I don't completely react the way the article portrays females - I definitely am slower, want to enjoy myself more, but I quite happily will paddle my kayak into waves and rock gardens to play even though theoretically I probably really shouldn't be there 'cause some of my kayaking skills are lacking!

I definitely tend to carry a lot more safety gear than my bf thinks we need to take - and we sometimes flip flop - I'll want to fearlessly go off and do something "Oh - that island is 12 miles away across open ocean? LET'S GO" while he's doing the... "no, that's not a good idea" We both know we can paddle 12 miles and self rescue and will be fine in most cases - he'll more be worried about my paddling skills than about his own - other times he'll want to go do things that I don't think are great ideas.

So I think I have a propensity to just do things with a lot less apprehension than some females approach sports - but at the same time, I am quite happy to do the "yay! i bike 50 miles" and be proud of myself, while my bf'll do the... "you did it at a snails pace and everyone should be able to bike that far, and you think you deserve a gold star???"

But yes. I deserve all the gold stars for my tiny accomplishments

I do read CPAkayaker, but I never post - because they aren't actually very chatty over there. They probably won't give me gold stars either. TE will