An open letter to all condescending male chauvinist cyclists

[Inertia]

 

[classic33]

I'm not au-fait with current trends in anti-ageism, but I think that a male of three score years might possibly be called "man" without feeling a huge sense of outrage. It's rather a long time ago for me, but don't seem to have been harbouring a massive grudge for all these decades about being called "a boy" when I was still in nappies.

We'd still say nay lad/nay lass if we thought they'd done something wrong, whatever the age.

 

[classic33]

@User76 how come you take this personally?
If you're in the habit of dishing out unsolicited "help" to other cyclists, kindly desist, that's all I'm asking.
If you carry on then get clubbered by a flying bike pump don't blame me.

Not the bike pump!

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

. . . . she was there and you weren't

...and the effect was that she and, very very likely, others in the group felt patronised. The cause of this was a man/men offering unnecessary and uninvited advice/criticism. It is hypothetically possible that there was no conscious intention to patronise. But in that case, unconscious patronising still went on.

Not the bike pump!

Agreed, the pump's more valuable. Besides, the target appears to have little self inflation problems....

 

[Pat "5mph"]

[QUOTE 4757247, member: 76"]But I am not in the habit of doing that. Why do you default to believing the worst in people?[/QUOTE]
Eh, two posts ago "that" (giving unsolicited advice) was being "helpful", now you say the same thing is "the worst in people"?

[QUOTE 4757247, member: 76"]And why the constant 'jokes' about throwing things at people? Is it really funny to threaten to throw things at people?[/QUOTE]
I am Italian: sometimes our fiery temperament takes over.
One warning, two warnings, three ... then you get clubbered, make no mistake

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Anyway, let's all have a good night's sleep, I am on late tomorrow, no alarm, yiuppie!!!

 

[Julia9054]

Anyway, let's all have a good night's sleep, I am on late tomorrow, no alarm, yiuppie!!!

Lucky you! I am in school running a holiday GCSE revision session.

 

[classic33]

Anyway, let's all have a good night's sleep, I am on late tomorrow, no alarm, yiuppie!!!

Lucky you.

 

[classic33]

[QUOTE 4757288, member: 9609"]So how far can any of yous get ? and can you do stuff like go round bends with no hands yet?
Inspired by this thread I was giving it a go tonight, massive lack of confidence I was only managing about 20 yards, going to give it a better go the morrow. So if i'm not back in here the morrow night then its all your fault as I have come a cropper doing hands free.[/QUOTE]
On the flat, round here, bends included a couple of miles.

 

[subaqua]

[QUOTE 4757288, member: 9609"]So how far can any of yous get ? and can you do stuff like go round bends with no hands yet?
Inspired by this thread I was giving it a go tonight, massive lack of confidence I was only managing about 20 yards, going to give it a better go the morrow. So if i'm not back in here the morrow night then its all your fault as I have come a cropper doing hands free.[/QUOTE]
It's easier with panniers .....

 

[summerdays]

Lucky you! I am in school running a holiday GCSE revision session.

I wish I could get my son to attend those.... he just thinks they aren't aimed at him and he's doing fine..... (gaming beyond my bedtime last night), . I need to borrow @Pat "5mph" 's pump

 

[summerdays]

[QUOTE 4757214, member: 76"]But how has Pat come across to some of us on here? As a patronising woman who thinks it is ok to dump all men in a basket labelled arrogant nobber.

I don't hear many calls for her to have thought through her little better.[/QUOTE]
She came across as someone who had been riled to the point that she wanted to let off steam. Most people here know her character and would have seen a glint of humour in there too The title has been changed and she has said it's not all men, why continue to try to browbeat her where I'm not actually sure I understand what you are seeking from this thread?

How have your responses been better than any perceived mistakes in the first post?

 

[fossyant]

I wish I could get my son to attend those.... he just thinks they aren't aimed at him and he's doing fine..... (gaming beyond my bedtime last night), . I need to borrow @Pat "5mph" 's pump

My lad is going to his sessions. Not gaming until after.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Jeez. Another four pages. @User76 still pushing the same silly "Pat says ALL men are bad, waaah, I'm being discriminated against" line that was debunked on about p2.

I give up.

 

[theclaud]

One comment (from Mrs R) and a trite question from me.

One of the key advantages of the narrative form is that it illustrates acts of oppression from the perspective of the oppressed and it also challenges the perspective of the dominant class.

BTW did either Bakhtin or Derrida ride a bike?

I dunno, but Barthes was run over by a laundry van.