this is the post I was hoping would arrive, though I didn't know who would be the poster.
thank you sunny. very very well said. and a ton o' kudos to you for sticking with it out of the love of the game, despite common wisdom on "gender roles" telling you differently.
thank you sunny. very very well said. and a ton o' kudos to you for sticking with it out of the love of the game, despite common wisdom on "gender roles" telling you differently.
sunny said:Yes! Good to hear someone else say this. As a girl, I don't often have another female to share common experiences with, and many of these thoughts get pushed back in the corners. As much as I like to think I understand the male-dominated conversation, it's so refreshing to hear another female say something I would say.
I'm a complete freak in the eyes of many of the people who know me... I take a chairlift to the top of a mountain that is too steep to safely walk down, strap on body armour, and ride a bike down it. My husband has said to me on more than one occasion, "Honey, would you mind hosing off before you come inside?" I have been nursing some kind of injury since I began riding, and have honestly lost track of them. Women don't DO this...
I think women have a harder time overcoming fear and fighting against the self-preservation gene. I think we have to be taught (or teach ourselves) to be aggressive. And I think the one advantage we do have is a higher pain threshold.
Any woman on the DH circuit is there contrary to nature. Much of what she does is by sheer force of will.