Ooooh where to start, I could have a complete field day here....
Lets just say, it's only me and Alison you need to worry about. We're the Big Mammas. (As in power, not size, obviously. I for my part am quite svelte. Ish. Sure Alison is too)
I don't think there are that many very active women on here, just those that dip in and out. That sounds really, really, dodgy! I know for 4 or 5 now. I think the way us women approach cycling/cycle mechanics is different, in that we don't have the activist approach that a lot of men do, we don't get all shouty about stuff so much, probably because we're multi tasking and don't give it so much priority!
This is all done very tongue in cheek, I am not in the least bit a feminist, and for my part think the best way to prove anything is just to get on with it. I do try not to get involved with the deep discussions on here, just the light hearted stuff, as I have found in the past it can all get a bit 'my c*ck is bigger than yours' and when someone is having a bit of a dig, then saying, actually I'm a woman, sounds pretty pathetic. I'm here for the camaraderie first, and decent access to buying and selling retro stuff a close second.