To find the gym attire of some women completely inappropriate?

There was a similar post some time ago and it got me thinking. I haven't been to a gym for some time but when I did go I felt too self-conscious to look at anyone else, but I can imagine I'd be a bit shocked at people being dressed as you've described. But then I wondered why having it all on show in a gym is less acceptable than on a beach, especially a crowded beach where you are in close proximity to people wearing only a thong. Does being inside (the gym) make it very different to outside (the beach)? Or even a swimming pool where wet costumes delineate every part of a person's body, especially Speedos.

I'm just wondering what makes a gym different.

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Weird I never look at what people wear. It's meant to be tight fitting

It's mysoginistic to deny her agency and her choice over her body and her clothing. No need to "keep" females from anything here. She isn't thrown to the wolves - we don't expect our men to behave like animals, and in a free civilised society, they don't.

And here we go

Op it's always been like this - pants and/or bra

They are dressed appropriately for the gym. Bra and knickers is normal gym wear.
What do you think is inappropriate about women's skin and their wearing comfortable wear? Why do women need to be covered?
Your views are very strange.

"Maybe I'm getting old" translates as "I'm deliberately being a twat".

I absolutely agree people can wear what they like, but that doesn’t mean I have to think they look good in it! Our gym has mirrors all over the place, so believe me it can be hard not to see people, so a virtuous “oh, just don’t look” is bollocks advice. I can be pedalling hard on the bike look up into the mirror and boom! There’s a sight I wish I hadn’t seen.
And yes, I’m sure people think the same when they see me. 😉

Each to their own I’d say

Year back i was overweight and decided to do the C25K. It was winter and I went out in baggy tracksuit bottoms. The seams caused some bad chaffing on the inside of my thighs and I nearly quit the whole thing.

Male equivalent is surely the Middle Aged Sunday cyclist with his skin tight lycra straining around his meat and two veg

This happens loads in the proper weights gym here

I'll need to see pictures to believe this

It’s the gym, people are working hard and look good. I like it, it’s empowering for young women to aspire to be gym fit and ripped

Are you looking for a gym buddy? I need this kind of energy in my workout (and life in general tbf) 😆

I can't work out whether this is satire. But I my mind, my daughter can wear what she wants, when she wants. And ,what is deemed provocative? Because our girls are confident in their bodies, it could be deemed provocative?, what's this'tossing her to the wolves' bollocks.

I don’t understand why activity appropriate gym clothing is being described as anything other than functional?

I’m 51 and wear “tight” leggings (huh? Who the hell wears loose leggings? What are they anyway? Tracksuits bottoms? Harem pants?) and sports bra tops. Nothing else.

Yup, the whole world (within those 4 walls) has to cope with my entirely exposed stomach, shoulders and back. Not my problem, and, I don’t think, anyone else’s either. It’s not a sexual thing, it’s entirely functional.

I train 5-6 days a week, I work out really hard, including doing quite a bit of calistenics, I get very hot and the last thing I want or need is any form of clothing flapping around in my face (for example, when hanging upside down) or catching on equipment.

I do not walk around like this outside the gym, even in the middle of summer. It’s the correct attire for the environment and the activity.

How is this a problem, or inappropriate?

Good god, have people not got anything better to do. Who gives a shit what people are wearing? Does it affect you? If so, you need to look for an alternative - ie ,line dancing with Brenda at the community hall - not a bit of flesh on show!

I wear tight, running leggings most of the time. They are incredibly comfortable. I only run a few times a week and never go to the gym. But the leggings get worn around the house, out shopping etc. I never considered them to be offensive and round here athleisure wear is really common.

Some think it's misogynistic to keep your teen daughter from wearing provocative outfits to the gym, while others argue it's empowering to just toss her to the wolves. You know, parenting in the modern age!

So long as it’s practical for the purpose, I’m not bothered - ie breasts well supported for exercise, arse crack fully covered so it’s not abnormally unhygienic, clothing made of breathable material appropriate and hard wearing enough to cope with a sweaty gym workout, no pubic hair poking out, labia or penis not on show… I wouldn’t tolerate someone turning up naked for a workout in a public gym. Other than that, it’s people’s body odours I find occasionally offensive in the gym, not the appearance of their clothing - I don’t really like breathing in unwashed body/stale BO smells while exercising, tbh, but seldom pay much attention to what people are wearing, unless they look unusually good or unusually ugly, when it becomes harder to screen out the visual information!

Four times a week mate.

again: work harder and you won’t notice.

It’s also a well-known fact that building muscle mass forces the internalised misogyny out of one’s body.

I’d suggest working harder.

I’ve got no idea what anyone’s wearing at my gym.

My neighbour's 17 year old daughter comes to the gym with her friends, all of them decked out in skin tight colour coordinated hot pants and sports bras, long belly bars swinging. There's no way I would let my daughter wear that. You can literally see crevices. Anyone calling you unreasonable hasn't hit the gym lately.