'm glad for you that you think your flounce made a difference.

Well, it got you mentioning it, din't it? 😆

Now I'm hearing the intro to Knight Rider. "One flounce, can make a difference."

Okay, I've come back as a woman. Just to be clear... I'm still trying to look up your skirts.

Sammie-Louise xx

If the women were forced into posting pictures of themselves we would have the following benefits

1. Creepy club members could determine whether or not to get creepy with them.

2. Less women would join meaning less women would get offended.

Feel free to comment, but to be honest I'm not really interested in your opinions (that's anyone, not just the women, does that make me equal ops?).

it was a bit ****y that it took me and sueW to say " we're going" before it got taken seriously

What the flip? 😯

Are there people who take things on internet forums [i]seriously[/i]?

Really?

How very very sad ...

Cougar - Member
...the fact that we're missing out on a lot of potential contributors...

Therein lies the problem.

Apparently there is a user filter available for some browsers. How about the mods get us a universal user filter so we can cut down on the amount of white noise? Preferably one that can be forum specific, eg have it on in chat and off in bike, or vice versa, as well as on both.

here's a picture of me, being blown away by Nick's suggestion...

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druidh - Member

emsz - Member
it was a bit ****y that it took me and sueW to say " we're going" before it got taken seriously
I'm glad for you that you think your flounce made a difference.

The forum has been bloody boring since... except for all this introspecitve naval gazing... this is fascinating.

Sammie-Louise xx

How very very sad ...

Please don't be sad.

The forum has been bloody boring since.

So don't bother with it then. Quite simple really, in't it?

Go and find a more interesting forum, if this one's 'boring'.

Hi Sammie-Lou (is it ok to call you Sammie-Lou?), if you want to use a computer it's much more comfortable to sit down, also the keyboard k-e-y-b-o-a-r-d is the bumpy thing in front of you (no, not those bumps 😳 ).

Happy to come round and give you some one to one tutoring, I've over 30 years experience of using computers and like to think of myself as both an expert and a good listener.

here's a picture of me, being blown away by Nick's suggestion...

My keyboard is full of tea.

My keyboard is full of tea.

Can I suck it up for you?

Sammie-Louise xx

I visit this place to:

A) Laugh at the idiots comparing e-cock sizes.

B) Laugh some more at them.

C) Buy/Sell bike gear

D) Find useful bike-related tech info (ironically for this thread about women, I've got quite a bit of 'girly related' info for mrs xiphon - saddles, helmets, clothes, etc)