Clothing in the gym

I'm so sick of man panderers whinging about how men are somehow hard done by and "not allowed to find women attractive" or whatever the fuck they're saying to moralise about women's clothing more than men's behaviour. If you truly think we live in a society where men's sexuality is repressed, where they are being denied outlets and oppressed for sexual thoughtcrime, you're absolutely lost to reason. They're not. They have more material and outlets to satisfy them than they could get through in ten lifetimes. There's no shortage. They're not sexually repressed. They're not victims when women wear sexy clothes. They're OK in this regard. You can stop worrying.

Years ago a wise old bird told me "if you don't want the goods to be looked at, don't put them in the shop window".

This is really revolting and anything but wise, but it's pointless explaining why to someone to whom it isn't self-evident. Let's just say: in today's episode of "what object are women", we are...literally merchandise!

You should be wiping down your equipment after you use it anyway. Moot point.

Being a fat gym rat I have seen too many women be criticised and hassled for the crime of being female in public. If you meet their beauty standards, men leer. If you don't, they sneer. The one thing they don't do when they make these sorts of comments is mind their own business and understand that the world does not revolve around them.

And scunch bum leggings aren't anal porn clothing

what’s the point of them if not to look sexy?

Nobody has said that people won't look at other people. What a lot of posters are saying is that women are not responsible for (or interested in) men being gross and inappropriate about their workout clothes.

If the woman below was in my gym I would look at her because she looks awesome, and I'd be interested in what sets she was doing and with which weights, as well as envying her crop top (which I'd never be able to wear having G cup boobs).

I would not be whining about how very dare she look awesome in the gym because I don't like being reminded I can't control my unpleasant perving, and that's all her fault.

This it utterly ridiculous. Woman wearing shorts and a sports bra in the gym is not pornographic. Women have been wearing clothes like this in sport for decades.

Hear, hear.

Years ago a wise old bird told me "if you don't want the goods to be looked at, don't put them in the shop window".

Not that the OP should change her gym attire but I can relate to what the guy was trying to say. I'm sure it cuts both ways.

Exactly!

I'm well covered but my butt leaves sweat on the bike seat
Just needs some cleaning spray and wipe down with the paper towel and good as new, takes seconds to do if the other posters so grossed out she can reclean it to her liking

If I'm working hard enough I'll sweat on the equipment (and the mat, and the floor) regardless of what I'm wearing.

That's why we wipe the equipment down after we're finished with it, and I've never known a gym that doesn't ask people to do this. As for 'Yuk!' are you five?

Sorry, but bare skin means you sweat all over the equipment. Yuk!

I go to the gym with my 18 year old. She works out in shorts (not the tiny butt ones) and a sports bra
I wear leggings that stop just under my knee with sports bra and tank top
Why? Because that's the items we both find most comfortable when there

If folks look they look, can't stop that it's human behaviour, I only take issue with those who are staring and commenting to the young girls which thankfully at our gym is very rare and other guys will tell em to knock it off

We did have one young lady who wore what looked like my old school gym knickers and a tiny boob tube bra, never once saw her work out just wander round, that's her prerogative. She didn't get any comments and stopped coming

If a dude can't control his behaviour round women trying to work out then that's a him problem and he might want to look at why he has no self control

When I'm at the gym I just concentrate on my workout, I don't really pay much attention to anyone else. How does he cope in the pool with women wearing bikinis?

What a strange perspective he has. Avert your gaze lech is what goes through my mind! Whatever a woman chooses to wear to the gym she’s there to exercise.

bandeau bras for working out
I'd worry about trapping a nipple in a weight stack

How would you know some women 'feel the need' to wear X, Y or Z, @Trulyme - could it not be possible that they feel good and comfortable in their choice of clothing and like wearing it?

Or does it only apply to clothing you disapprove of and wouldn't wear yourself, so no other woman could ever choose to wear it of her own volition and therefore must be doing it for the benefit of others?

Yeah I thought this was probably the case. I go to climbing gyms and you do see people in spray on leggings and small sports bras, but it's actually a pretty practical choice but I've never seen anything like them.

I don't personally like to show my body because some people comment on it and I don't like feeling self conscious, so I don't. Other people can do what they want.

The portrayal of blokes on here (and by the original comment) being basically hardwired to obsess over semi clothed women to the point it disrupts their day is alien to me. I accept that there are blokes like that but they're choosing to behave like that, or think that's a right way to behave, or kidding themselves that this lack of self control is normal

I've just been to the gym. I didn't see any really short shorts (I did see some interesting ways of doing certain machines I 😬) in fact I didn't see many women there at all maybe that was why.

I did look around between sets which apparently I shouldn't be doing, according to this thread I should be glued to my phone and never make eye contact or look at anyone (sadly the guy I fancy wasn't there so I couldn't match his gaze today, I don't think he's got the Mumsnet memo either 🤷‍♀️).

Of course not. I've never seen anyone whose bum wasn't fully covered, although I'm sure it happens somewhere. I occasionally see bum scrunch leggings or shorts (I think they're on the way out though) or a neon cycling shorts/hotpants and crop top combination. They're probably the least common items of apparel. Was there this morning, pretty full, none of that stuff to be seen.

Obviously if you start searching for it online and among fitness influencers then you'll find it. It's manufactured outrage. Any bloke who complains that it's distracting is sufficiently sexual that he'll be looking for naked women online when it suits him, so he's clearly not offended by it; he just doesn't like it when women do it on their own terms.

I don't go to gyms but is it common to see women dressed like in the 3 pics posted together earlier?

Hmm have you actually read the thread?

Yes but you clearly haven't, so I'm giving the rest of the post the attention it deserves.

To be fair I've noticed lots of younger women appearing at the gym as if it's a catwalk rather than the gym. Not breaking sweat, face full of make up, hair perfect, and yes wearing fashion rather than work out clothes. Odd

@toomanyy bodybuilders wear those pants in bodybuilding competitions and environments. Everyone there knows the drill, it's part of the culture there. And presumably it's too show all the muscles including the glutes.

That's not really the same as wearing pants or knickers in a gym open to the public. The very specific picture op posted of someone wearing underwear to workout in a gym is simply not appropriate.

Just like how you wouldn't turn up to a public pool in a Mankini. Not the place a need a bit attention seeking.

I would absolutely hate men working out in this.

Some of the men’s outfits are as revealing as the women’s and it’s disgusting.

I don’t want to see vulva or testicles when someone bends over in front of me.

But most of all I absolutely hate that these young girls/women feel they need to wear such revealing clothes in order to get men to appreciate their bodies.

If you have a nice body you can see it in normal gym wear, so why they need to try and look naked.

You don’t need to degrade yourself simply for the attention of men.

Show me one single post where someone has said you can never notice a bum? I await your response eagerly.

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It's a bum. If you think the way it is dressed is against the gym rules, report it. Otherwise, having noticed the bum, and disapproved of the bum, and silently judged the owner of the bum as morally deficient because you can't deal with your own feelings and thoughts about the bum, go back to your sets and look elsewhere. Nobody cares what you think as long as you behave yourself
Hmm have you actually read the thread? It is full of people saying people shouldn't even notice the bum and should be staring at their phones and not looking up at all, ever
No one is discussing behaviours like approaching women. They are complaining about men literally seeing women. At all. Ever.