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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Women knocks man off bike

34 replies

antinatal · 12/06/2013 13:25

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2328397/Trainee-accountants-Twitter-boast-knocking-cyclist-bike-sparks-police-probe.html

Needless to say MRAs are throwing abuse at her on MRA sites Angry

What if the man had cut out in front of her?

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PatPig · 12/06/2013 14:25

This story is weeks old. Why are you posting about it now?

This woman has surely not been subjected to as much abuse as this man:

www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2013/apr/28/cyclist-regrets-posting-video-road-rage-attack

WidowWadman · 12/06/2013 14:37

If I was cynical, I'd say it's an interesting first post.

TolliverGroat · 12/06/2013 14:37

What do you mean by "the way it has been handled"?

MissStrawberry · 12/06/2013 14:43

"Social media has a lot to answer for."

No, Kim147, I think you will find it is the idiots who post stupid things that have a lot to answer for.

WidowWadman · 12/06/2013 15:07

I really hope she looses her license if the below is true:

ipayroadtax.com/no-such-thing-as-road-tax/i-knocked-a-cyclist-off-his-bike-i-have-right-of-way-he-doesnt-even-pay-road-tax/

"The police had been alerted to Emma May?s comments by twitter users shocked at her lack of compassion and her unbidden hate. She was quickly identified from her Facebook page and the police were sent other examples of her poor driving: she had taken twitter-available pix of herself tailgating other motorists, and even photographed her speedometer showing a speed of 95mph."

kim147 · 12/06/2013 15:08

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TheYamiOfYawn · 12/06/2013 15:27

I think it's quite interesting in other ways, as violence against cyclists is often reported in a very similar way to sexual violence, with a huge amount of victim blaming, responsibility being given to potential victims to take fairly extreme steps to ensure their safety, the behaviour of a minority of cyclists being taken as representative of all and a general culture in which a white man in a suit behind the wheel is "normal" and anyone who is harmed by him must in some way be to blame.

DP didn't really get a lot of feminism at a deep gut level until he started reading cycling infrastructure blogs and getting activisty, and then he started understanding my analyses of power dynamics.

WidowWadman · 12/06/2013 17:36

kim - that she posted about them is a minor issue in the grand scheme of things she's done. It's the speeding, the tailgating, the hitting people and driving off, and the use of her mobile whilst driving (doing 95 mph at times) which is getting her into trouble.

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