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Originally Posted by Giccin
+1. I hate going to car meets for that reason. The guys there always will look at me strangely when I ask about their car. They give me the "Dafuq you asking for?"
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+1 million
A shame there aren't more of us; we could hold our own meets
That said, the guys at motorsports events seem to have a different outlook and for them it's all about the shared interest no matter a person's gender. The only time I've heard it even mentioned was instructors telling me they prefer instructing women because we don't have ego issues like the guys do and pay better attention to what the instructors tell us.
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Originally Posted by Giccin
I never really liked the attention I got when I tell someone on a forum that I'm a female. So, ever since I've just.. hinted.
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Yep; announcing it is pretty much e-suicide. Some car forums even have a warning in their welcome message when you sign up.
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Originally Posted by Giccin
I'm also slowly starting to notice how incredibly narrow minded some men/boys are on this forum. hah~
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And yet they ain't got
nothing on the XYs on some of the other car forums. One of the reasons I've stuck around here is that people generally are friendly (the mods must be doing something right - big thanks!
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