Some female friends of mine ride in Toronto every year. Usually I go too, but I was not able to this year. Generally they have a great time. But this year they were very upset, the guys at the start of the ride, before they were on bikes were swarming them very closely, trampling on their bikes, holding their phones within inches of their bodies, etc. They feel very unsafe and upset.
Anyone who thinks it is ok, or not harassment for guys to act that way needs to give their head a shake. And the bottom line is that they likely won't do the ride again, because of the bad experience. And these are not exactly feminazis, they do the ride because they love attention and being naked. So you can be as sanctimoniously right as you want, but when you drive all the women away, it spoils it for everyone. I really don't know what changed to make this year worse than prior years. But it is a bad trend.
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