[Magdalen] stuck at home today

[M J _Mike_ Logsdon]

>>>At that time it was widely believed that a woman wouldn't be able to finish a marathon, and, if she did, she'd likely become sterile or something.<<<

Different, but similar:

Andrea Mitchell tells how female reporters were at first not allowed (at least by her NBC) to cover in person the Three Mile Island meltdown, out of fear it would "harm their reproductive organs".

Andrea claims to have told the president of the network that considering men have their reproductive organs on the outside of their bodies, women are obviously the safest bet.

The women were allowed in immediately.