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Women avoid mixed sex gyms due to male harassment

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SamW98 · 31/01/2024 12:14

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-68145372

Well call me shocked - not!! And they wonder why we want to preserve single sex spaces

Aimee

Hull women say mixed gyms are off-limits due to harassment from men

A group of women from Hull say they are avoiding mixed gender gyms due to harassment from men.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-68145372

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SidewaysOtter · 31/01/2024 16:06

And I’d be very wary of a female-only gym. You just KNOW it’s going to be a magnet for those who want their special womanly feelz validated.

SidewaysOtter · 31/01/2024 16:05

It’s why I go to a very expensive gym where this sort of thing wouldn’t be tolerated. I’m not saying it would never happen (although in all my years I’ve had one comment once and even that was a bit borderline as to whether it was just a misplaced, awkward compliment) but I know they’d take it very seriously if a woman complained. And, frankly, it’s not the sort of place where you get the ‘roid heads and the knuckle dragging fraternity.

But you shouldn’t have to pay your way out of the shit gyms full of creeps, not least because it excludes those who can’t afford those fees.

Froodwithatowel · 31/01/2024 16:02

If you go to an 'all female' gym you can then be specially harassed by the special men as opposed to boring ordinary cis harassment.

StephanieSuperpowers · 31/01/2024 16:01

WHY DO WE HAVE TO KEEP RELEARNING STUFF THAT EVERYONE ALREADY KNOWS?

Froodwithatowel · 31/01/2024 16:01

And in other news, water is wet.

<Insert long strings of obscenities here>

DustyLee123 · 31/01/2024 15:59

My DD has just joined an all female gym. I asked her how they keep any men out, she didn’t know.

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