Quote Originally Posted by lph View Post
Hey, I have an idea. You could start off writing something chock full of the cliches about female riders, stop, point out that it's nonsense, and switch over to the real woman's perspective. Which might be something about being expected to be a specific type of rider just because you're female. Or even something about the vast range of riders you'll find here on TE, representing every end of every spectrum.
On the one hand, I get it, and I think this is a great idea.
On the other hand... just what I remember from the last week on this forum
"more attention being paid to women' issues"
http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=47002
"how do I make my bike more girly"
http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=46940
"empowering women to ride"
http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=46964

not to mention the threads about cloth pads and things I wouldn't expect they'd want you to blog about...
I know, on TE we are a community to discuss women's issues and no one is telling us to - but I can see why a bike club might want a women's perspective writer helping them out - just based on the three threads above. I take this repeated "request" as a positive step to help women in your community get into biking, not as condescending, although it's probably both.