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Mine tend to crack jokes at my expense. We all joke about each other but I'm fairly positive that I'm the designated butt of a joke most of the time.

Here's a small story from today actually.

On our way back from a cafeteria, our boss telling us how he's going abroad with friends on a fishing trip for a week.
He mentions how they're going to an island where there are really big rabbits because the wolves couldn't get on that island, causing the rabbit population to grow big and fat.
So here's me - a guy with a moderate interest in how nature works, who understands that everything works in cycles and that there's a reason for something being and not being in a certain area.
So after he told us how the wolves can't get to the island, I thought to myself, "oh, interesting - so there are some natural or man-made barriers that prevent wolves from getting there that do not stall the bunnies from getting there? Hm, I wonder what are those? Some toxic flora? Dangerous waterways that are somehow better for rabbits to swim over? Human activity? Low wolve population in the surrounding areas? So many options, I wonder which one is the answer as to why ''wolves can't get there''"

So I ask the fateful question that caused everyone in the car to laugh: "So how do the rabbits get there?"

Everyone laughs, I don't get why and then my boss has what for them was obviously a highly self-evident answer to a self-evident question - "lol they just are there and that's it."

Like, for the entire ride back I was silent not out of shame but out of frustration. I mean, yeah no shit, obviously they are fucking there while the wolves aren't but it's the ''why'' I was interested in.

This situation was so frustrating not because people laughed (though that pissed me off too), but because no one had even bothered to ask me if I was interested in specifics but instead everyone thought I didn't understand the self-evidence of it all.

Ffs and how to explain to them that they're the retards.

My apologies in advance for the length of my post, but this is for the initiated reader...

I know bicycle riding is pretty much universal, but sometimes I think there's a misconception that women don't enjoy camping/hiking/backpacking as much as men do, but I'd generally beg to differ, as there seems to be plenty of women online who are into outdoor/adventure activities. I used to read Backpacker Magazine as well and women seemed to be equally represented there too (not to mention their main contributor/editor is female). However, it's odd in that I have never met a girl who is into these things, nor have I seen as many women out on the trails and in the woods as men in my area (even with a partner). So, I figured I would conduct a poll to see if the women here like doing some of these things too.

On the flip side, I also do a lot of fishing, but no matter where I go, and regardless of if it's from shore or in a boat, there seems to be a startling lack of women who are out on the water to do fishing. At least in my area anyway, I'd say 98% are male and it's probably an even higher percentage than that. Seriously. I have never quite understood why this is, but it's always a welcome sight to see women fishermen too. I know of one woman who is one of the most avid fisherman whenever I see her out on the water, but I just never understood why fishing doesn't seem to be as much of a passion for women as it tends to be for some guys. Not to say it isn't for all women, of course, but fishing just seems to be such a male-dominated activity.

With that said, I can see how it may feel a bit daunting and/or isolating for women to want to get into such a male-dominated pastime, even if they have an interest/passion for it. Which is understandable, but I still wonder how it got to this point to begin with. Why it always seems to be a mostly male thing.

Anyway, thanks for reading and I'm interested to hear from the women here about your related interests and insight. 🙂