Mortified

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In the gym theres the main weight section downstairs which is mainly filled with men..then you go up and theres some cable machines and a open section for floor exercises. You can see down over the glass panel onto the weight section bit as the glass comes up to your waist...
So when theres not much space I go right up to the glass bit to do floor exercises, this in the past has been covered with paper ...
Yesterday I hadn't noticed that the paper had been taken off. So i got on all fours with my bum facing the glass because the section was pretty full and I didnt want my giant arse facing the rest of the people working out...
After I'd done, a man came up the stairs and winked at me as he walked past..bit weird but ok..I went downstairs, as I went past the weight section one of the older men who regularly says hi to me stopped me and smirked and said..you looked like a cat in heat up there , I made a face and asked him what he meant..he pointed up at the glass and said I could see everything .
So basically I just spent 20 minutes on all fours and about 20 men downstairs could see me...I'm mortified
My OH says it doesnt matter, plenty of people work out and no one looks at them, but literally I must've looked like I was doing it on purpose.
I need to change gyms dont i

It’s not you, it’s them. What makes men think it’s ok to comment like this?!

I'm embarrassed because they dont usually stare. Its because they were on the floor below me and I had my arse up against the glass, I wouldn't have done that had I noticed the paper had been taken off so I felt it was my own fault.
But I agree it's not ok to make those comments regardless of where I was

I will go in tomorrow with my head held high
I'll also find a place away from the glass before I get on all fours

I’m sorry you were embarrassed and the men were crass. But sexual harassment as some pp’s have suggested is a bit of an over reaction imo.

And that’s why the fuckers keep doing it. Because people like you minimise their behaviour and tell the women who put up with their shit that they’re over-reacting.

yes definitely complain. That behaviour isn't acceptable and people on here are minimising and normalising it. you should be able to work out without lewd comments being made to you and without being made to feel uncomfortable and embarrassed.

Sexual harassment is exactly what it is, he wouldn't have said anything like that to a man. A complaint would be entirely justified.

Speak to the management and get the paper put back up. Now you know why it was there. Dirty old men. Yuk.

I reported 2 men for laughing and making fun of me ( I can lip read) they were mortified when I went up to them and thanked them for slagging me off. My gym cancelled their membership .

I'd definitely mention that to the management! Working out usually involves awful positions and arses in the air - I have never heard anyone making remarks about it in a gym. It's one of those unwritten rules!