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Do agree with this - its this kind of language in the bike world that we all use without much thought - often just clumsy and lazy- but none the less bullshit -I find myself doing it and Im always thankful when someone calls me out on it ... learning
knowthejo-
I was watching the episode of The IT crown where the boss goes out with the Woman “from Iran” and was thinking it didn’t age well. It’s important to learn and grow, otherwise we’ll end up with people my age (30-40) being sexist and transphobic like our grandparents generation tended to be systematically racist.
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100%
It’s important to challenge these things and it’s unfortunately just so prevalent in “the bike world”
I’ve been guilty of it in the past as I’m sure most have but flagging it and raising awareness can only help promote inclusivity
bjf
BlackMath
It’s probably a bit to short for my fiancé and I know several women who it would fit
Really dislike large things being described as man sized. Both height-ist and vaguely sexist. “You need to be this tall to be a real man!” And if you are a tall woman you are automatically more manly.
Almost as bad as referring to a bike as “she” - alway have a slew of customers claim to have “ridden her hard this winter fnar fnar”