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

i’m trained in self-awareness i’ll have you know, 3 years at the European Institute of Health and Medical Sciences focussing on such reflective wonders 😛

anyway, its medication time, time to get my razzledazzle on

Oh I hate it when the 80th post dissapears for no reason 🙁

Has Phil been lulled into Elf’s trap??

You seek affirmation from your peers the same way most folk do. No harm in that, but trust me sonny, you display the same need to appear superior as many on here do. Granted, you do it in a more positive manner than others, but the basic need for affirmation and attention is the same.

Truth is, unless you know someone, you don’t actually know what their intentions or true attitudes are really, so assuming things about them to fit into your own view is somewhat defensive and insecure ultimately.

Aren’t these two statements, amde by the same person, just the teensiest bit contradictory?

You really don’t know if people post here because they’re interested in a topic, want to appear superior, are just argumentative idiots … or all of the above. I can only speak for myself when I say that I post here either to have a chat (‘cos that’s fun), to inform, or just to piss about. The odd elliptical comment thrown into a conversation is always good for a laugh.

And I do find this place to be astonishing in every sense of the word; just today I’ve seen an excellent Chamonix video, a reference to the Pope Pius IX and the 1870 First Vatican Council’s decgree on papal infallibility, a very positive update from a guy going through cancer treatment, a discussion with Brant on his frame-pricing strategy…..as well as the endless bickering between one guy and everyone else. All human life is here, both good and bad.

I don’t like the sexism, but until there are more women telling people to shut the f*** up, it’s unlikely to change. Lefty-liberal types (I’m one) are unlikely to change people’s minds by telling the miscreants to play nicely, sad though that may be.

Polite request:

Elf and Phil – play nicely and stop frightening the girls.

but until there are more women telling people to shut the f*** up

Seeing as nobody’s posted on here in the last 10 minutes and the argument looks like it’s dying… surely we’d just ignore them if they were a female poster?

Medicine time surely? 😉

Am I just going to have to talk to myself on this one?

Yes, you’re an idiot Yeti… a big smelly idiot… seeking self-affirmation by way of the internet.

😀 i’m not trying to argue CG, and its been a polite exchange littered with compliments 😛 you trying to start a fight with me young lady?! 😆

Yeah CG; stop trying to cause trouble sheesh you’re always doing it no wonder poor shy insecure blokes like me and Phil are put off using the forum.. 😥

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 at least 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…?

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?

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… 😉

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:

Possibly, statistically more mtb-ers are men than women

Probably, 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 **** 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 **** that it took me and sueW to say ” we’re going” before it got taken seriously

you weren’t ever taken seriously (other than by “the creepy club” 😉 )

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.