Video: 4 Women Rip Mountain Creek in 'Ride Like A Girl'

 Get ready for your down votes.

 @dimetera413: truth hurts. don't downvote unless you can back it up and tell me WHY I'm wrong.

 Because, the patriarchy...

 @rideitall-bmx-dh-road-unicycle:
Well as you've said yourself it's not about strength or skills. personally, I wouldn't even say they are slow but here my explanation to why I Downvoted your comment, first things first, I can back up that Woman are not worse than men at riding bikes by names and numbers, please lets not get into this part so much, I have a life, so I don't want to get too involved in this: however I do want to lecture you a tiny bit about common sexism and the effects of it in Mountainbiking.

For us to understand each other I feel that its necessary for both of us to agree that Sexism is real, it's still happening, body types and glorification of certain looks do exist as well as behavioral traits that are considered feminine are real.

"I still don't understand why women aren't ripping harder, whipping bigger, riding faster. I see all these 12-year-old kids that are 4'10" and 90lbs ripping harder than the best women in the world"

well, first of lets name someone who in my opinion rips trails on a regular basis rides fast and whips like a champ, her name is Casy brown.
To name another woman who rips trails and is faster than most men, and makes headlines in news is Rachel Atherton.

Those are two exceptional riders who stand out for their way of riding.
their personalities, you see, are very different to how the "normal" woman is.

this brings me to the part where I lecture you about society and its sexist impact on Woman on risk.
It all starts at the very beginning of one's life.
Boys are encouraged to take risks: be adventurous, curious, bold, strong and physically giving it all they've got, they're encouraged to be the "knight" or the action figure they have in their rooms.
While girls are encouraged to be the woman who waits in the tower with the long hair to wait for the knight to save her, to stay inside and not go into the dark forest and not explore any of the other paths, to be careful and afraid of risks because they will harm her because she is pictured as so defenseless.
that all shapes and forms the way of thinking of a boy, and a girl.

A Men approaches and deals with risk, very different to how woman approach and deal with risks because of the way they were taught to deal with risk.

Now: are woman worse riders than men? Quite simply, no. they are not, but they are taught to be more careful, gentle, smooth, and afraid.
Which is why you can see so many women not pumping into turns as hard as men, you don't see them go into things as hard as men, simply because they were taught to be simply different than men.

www.ted.com/talks/reshma_saujani_teach_girls_bravery_not_perfection

 Some good points, and a subject I've oft pondered; the large time gaps between ladies and men in a sport where technique is paramount. It's easy to just jump right into sexism as the sole cause and blame men and society, but is it adequate?

Since the dawn of time, when man diverged from beast, we've been hunters and gatherers; we've worked the land; we've fought endless wars. We've braved the frontiers. For all of human history, it has been necessary for men to be brave and strong. We've essentially been selectively bred for thousands of years to fit that role. Warrior. Worker. Hunter. Athlete. Bred for strength, and courage, and toughness.

Conversely, for all those millenia, women have birthed and nurtured children, and done all sorts of necessary tasks that men have been less suited for. Women have also been selectively bred, to a degree, toward these roles. They've become more empathetic, and many other positive things. They are well adapted to the roles that they've historically performed. Not roles they were forced into, but the roles that our species EVOLVED into. Roles that brought our species from cavemen(and women), to our current state of technological advancement.

For most of human history, these roles have been necessary. In the last maybe 200 years, the roles have become more interchangeable. Modern warfare has lessened the necessity of men to be physically superior. Women are increasingly choosing careers over child rearing. There is generally legal equality between sexes, but not equality of outcome, of business or sporting success, at least not in numbers.

Consider for a moment that there exists no world, even one devoid of any sex discrimination, where the effects of that history are going to be erased in one generation, or even five. It's got to be a slow, steady climb. Real, organic growth takes time. Same goes with racial equality as well. Even if you could magically erase all racism and provide equality of opportunity to all, it would still take centuries to go from zero to 100. Progress takes time, and blindly throwing blanket hate and blame on an entire sex and society is not especially helpful. I see a heckuva lot of people in my own life striving for equality and trying to do the right thing. Progress takes time.

 @AllMountin:

 I seriously love your comment! @AllMountin:
But yes in some parts you agree with me, maybe I’ve sayd something that can be misleading.

Yes it’s true, society mainly evolved into the concept of myths, we humans where able to produce myths and build a society based on that “paper has a value which is written on it”
My point is simply that when society began to need less of a Stone Age woman, who was only ment to care for the new born and prepare food since men went out hunting and couldn’t do such things.
It should’ve been that point of industrialization where woman should’ve been respected and treated the same way as men, in my opinion.
Strength sure has its roles into it and certain chemical aspects of how the body works. But would’ve should’ve could’ve... I’ll just stop my self right here since I am geting too much into the theoretical part of gender and it’s roles in society.
I believe that girls around the world should be encouraged to go out and have fun on bikes, skateboards, boards and other sport related activities!

We can see some ladies riding like maniacs! There has to be more of that!!!

 You're clearly talking to a small sample of women, then. I won't categorize myself as a leader of anything, but as someone who rides pretty much every damn day, I can tell you that there are plenty of women who enjoy riding with both men and women and alone. Your comment on the Rachel Straight video last month shows that YOU are the heterosexual man you're describing. There are a lot of awesome guys that are easy and welcoming for women to ride with, but it seems like you may have an issue with this because YOU can't get past the objectivity part. You're completely contradicting what you say by saying you're baffled by women's only rides. You spent the first part of your comment talking about how women are objectified... so why wouldn't they want to be riding with only women? How about this: take a cue from your own advice and don't objectify women. Ride with them because you want to, not because you're a "ride leader." If you can't do that, then perhaps you should just stick with riding with you bros. That way you don't have to waste your time "saving the day."
In other words, get a clue. You're way off base.

 There's a clue as to why we have women only rides in your first sentence.Seriously,I don't need to be objectified on a ride-I'm there to have fun-just like you are.Thankfully most guys are really cool-you could be cool too.

 Men still make up the vast majority of mountain bikers in 2018. We don't NEED designated male only rides because all too often, your typical group ride is going to be all-male anyway. It's our responsibility to do everything we can to make mountain biking a welcoming scene for people that aren't part of the majority - be it women, kids, racial minorities, etc. Anything less than that is exclusionary, as it just reproduces the patterns of inequality we already see in the sport. And sorry, but biology just isn't a legitimate excuse for shitty behavior.

 There is a difference between general issues of equality and something like a women’s only ride. Things like wanting equal pay, wanting better representation in the government, wanting to be treated Witt respect in the workplace, etc are all real societal issues we need to deal with.

Women wanting to organize their own rides, which is mainly due to wanting to ride with a group that is of similar physical ability is not the same. Everyone acknowledges that in high level sports there is always going to be separate categories.

 The title is proving that common insult of "you throw/bike/ski etc like a girl" is just a stupid sexist comment that says doing anything like a girl is a bad thing. If the title upsets you, I think you should do some research on the history of women in sports and then maybe you'd actually understand why this is actually a really sick video.

 @aidantrudel: I seriously couldn't upvote you enough. thank you for making my day.

 @thesharkman

Seriously? You are trying to explain something to those modern toleranted half-men? ))

 actually rip