Women have had to put up with a lot of bullshit from men, but this was loopy

When bicycles really took off, in the 1890s, roughly, chauvinists pushed a fake study into society to try to convince women to not ride bikes, to keep them home bound, by claiming that women's faces would distort from the effort of cycling, and eyes would bulge, and chins jut out. 

They also claimed it didn't happen to men. 

 

https://twitter.com/weird_hist/status/1411852087185510400?lang=en
https://www.vox.com/2014/7/8/5880931/the-19th-century-health-scare-that-told-women-to-worry-about-bicycle
https://europeana.medium.com/women-beware-of-bicycle-face-27cbf5511b19
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/07/17/19th-Century-Doctors-Warn-Women-About-Bicycle-Face/
https://bust.com/general/12592-beware-of-bicycle-face-ridiculous-womens-health-concern-from-the-1800s.html
https://www.interesly.com/bicycle-face-scare-women-biking/
https://www.elephantjournal.com/2014/07/bicycle-face-running-rampant-since-1895-brenna-fischer/
https://www.welovecycling.com/wide/2016/02/19/found-in-archives-scary-bike-face/
https://www.campfirecycling.com/blog/2014/07/11/bicycle-face