Quotes from bike books.

nicklouse

Females – Warning
Female cyclists are subject to harassment from
motorists and passers-by. In form, this ranges from
insulting lewd comments to outright assault, where a
motorist will reach out and knock a moving female
cyclist to the ground. I do not have statistics for this sort
of thing, but on anecdotal evidence, it most definitely
happens, and female cyclists must take warning.
I sometimes yearn for frontier ways. Out in
Wyoming, the sister of a friend of mine who took up
road riding found that motorists were taking swipes at
her behind, making rude remarks ('ride on me honey'),
and otherwise being a problem. She went home, slung
a Dirty Harry 6-inch barrel .357 Magnum pistol in a rig
over her shoulder and down her back where everyone
could see it, and went out again. She has never been
bothered since.