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Sapiens · 26/04/2024 09:15

I have seen this going around - do you agree with him?

I think I do, I really don't understand the current trend of ridiculously small shorts shoved right into arse cracks and bandeau bras for working out.

I go to the gym 2/3 times a week and feel no need to dress like this.

Or, are they just 'dressing for themselves?'

Clothing in the gym
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40andlovelife · 26/04/2024 15:30

SocksAndTheCity · 26/04/2024 15:23

You need to go to some better gyms @40andlovelife . I've been a member of various ones for thirty years, and I've yet to see anybody with their 'tits out'.

That could be because I'm concentrating on what I'm there to do rather than judging other gymgoers, of course. Maybe there are tits everywhere and I'm just missing it.

So it's not a good gym when women have their tits out?

Oh the irony of your point.

40andlovelife · 26/04/2024 15:29

@NonPlayerCharacter . Rage?!?! Get a grip and calm down!

I said I had a good figure! Where did you get sexy from? If you're too dense to understand why I mentioned my figure is good, in the context of the topic at hand, then I really can't simplify this anymore than I have.

Ineedaholidayyyy · 26/04/2024 15:28

I frequent the gym regularly, I personallty wouldn't feel comfortable in just a workout bra with my tits on show and I despise those bum scrunch shorts.

People can wear what they want though, but its likely to attract some attention. I'm not bothered what anyone wear, however I can't stand the attention seeking kind who just stand around taking videos and posing and giving me a dirty look for interrupting their video or shot! Or recently when I asked to use a machine to actually use it when they are using it to prop up thier phone!

ghostyslovesheets · 26/04/2024 15:26

I'm baffled some people are spending so much gym time watching other people - I hardly notice other people in reality - I'm too busy actually working out and checking my form etc.

NonPlayerCharacter · 26/04/2024 15:23

40andlovelife · 26/04/2024 15:17

@NonPlayerCharacter you really don't listen to you?

Yes they do have their tits out. When 3/4 of the breast is on show this is having your tits out,

Yes they do have arse cracks in faces when wearing scrunch bum leggings. If you wear these you want people to stare at your arse.

Stop gaslighting. I've been a member of 3 different gyms past 7 years. It is not hyperbole,

Being contradicted on a website for using silly and misogynistic hyperbole is not gaslighting and I think you know that just as well as you know that a woman in scrunch bum leggings isn’t sticking her arse in anyone's face.

Own your own issues, because my God do you have them. Another woman in ridiculous clothing shouldn't provoke such rage in any normal, well adjusted person. From the completely disproportionate response and the irrelevant shoehorning in of how sexy you are, it seems pretty clear what your problem is: you look down on these women for what they wear but you want to be seen as just as desirable as they are, and you don't think you can do that without dressing in the same way. That's unfortunate, but it's a you problem. You'll have to make your choice.

SocksAndTheCity · 26/04/2024 15:23

You need to go to some better gyms @40andlovelife . I've been a member of various ones for thirty years, and I've yet to see anybody with their 'tits out'.

That could be because I'm concentrating on what I'm there to do rather than judging other gymgoers, of course. Maybe there are tits everywhere and I'm just missing it.

40andlovelife · 26/04/2024 15:17

@NonPlayerCharacter you really don't listen to you?

Yes they do have their tits out. When 3/4 of the breast is on show this is having your tits out,

Yes they do have arse cracks in faces when wearing scrunch bum leggings. If you wear these you want people to stare at your arse.

Stop gaslighting. I've been a member of 3 different gyms past 7 years. It is not hyperbole,

LlynTegid · 26/04/2024 15:12

Male possible behaviour is no argument for objecting to skimpy clothing. I object to the poor quality and choice of clothing for women to exercise in.

NonPlayerCharacter · 26/04/2024 15:09

40andlovelife · 26/04/2024 15:03

@NonPlayerCharacter

Yep that's what I said.

They look desperate for attention. I have a very good figure and I'm curvy in all the right places. Would I see fit to have more of my titties on show that not ? Not at the gym no.

Yes, that's what you said, but quite plainly women don't have their tits hanging out and are not putting their bum cracks in people's faces. That's just silly hyperbole to try to make out that they're doing something actually obscene when in fact you just don't like how they're dressed. Although I don't see how their desire to be seen as hot is any different to your irrelevant and unnecessary description of how sexy you are.

LuckySantangelo35 · 26/04/2024 15:08

Women can wear what they want

hurrah

he can sod off

40andlovelife · 26/04/2024 15:06

CactusMactus · 26/04/2024 15:00

Of course anyone can wear whatever they like.. and some people like to wear overly sexual clothes and be looked at.

And then play the ' oooh stop looking at me' card when men do look! Men are always gonna look it's bloody basic biology.

SoupChicken · 26/04/2024 15:04

Women wearing a crop top and shorts at the gym is in no way comparable to porn, it’s not women’s responsibility to change what they wear because he gets turned on easily.

Wolfpa · 26/04/2024 15:04

I am more bothered by all the women in brightly coloured patterned leggings they are an intimidating bunch.

as far as the porn claim goes that is on the looker not the wearer. I have been naked in saunas with other people and there is nothing sexual at all.

40andlovelife · 26/04/2024 15:03

@NonPlayerCharacter

Yep that's what I said.

They look desperate for attention. I have a very good figure and I'm curvy in all the right places. Would I see fit to have more of my titties on show that not ? Not at the gym no.

MarkWithaC · 26/04/2024 15:02

NonPlayerCharacter · 26/04/2024 14:58

I doubt it, they're not THAT filthy. They're just stupid looking shorts/leggings with padding on the bum and ruching at the crack. They look absolutely ridiculous and we will all be laughing at them in a few years (except for those of us who are laughing at the things now). But at the end of the day, they are just bad fashion. They're not a moral issue. People who wear them have crap dress sense, nothing more. People who get outraged at them like they're demonic are much more of a problem.

Thanks. I didn't like to google it Grin Just people on here talking about how they emphasise the anus etc made it sound like they were porn-y. I guess it's part of the same aesthetic as the Kardashian big arse/butt-lift thing (which I thought was pretty much over, but what do I know, I'm old).

NonPlayerCharacter · 26/04/2024 15:00

40andlovelife · 26/04/2024 14:50

There's a difference between wearing clothes that make you feel cool and having your tits hanging out and your arse crack in everyone's face.

Personally I feel it's a good of the man to say it. Many men don't actually want this infront of them, they know what kind of tone it sets.

My 10 year old goes to the gym and I sit in the waiting area watching him. Personally ( and im really no prude) I find it weird that he has to encounter women literally looking like they've dressed up for the bedroom.

having your tits hanging out and your arse crack in everyone's face.

You see women at the gym with their tits hanging out and their arse cracks up in everyone's faces? Really?

Maybe you should move a little further away...

CactusMactus · 26/04/2024 15:00

Of course anyone can wear whatever they like.. and some people like to wear overly sexual clothes and be looked at.

Soigneur · 26/04/2024 14:58

MightyGoldBear · 26/04/2024 09:54

Wow the male entitlement there.

Why doesn't he consider a blindfold if he has no self control over his thoughts and objectification of women.

Women are not sex objects they are there to exercise the same as the men in their speedos. No women are complaining that men shouldn't wear speedos because we have self control basic respect not seeing men as purely sexual objects!

Eh?? Loads of women complain that men shouldn’t wear speedos, especially older or overweight men. There are quite regular threads on it, usually triggered by someone moaning about French swimming pool rules. Ditto cycling shorts or any other tight sport-specific clothing.

NonPlayerCharacter · 26/04/2024 14:58

MarkWithaC · 26/04/2024 14:47

I'd never heard of scrunch bum leggings until now. Are they from the porn world?

I doubt it, they're not THAT filthy. They're just stupid looking shorts/leggings with padding on the bum and ruching at the crack. They look absolutely ridiculous and we will all be laughing at them in a few years (except for those of us who are laughing at the things now). But at the end of the day, they are just bad fashion. They're not a moral issue. People who wear them have crap dress sense, nothing more. People who get outraged at them like they're demonic are much more of a problem.

Randomsabreur · 26/04/2024 14:53

VickyEadieofThigh · 26/04/2024 10:14

Indeed! The only clothing I find myself pondering at the gym is when people wear hats - baseball caps or even woolly beanies. Or - occasionally - an anorak over their gym kit. I've seen people doing runs on treadmills togged up like this and can't help but feel they must get a tad over-hot.

I'd guess they're trying to acclimatise for hotter weather... I wear extra layers for my main sport to compensate for the difference between Scotland and central Europe...

40andlovelife · 26/04/2024 14:50

There's a difference between wearing clothes that make you feel cool and having your tits hanging out and your arse crack in everyone's face.

Personally I feel it's a good of the man to say it. Many men don't actually want this infront of them, they know what kind of tone it sets.

My 10 year old goes to the gym and I sit in the waiting area watching him. Personally ( and im really no prude) I find it weird that he has to encounter women literally looking like they've dressed up for the bedroom.

ghostyslovesheets · 26/04/2024 14:48

Ohhbaby · 26/04/2024 14:18

Gosh, I hate it when people are so disindigenous. It is not the same is it? Why do you think there is soft porn on magazines, girls in skimpy clothes ie sports illustrated. Because men buy it. Woman certainly don't have the same visual sexual preferences. Think of young teenage boys, whose hormones are just starting and they can control it less. What makes them hard? Seriously woman do not get turned on the same way guys do so to equate the two is just dumb

You think a woman working out is equal to soft porn 😂 if men get turned on by a woman in shorts and a work out top that’s on them - women aren’t responsible for men’s libidos

I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about what makes teenage boys hard - i mean ewww

MarkWithaC · 26/04/2024 14:47

I'd never heard of scrunch bum leggings until now. Are they from the porn world?

NonPlayerCharacter · 26/04/2024 14:43

JaffaCakesAreDisgusting · 26/04/2024 14:40

I don't like his "woe is me" tone but can we stop pretending not wanting to see arse cracks and fanny flaps makes you a rape apologist. I'd be most put out if the men in my gym started wearing shorts that pulled thier bum cheeks apart and perfectly showed the outline of thier cock and balls.

You don't have to like it but they're not obliged to dress to please you. Practise the ancient art of looking somewhere else. Isn't there a screen on the cardio machines? A mirror to watch your form in the weights section? Yes, there's a temptation to stare - overcome it! You're disciplined enough to be at the gym!

JaffaCakesAreDisgusting · 26/04/2024 14:40

I don't like his "woe is me" tone but can we stop pretending not wanting to see arse cracks and fanny flaps makes you a rape apologist. I'd be most put out if the men in my gym started wearing shorts that pulled thier bum cheeks apart and perfectly showed the outline of thier cock and balls.

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