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Sport
During the Regency era and well into the succeeding Victorian era, society women were discouraged from exertion although many did take the opportunity to pursue activities such as walking and riding that were recreational rather than competitive. In Pride and Prejudice, the Bennett sisters are frequently out walking. There was a contemporary belief that people had limited energy levels and women, as the "weaker sex", were most at risk of over-exertion because their menstruation cycles caused periodic energy reductions.

Some male sports were popular although football remained a disorganised activity until the second half of the 19th century. Men competed in sports like boxing, cricket, horse racing and rowing.