The more we think about this, actually, the less we like it.

See, the Twin Cities have this Bike Walk Week thing, where you do less driving and more…not. And that’s fine and dandy, and we were originally excited to see an article devoted to “lady cyclists” who have their own day at the even this year.  Except then, honestly, we got kind of annoyed.  Why do the chicks on bikes need their own day? Why is their participation worthy of note?

We get that everyone’s trying to be all inclusive, but some things don’t need to be divided up by gender.  We’ve been very clear in past that gender in sports is important–we’re not really for total integration all the time, since that’s silly.  Men and women have different bodies that can do different things.  (i.e. childbirth.)

Encouraging women to exercise is great. But do we need a special day? To us that puts forth the idea (albeit implied) that this is the day to do this…and other days things return to the “normal” state of things.

Hmph.