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Woman Campaigns Against "Sexist" Bicycle Helmets
Pundit Press ^
| 5/28/14
| Aurelius
Posted on 05/28/2014 2:24:17 PM PDT by therightliveswithus
An Australian woman is fighting to get rid of compulsory bicycle helmet laws because she deems them to be "sexist."
Sue Abbott of New South Wales believes that people should have the option of whether to wear bicycle helmets because forcing women to use helmets is "sexist."
"It is a very sexist law because a lot of women have maintained hairstyles and would end up with helmet hair," Ms. Abbott explains. "And women have told me that’s one of the factors (for not riding bikes)."
Specifically, Abbott is campaigning to make helmets optional instead of mandatory. She believes those who say that wearing helmets are important for safety do not understand a woman's need to have nice "hairstyles" and are sexist for suggesting women should follow mandatory helmet laws.
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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: beauty; doublestandard; hairstyles; helmetlaws; liberals; nannystate; politicallycorrect
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To: therightliveswithus
For her the helmet is too late...she already has brain damage.
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posted on
05/28/2014 2:36:47 PM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
To: therightliveswithus
I’m against mandatory helmet laws, because I believe in the freedom to make mistakes. It ain’t sexist though.
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posted on
05/28/2014 2:36:48 PM PDT
by
discostu
(Seriously, do we no longer do "phrasing"?!)
To: mikrofon
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posted on
05/28/2014 2:36:51 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
To: therightliveswithus
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posted on
05/28/2014 2:38:30 PM PDT
by
Ghost of SVR4
(So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
To: Huskrrrr
If the hairhopper style is tall enough, it serves as a cushion in an accident.
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posted on
05/28/2014 2:38:35 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
To: therightliveswithus
Ladies, do you really want to end up like this?
.
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posted on
05/28/2014 2:38:43 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Conservatism is the political disposition of grown-ups.)
To: Paladin2
It is not a choice if you were born with it!
To: Paladin2; All
"Helmet hair is a choice. Get over it.Not if the law mandates that all bicycle riders must wear helmets...no choice there!
Just saying...styled hair and bike riding shouldn't be mutually exclusive for women OR men (whoever said that!)...it's not sexist, it's just the government nannies imposing rules for your own good, again! ;)
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posted on
05/28/2014 2:41:25 PM PDT
by
88keys
(broken glass GOP; it matters, replace the Dems. 2014!!)
To: a fool in paradise
“...it serves as a cushion in an accident.”
Ha! Or a home for bees.
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posted on
05/28/2014 2:41:55 PM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
To: 17th Miss Regt
It is not a choice if you were born with it!
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posted on
05/28/2014 2:42:58 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
To: Huskrrrr
Or a home for bees. The spiders will take care of the bees...
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posted on
05/28/2014 2:43:40 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
To: Huskrrrr
hence the style name, lol!
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posted on
05/28/2014 2:45:27 PM PDT
by
88keys
(broken glass GOP; it matters, replace the Dems. 2014!!)
To: therightliveswithus
I would rather die from head injuries in a bicycle accident (life time odd 1:~5000)than look like a dweeb wearing one. I lived 63 years without wearing one including a very active bike riding life ( and several “accidents”). I don’t need a nany state telling me that I need to wear one now.
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posted on
05/28/2014 2:46:02 PM PDT
by
clamper1797
(Evil WILL flourish when good men WILL not act)
To: a fool in paradise
"Long hair? But sometimes I like feeling sexist..."
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posted on
05/28/2014 2:47:41 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
To: a fool in paradise; Salamander; TheOldLady; Slings and Arrows
That Photo is so much better...
...when it's clickable.
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posted on
05/28/2014 2:51:04 PM PDT
by
shibumi
(Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
To: therightliveswithus
She had a problem with the fit . . .
To: Wyrd bið ful aræd
They apparently.make hair straightners. Besides there is an opportunity to invent alternative.helmets.
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posted on
05/28/2014 2:52:00 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: therightliveswithus
Please tell me this is NOT an article from The Onion....
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posted on
05/28/2014 2:54:53 PM PDT
by
RayChuang88
(FairTax: America's economic cure)
To: 88keys
Fine if I don,t pay for your health care.
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posted on
05/28/2014 2:55:00 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: Paladin2
"They apparently.make hair straightners"Oh, so now you want to STRAIGHTEN people you hater? Get with it, caveman. There are laws against that sort of thing.
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posted on
05/28/2014 2:55:03 PM PDT
by
Wyrd bið ful aræd
(Pope Calvin the 1st, defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades)
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