Women and Bicycles Today, cycling is one of the most popular sports in the world. Women and men enjoy cycling, sports competitions are held and thousands of people join bicycle clubs. Bicycle racing is very popular, men and women, children and adults master the art of cycling.
However, the bicycle has not always been accessible to women. On the contrary: in the 19th century it was consider inappropriate for women to cycle. The installation, which the bike riders had to take, seemed too vulgar. Some critics condemned women who decided to ride bicycles, claiming that their vulgar and provocative aspect is that they should be arrested, since women on bikes disturb social order.
Today, cycling everywhere, not realizing the importance of the mark the bicycle left on the relations between the sexes. In the 19th century, cycling was considered male dominated sphere of activity, like other sports, and women could not play a role in these areas. However, as the years passed, women began to protest against such discrimination, and after many disputes were also allowed to ride a bicycle. The change in attitude towards women on bikes also brought other changes - women's emancipation changed the style of their clothes from the practice of long dresses and long skirts to sport dresses.
Bicycle riding played an important role in women's struggle for independence. He served as a tool for greater freedom and opportunity to play sports with men. Many feminist writers of today consider the bicycle one of the most important tools to control women's self.
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Posted on March 27, 2010.
