This study seems pretty flawed. If you look at what they're counting as traumatic experiences they are mostly experiences that every cyclist experiences because motorists fucking hate cyclists and will get angry and be aggressive for no reason.

Like obviously women and enbies shouldn't experience these things from motorists but nobody should. If you want the study to be useful in understanding why the gender divide of cyclists in Portland is 7/10 male, there should at the very least be a control group, or they should be focusing on the types of harassment that are specific to women and enbies, like catcalling. If they care about the offences that happen to all cyclists then maybe pass some meaningful laws against intimidating cyclists and actually enforce them.

[–] LibsEatPoop@hexbear.net 12 points 7 months ago

Just awful. Essentially EVERY woman biker faces threats, abuse and possibly is in danger for their life (from people, usually men, in cars). And there is no help from men bikers, pedestrians etc…

[–] itappearsthat@hexbear.net 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)

one time a woman I'm friends with was biking home in the middle of the day from an overnight 14-hour shift at the hospital, and some boomer in an SUV rolled past her and yelled "GET A JOB!" out their window lmfao

[–] FloridaBoi@hexbear.net 4 points 7 months ago

That driver was probably between jobs

[–] ButtKiss@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 7 months ago

As a guy here in Australia I've had "Get a job ya tight cunt!" Yelled at me a couple times from car windows.

My parter has had her arse slapped by a passenger leaning out the window while riding, so there's that.

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 4 points 7 months ago

My dad called a woman on a bike a "cow" for crossing at a pedestrian crossing once.

That was like 15 years ago but father, please, I beg of you not to. He is like 65 but cmooooon maaaan