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[MightyMitre]

Hi smufalicious. Can't write a long reply - I've got to get back to the cycle track and try and pick up a guy.

While this kind of thing is sadly so typical I'd like to tell you about one of the monthly magazines we have in the UK called Cyclesport. Given that 50% of the popultion are female and the number of women cyclist are growing all the time, Cyclesport is well and truely a girl-free zone. Any insecure, non-cycling girlfriends ect can relax with total peace of mind that dh won't be stubbling across lycra-clad ladies in this mag.

It has articles and features about all the male pro scene but in the 2-3 years our house has been buying it I can only think of 2 occasions where women were featured or even mentioned.

Oh dear - this has got me really mad now..... They once briefly did a small item about the Great Britain girls team, something along the lines of ' Unlike the men the women are not well known and have less fans.' I nearly fell off my chair when I actually saw a photo of WOMEN included with the item. But, having just gone on about how little know they were and what a shame this was, they then didn't even bother to put a photo caption with the girls names!!!!

While Cyclsport has never been directly derrogatory about women I find the fact that they are totally and utterly ignored just mind blowing. Added to the fact that there's only 3 monthly cycle mags in the UK, which means Cyclesport makes up a 3rd of the coverage, I find I have to question the quality of it's reporting if it can ignore 50% of the population.

...get's down from soap box...