Does the Honda Rebel scream beginner?

i started to ride (a real bike ) before a year,before 3 years i decided that i love bikes more than cars,cars are like a cage to me,so i started to master riding a (Bicycle,funny i know) then a "Vespa" THEN, i bought a Honda rebel,it was like a piece of cake, i LOVE sports bikes, but i think it is not wise to buy one as a first bike, i preferred to learn from the scratch, the Rebel is a nice easy fun to ride bike, and i use it to go everywhere,it is cheap too, the thing is the other bikers always tell me that it is a beginner bike, and they give me a lot of crap everyday,"yeah this is the best bike for a woman" "you are a coward girl", i love my Rebel, but i want a sports bike, just a 250r tho, i don't think that a super sport bike is wise to ride on a public road, we can't use all this power in the public road anyway,beside i can't offer a bigger bike,a Kawasaki will be a good choice, but i keep hearing BS from many bikers! To me Motorcycling is a passion, i just love to ride, i really don't care about the CC power! I just love to ride! But i can't offer a Kawasaki now! So is the Rebel that bad?
Added (1). thanks @CB, i love the HD group,especially the older folks, some of them are true riders, and they are not judgmental, i think the problem is with the young riders, i am just 21 y o, most of my generation bikers are bunch of Squids, i have a problem with the young riders, the 600CC rich daddy guys! Ducati Squids boys and a rebel girl will never be friends! But the older bikers are very nice, and they don't really give a damn about what somebody rides!

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