I just started noticing lately that so many people unintentionally assume women can’t do anything. For example, I’ve seen people applaud a girl after she dropped her motorcycle and picked it back up, as if they were amazed by it. I swear to God, people just straight up think that women are incapable of doing basic stuff. What’s wild is that I’ve met quite a few women who actually enjoy this. It’s so goofy because they are literally being viewed as less capable, yet they are happy about it. Then, you get criticized just because you didn’t treat them like they were less. I’m a dude, but damn, this situation kinda vexes me. I mean sure, enjoy chivalry if you want, but getting shit on for not assuming you’re less capable is so annoying. It’s not even that I don’t want to help, I mean I don’t mind helping, if it’s needed but like god damn, I can’t read minds.
I feel you.
Being real though, picking up some motorsickles is hard. I’m always impressed even when big guys do it solo, much less easily. Not entirely because they’re heavy, there’s also the factor that when most people drop their bike, it isn’t casually. There’s a reason it’s down, and that can interfere with getting it back up.
Still, totally with you. The fact it’s a woman doing it solo is no more or less impressive than a man of the same approximate size.