| The old saw about women being the weaker | | | | of women mountain biking today is a sign |
| sex has, in recent decade, come up for | | | | that most women think the benefits of |
| debate as increasing numbers of women | | | | mountain biking outweigh its risks. The |
| have begun to excel at many of the | | | | strength-building, cardiovascular |
| sports which were once considered the | | | | benefits, heightened reflexes, improved |
| exclusive provinces of men. Women have | | | | coordination, and tremendous |
| even begun to compete in extreme sports, | | | | self-confidence which women who mountain |
| including mountain biking. | | | | bike experience are certainly desirable |
| There is no anatomical reason why women | | | | effects. |
| mountain biking cannot manage the strong | | | | And the large number of women mountain |
| pedaling required, and enough of them | | | | biking has had another effect; there are |
| have now taken up the sport that they | | | | now several women's groups organized to |
| are no longer a rarity on the mountain | | | | educate women about the health and |
| biking trails. But mountain biking, | | | | safety issues surrounding women's |
| like any sport, can cause long-term | | | | mountain biking. |
| health consequences in its participants. | | | | One of the organizations in the |
| There us a question of whether or not | | | | forefront of promoting healthy women |
| women mountain biking are endangering | | | | mountain biking is the WOMBATS, or as |
| their reproductive systems. Research | | | | they are officially named, the Women's |
| has indicated that male mountain bikers | | | | Mountain Biking and Tea Society. The |
| significantly increase their risk of | | | | members of WOMBATS all have one thing in |
| scrotal damage overtime; there is good | | | | common--their love for the adventure of |
| reason to think the women might also be | | | | mountain biking. The group accepts |
| at reproductive risk. | | | | women regardless of their age, |
| The Risks Of Women Mountain Biking | | | | ethnicity, or culture; the only |
| The studies done on men show that they | | | | requirement for admission is that an |
| may experience the growth of either | | | | applicant be an avid mountain biker. |
| benign or malignant scrotal masses as a | | | | The myth that women are a weak sex is |
| result of mountain biking, and those | | | | dead, and the reality that women |
| results may imply that women mountain | | | | mountain biking is taking the mountain |
| biking can develop assorted reproductive | | | | biking world by storm is becoming |
| illness. One proven effect of women | | | | clearer each day. If you don't believe |
| mountain biking is, in a few instances, | | | | it, head for the nearest mountain biking |
| hymenal rupture. | | | | trail, watch the women of all ages and |
| Even though there many be negative | | | | physical stature taking the terrain in |
| consequences for their reproductive | | | | their biking stride, and then tell |
| systems, enormous and increasing number | | | | yourself they are the weaker sex. |