How about instead of arguing they aren’t “girly” you just argue “So what if other people think they are? Who cares what other people think anyway?”

I’ll tell you as someone who has bike commuted through major cities, little towns, and college towns that often bikers are doing stuff like that because they dont trust the cars just as much as the cars don’t trust them. I’ve t-boned a van who sped up to pass me and then turned across me, I’ve been forced into the…