Female only gyms.

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I often wonder why these are allowed but male only establishments are not. Is it a special case or they legally not permitted to exclude men if they try to get in?

Dunno, at my pool they do board up the windows in the cafe and close viewing to stop men being able to see the women's session.

I dont think many women are worried about men ogling at them in the gym its usually the opposite, if you are there are you need to get fitter, healthier the last thing you want is a bunch of poser's who may be sniggering at you.

I may be alone here but as someone who is/was overweight not as much now If I walked into a gym full of posery girls I would wlak straight out women are far moire likely to *nudge,nudge wink wink look at her arse,muffin top, lovehandles etc to other women.

Most poser males in gyms are far too interested in their own reflection

but back on point I would feel at ease in a women only gym.

I don't see the need myself, and am quite happy to go to a mixed gym, never had any problems or felt uncomfortable. I would have thought judging for being overweight would be at least as likely to come from other women, not that I've noticed anything like that, people are generally focused on their own workout not looking at others.

But I wouldn't have a problem with male-only gyms if there was the demand for them, as long as there was somewhere I could go. One of the swimming pools near me has weekly men-only sessions, I don't find it a problem. Like the women's sessions, they don't tend to be scheduled at popular times anyway.

My gym is quite small with a capacity of just 15 people. It is mixed and I have never felt uncomfortable. The men are either in the same boat as me (overweight and trying to improve their health/fitness) or otherwise tend to be bodybuilder types who are too busy looking in the mirror while pulling weights to care about what others are doing. It's a great place.

Always used mixed gyms - never occurred to me to go to a woman only one.
Always feels more 'normal' to be in a place that reflects society rather than a male or female only ghetto. Never ever had any problem with blokes. They're just human beings, same as us.

I'm fine in mixed gyms too though quite confident physically, not noticeably overweight and quite sporty. The gym I used had all types, fit, overweight, pensioners etc - never noticed any sniggering or atmosphere in fact it was a good vibe for the sexes to mix and folk just got on with it. I can understand why some people men and women though would have issues so male only or female only is fine, especially if it gets more non- active folk out and doing something.

Choice. Isn't it nice that we have choice?

I just love sport and would like to encourage everyone, no matter shape, age, sex and ability. So yes, choice works for me.

I don't think many women would choose the gym where I live- it's full of steroidal apes, and a bloke got shot in there in a drugs dispute. Oddly, the all-female zumba classes get more female customers. That's what I mean about de facto male spaces being unwelcoming.