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[–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So many reasons. Not everyone lives close enough to the city. Not everyone wants to ride a bike. Not everyone has showers available at their work. Not everyone would feel safe riding a bike, especially women. Then there's the big one - the weather.

[–] BakedGoods@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What fucking shithole do you live in where women don't feel safe riding a bike?

[–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Women don’t generally like riding bikes home after dark through dimly lit streets and parks etc. Pretty universal thing.

[–] BakedGoods@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not really. In places that are not absolute shitholes, that is a normal and safe thing to do.

[–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It doesn’t matter if it’s actually very safe to do, it’s the fact that many women have been and are attacked that way so women will always have that fear in the back of their mind. Trying to deny this is going against basic human psychology and behaviour.

You only need to look at the current “man or bear” discussion to see how wrong you are.

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[–] z00s@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Because we live IN A FUCKING OVEN

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