NPR Article: Women Who Dare To Bicycle In Pakistan

[Vientomas]

The bicycle as a means to effectute social change...

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/02/03/684438571/women-who-dare-to-bicycle-in-pakistan

[Mikej]

The bicycle as a means to effectute social change...

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/02/03/684438571/women-who-dare-to-bicycle-in-pakistan

So, I didn’t see it mentioned in the article (NPR), but this is due to religion, correct?

[XXtwindad]

Very disconcerting, to say the least. It certainly puts the heated debates about tire width in perspective. There is precedent, however, for the bike serving as a means of female liberation in the Western World (and the resistance it encountered).

Wasn't that long ago:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/373535/

[charliedid]

Very disconcerting, to say the least. It certainly puts the heated debates about tire width in perspective. There is precedent, however, for the bike serving as a means of female liberation in the Western World (and the resistance it encountered).

Wasn't that long ago:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/373535/

Agreed,

This is bicycle riding as civil disobedience more than recreation, at least for now.

Great to see.

[93KgBike]

"Is it necessary that they exhibit themselves among the men?" asked Mullah Muhammad Naeem. He said that such public riding leads "to moral corruption" and suggested that women ride behind high walls, unseen by men.

This attitude reminds me of an attack in Qatar during a UCI event against one of the female competitors in the WC a couple of years ago. I'll look for the link and update later.

UCI should speak up against these attitudes, and adopt prize and distance equity for female riders.

Women are more than half of the world.

[Mark McM]

So, I didn’t see it mentioned in the article (NPR), but this is due to religion, correct?

Or culture. Or both, in the sense that religion is often used to justify cultural prejudices.

[Black Dog]

Or culture. Or both, in the sense that religion is often used to justify cultural prejudices.

And visa versa.