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ok so for a second lets just forget the tranny boogyman and pretend this is regular ol' feminism
What's the issue? Personally, I really like seeing women riding bikes. In cycling utopias like Utrecht, equal numbers of men and women cycle. So it's not inevitably inequitable. I've also noticed touring in certain places, a relatively even number of men and women. But it's mostly European women. In most other places in the west, far more men than women do it.
We know women and men are different. Women are more risk-adverse, physically weak and less inclined to do individualistic rather than social or socially 'normal' things
Women encouraging women to cycle by hosting what looks like big fun group rides and stuff is great.
I also think promoting -good- cycling infrastructure, and road calming, and disincentivising motor vehicle use in cities, is a gendered issue because road safety and confidence is a far bigger barrier to women commuting on bicycles than it is for men.
On the other hand, I don't think LBS monkeys and cycling gate keepers being jerks is a gendered issue. Everyone encounters it. It's not even that bad either. Nor do I think 'diverse' representation amongst grease monkeys is a valid goal. Women just don't want to do it and fair enough. Genders are different. You can't really force it. I know sometimes progressive ideas and social justice and intersectionality do shit up other causes but I don't think that makes them inherently invalid or even demonising every initiative like this. Look at the bulk of what they are actually doing. It's having fun and encouraging people to cycle.
A convoluted and falsely specific version of 'don't be a dick' isn't really good or bad.
