Women's emancipation Archives • Average Joe Cyclist https://averagejoecyclist.com/tag/womens-emancipation/ A Blog for Average People who LOVE to ride bikes! Thu, 06 Apr 2023 20:39:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 15693361 How the Bicycle Became a Symbol for Women’s Emancipation https://averagejoecyclist.com/bicycle-became-symbol-womens-emancipation/ Thu, 06 Apr 2023 12:08:59 +0000 https://averagejoecyclist.com/?p=22469 How the Bicycle Became a Symbol for Women’s Emancipation. It was feared that riding a bicycle would deprive a woman of her moral center and lead her into hedonistic lesbianism (the horror!) as she developed and embraced her femininity outside the control of good virtuous menDuring the late 19th and early 20th centuries, women began to escape some of their restrictions by riding bicycles. Despite strong opposition from men, women cycled on, and the bicycle became an instrument of change that subverted the status quo and became a powerful symbol of women's emancipation. In this post, Andrew McLaughlin tells us all about the extraordinary role played by bicycles in women's emancipation.

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