Is your spouse/partner bike-curious?

Plus y'know perhaps the fact that male cyclists massively outnumber female ones and as sadly evidenced by the turn this thread has taken that can make it a bit of a misogynistic sausage fest. Some women might find that a tad offputting.
It doesn't have to, power within your own hands and all that.

Absolutely. I take it that you've seen some of the numerous threads where that has been discussed? (Example.)