Am I overreacting?

[buffybike]

I'm feeling kind of pissed off. A male friend of mine who works at a bike shop as a mechanic/salesperson, sent me a pic of their store mannequin (a woman dressed in cycling gear) with dollar bills sticking out of her shorts and unzipped jersey. His subject line was "enterpreneur" and underneath the pic, it said "shameful". I know he was just joking, but...still. I responded by saying, "Instead of wasting your time dressing up a female cyclist as a stripper, why not read this article instead?" and then attached an article about sexism, ignorance and fear in sports. Now that I've typed this, I DON'T feel like I over-reacted. He should feel ashamed of himself for sexualizing a female cyclist, even if it was just a mannequin. It's the principle!!

[zoom-zoom]

Definitely tacky. See if he does the same with a male mannequin. If not, then it's clearly sexist BS.

[ny biker]

At best it's juvenile and clueless.

[Jolt]

Definitely in poor taste.

[Crankin]

I'd be pissed, too.

[salsabike]

Good for you for speaking up!

[Irulan]

The bigger question is, if he thought it shameful, did he get the display taken down?

[smilingcat]

Guys used to do things to try to make me embarassed. Just because they have advanced engineering degree doesn't make them immune from such sophmoric behavior. I used to taunt them in return. Only one guy was willing to try spar with me verbally.

me: so are you a boob kind a guy or butt kind.
you really want a stripper as your GF? You think you can handle one?
and few other things.

only one guy shot back at me grinning saying he liked both boob and butts. I couldn't get him to be embarassed.

Don't get mad! Embarass and shame them to no end.

[smilingcat]

My partner suggested that you should take a dollar bill out the mannequin's pants and tell the boys that you found a dollar bill in the panties "finders keepers losers weepers" or leave an IOU note in its place.