Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Why the bar on men's bikes?

Seriously, what's with the bar on men's bikes? I'm sure all guys can relate: you're riding along, you hit some bump, you lurch forward, and suddenly the likelihood of you producing heirs is significantly diminished. Why??? Because someone decided that men's bikes should have a bar, while women's bikes should do without.... Simple sexism? Perhaps this was a way for men to further dominate women: "HA! You're inferior, my bicycle has a bar where yours does not, I rule."?

This idea that men's bikes must have the bar is so ingrained in our culture that any self-respecting man would not ride a "women's bike", although we all should, for the sake of future generations...

This is why blogs should not be open to anyone with half a brain and something to say.... Because I'll say anything.

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