Gender balance on forum?

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youClown

Had a random musing that I almost automatically assume most persons on this forum are male. Probably not without cause - average bikes I see being ridden and sold are in the 54-60cm range and I would often see women, female bikes and kit mentioned in the same sentence as 'my partner's' - would you agree there is a large preponderance of male users on the forum and any idea why that might be the case?

Edit: Am aware a lot of this discussion is necessarily going to involve a degree of generalisation but don't think that should stop the discussion anyway, so general health hazard to be left at the door!

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hoefla in reply to @youClown

I almost automatically assume most persons on this forum are male

Statistically you're more often right than not, but maybe just try not to assume and it makes the place feel that tinier bit more welcoming to us non-males.

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youClown in reply to @hoefla

Very well put! And was only a recent realisation so am certainly trying to counteract that tendency. Very interested to know why the statistics tend this way (and statistics do tend to subconsciously predispose behaviour in a particular direction, I think)..

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