"Ride like a girl"... How do you feel about that?

[Thorn]

Fascinating thread, RM. It made an interesting morning read.

If I look at it as when I was a girl, riding was all about fun, speed and daring, then I'm not offended by it--it says "capture the inner child, go out and have fun".

However, as a female in a very male dominated field, "girl" is one of those words that can rankle. Yes, bounces, clueless males will point out gender. And, yes, that rankles, too. It is the same as the news--they almost never point out "white", but they do point out minorities. Society is often too obsessed with differences, but, sadly, not in a "hey, cool we're different!", but in a "ooh, yuck, you're different". I keep pushing for the first--'cause, hey, cool, we're different!

[shootingstar]

I think part of the problem where I work is that quite a number of the women at work, on the job, refer to each other and other women as "girls".

This is why I made that comment at work to an employee who works in my dept. She does it all the time. I reminded her..she's a mother of 2 adult boys..and asked her does she think of herself as a "girl"? I let that one stew in her head.

On the other head would I wear a t-shirt or cycling jersey that overtly expressed women power.. I don't think I NEED to.

Not at my age. I do know something...