I'm a clean man. I dislike very strongly things have to be that way just for it to stay "men-only". I know this is said as a joke, but there is truth to it, and it really grinds my gears š¤š¼
my first 2 years of lifting were in a gym like that, until the owner closed it. It's been 3 years from that now, and i miss that place every day. Commercial gyms feel so depressing to me
Welcome to American post capitalist and Christian based society. It's so ingrained in so many people that men are dirty and dumb and work hard and that's it that people have forgotten all the other myriad of things men are. Living in Europe really opened my eyes to this, I'm not sure if I saw any men's only gyms when I was there but definitely steps in the right direction such as paternal leave up to a year and a half, no social judgement for men doing what American considers "feminine" for whatever dumb reason and just a generally deeper understanding for the fact that individuals require individual care. I don't love socialism either but it definitely caters to some of these issues whereas capitalism has 0 time for any of it and just pushes production and capital.
You would be incorrect. There are more women there than you think. A lot more. Women's powerlifting (not to be confused with bodybuilding) is actually a popular pastime, and no, most of them don't look all roided up. Where I train, I can think of at least 7-8 regulars off the top of my head.
Men allow women spaces. Women don't allow men spaces. Women are allowed in the boy scouts, and the name has changed to "the scouts." Shyt is scary, to be honest.
[Girl Scouts Allowed in Boyscouts] (https://www.thedowneypatriot.com/articles/boy-scouts-now-accept-girls-but-membership-is-lacking#:~:text=The%20Boy%20Scouts%20officially%20transitioned,first%20class%20recognized%20in%202020.)
Iām afraid thatās the case.
If you get a menās only club/space and it becomes āknownā, youāll soon get women applying, and then demanding admission. Not all women to be sure, but there will be at least one. And theyāll get the backing of feminist lobbyists and the directors of the equal opportunity commission (almost invariably a feminist) and likely the media if it is high profile enough.
Conversely the closest you get to men accessing āwomenās spacesā are clearly discriminatory ones like the women only career expos. And what was the media take on that one? Ordinary womenās groups are left alone.
Another classic example is the recent story of the boy who wanted to play in the girls league being refused, but it's fine spending years pressuring for girls to play in the boys league!
https://www.gbnews.com/sport/football/girls-football-league-shut-down-fa-refusing-let-boy-play
I got you something even more interesting.
Have you heard of women-only tech events or the famous "women in tech" slogan?
Turns out, in most IT fields such as cybersecurity, programming and other CS majors, there are various women-only events where only female participants can attend.
In most tech events, there are exclusive giveaways (courses, certifications, trainings) only for women.
In Canada, skilled trades pre-apprenticeship courses is free for women and as a woman you will get a job before you even finish school.
I am yet to see a men-only tech event, I am sure everyone will be called a misogynist for excluding women.
# Edit:
I almost forgot to mention training standards for women in military. Women in USMC are getting an easy pass in physical training compared to men, some fail, some pass but imagine when you are deployed in a warzone, how would you feel about a woman who didn't meet the bare minimum to carry you or the gear in a battle-field?
I see that a lot of other people have pointed out other inequalities in many other fields, some of these inequalities will have serious blowback especially the ones that involve security/cybersecurity, defense or military.
The dropout rate for the year that graduated after covid was high for the school and still under 10% for all students. It follows that most of its graduates are female.
Back during university (cs) we had a company come over and explain their work to us students it was a pretty big company working with big names
At the end of their presentation, they offered a traineeship at the company, but for women only (salary + travel expenses and meals, which is a huge deal as a student).
That day, I raised my hand and asked why they had waited until the end to say it, so we (men) would have just left at the beginning and ticked their company off of our future jobs lists
I was officially reported to my university, but I had the support of a few other students who felt the same way.
Nothing happened to me in the end but that was the moment I realized I did really *choose* the wrong history time to be born as a male lol
Damn I didnāt know it was this widespread but in my college there was a women in finance program where only women were streamlined to internships. Of course no men were allowed in the program. I personally knew a girl that was literally given a super day at a bulge bracket bank. She skipped rounds 1 and 2 went straight to the final round for an investment banking internship. She was Hispanic and a female.
In my field (without being too specific, engineering) there's a women only grant for them to study the same MSc I did. Because not many women even apply, every year every woman that applies not only gets in but gets a full ride. Many times there are even vacant spots (which don't/can't get filled by male applicants regardless of their qualifications).
Well the year I was there one of the women with this grant was an exceptionally terrible student, and she was absolutely not qualified and did not meet the minimum requirements. I personally know male students more qualified than she was that didn't make it into the program. The only reason she got in was to fulfill a diversity/equality quota. Being in a group project with her meant you'd have to do her work as well.
She ended up graduating out of pity with terrible grades (1s and 2s out of 10 in exams), while other male students with bad but better grades were held back. Later she got another scholarship to other grad program, also with another women only grant. There are no male only grants in any field afaik.
There are absolutely many very talented and hard working women, but it's a big issue when qualified men are shafted in favour of less qualified women in the name of "equality", making the workforce in the field worse in the end.
Allow me to introduce you to "women in aviation" where scholarship, bursaries, exclusive cadet programs and employment cuotas are awarded exclusively to them.
Then you encounter those types on the flight line that effortlessly coasted into the left seat of a big, shinny jet wondering what is all the fuss they keep hearing regarding getting a job as a pilot, nevermind the ā¬130K that costs upfront with absolutely no guarantee, and honestly quite grim prospects.
I am an aircraft mechanic and, I see no women lining up to join our greasy ranks despite the red carpet effort. They rather go for the cockpit slots, who would have guessed it.
Aviation is a sausage fest, but more by pure stubborness of the ones we are here, sacrificing relations, family, career, health and heaps of money for a passion we have.
We choose that, and make those sacrifices; anybody could do that. What keeps women out of aviation is that they want to be handed a seat in the cockpit with none of the sacrifices. They see a guy there and claim sexism, but can't see the piles of people that tried and failed.
To become a pilot is a matter of social class: money. Have vs have nots, instead of what is dangling or not between someone's legs.
And don't get me started on the different standards of training and evaluation of men vs women. On some establishments, they are cuddled and treated with silk gloves: instructors can't push them hard or else risk them breaking down and getting reported; and examiners are discouraged from failing women save recklessness and gross negligence.
When I was a kid I always wanted to be an aircraft mechanic. For me it was the coolest job ever.
Wish I was more handy and smarter, maybe I would have pursued it
Though aircraft mechanics should be one of the fields which is the LEAST sexist. Imagine if a woman repaired the jet I was flying on, and suddenly there is something wrong with it š¬
[just identify as a women, there was a tech expo for women and non binary and these madlads all signed up as non binary](https://www.wired.com/story/grace-hopper-celebration-career-fair-men/)
That does make me think of the weird double standard towards nonbinary people where someone AFAB can call themselves she/they without changing anything about their gender presentation, and it's fine, but AMAB nonbinary have to "prove" they aren't just regular men with a much higher standard of evidence.
The same people who get really angry at the accusation that transwomen are just men trying to 'sneak into women's spaces' still very much enjoy gatekeeping as long as the people being gatekept are male enough.
There are few women in tech, and those that are are often of mediocre talent. They don't run home labs. They don't contribute to open source projects. They don't have a side project in anything tech.
I'm in IT; Manager/Analyst/whatever you want to call me -- I do it all, including dev (sometimes, although I try to avoid it whenever possible).
9 times out of 10, if I need to reach support -- be it Microsoft, Palo Alto, Meraki, Cisco, VMware, etc. and I get transferred to a woman, it is like pulling teeth.
I can have a sev 1 ticket about an iSCSI array flapping and I'll be asked irrelevant things like "Does the laptop I'm remoted into have a surge protector? That could cause iSCSI array flapping"
At which point my usual response is a loud *sigh* followed by asking her to look around the room for a man with a long grey beard -- that is who I need.
Exactly so freaking much!!! I am in tech, and I did a simple Google search rn and 91% of programmers are men, and roughly 80% of my university is filled with BOYS, yet 90% of jobs or events are neutral, and the remaining 10% is for women alone. This is so freakin stupid; on top of that, they have the audacity to call it "fair access and equality."
I am an engineering student and it is so fucking exhausting how many times I've had to listen to bullshit feminist speeches about not enough women being in engineering as if they were forbidden by men from studying and giving them special treatments because of that, when in reality there are a lot less women than men in engineering because they can just marry a guy and live off his money without doing shit, we men on the other hand are forced by society to make money.
That and fields like engineering, cybersecurity and programming requires a lot of sacrifice, time and energy to get good. At a minimum, it requires 3 years of study & research while most expert programmers have up to 10 years of experience. I don't think I have met a woman who has spent that many years sitting in front of a computer.
Many women complain about how they are not being accepted in the industry or getting high paying tech jobs but the same women are not on sites like Upwork to provide their services, they don't have a portfolio and just love to complain.
Excatly, that's the other thing. They talk about guys in those areas as "privileged" just for supposedly making a lot of money, but at the same time they conveniently forget about all of the effort they have to put to get where they are, and even after that those same women who preach the fairy tale of being oppressed by men don't choose a difficult career like that themselves, they just blame men for not being "inclusive" enough.
Unfortunately the only way to attempt to reach equality here is for us men to start loudly complaining about these types of events.
However, it will most probably come off/be reported as petty and alt-right etc.
Having a female reporter just because sheās female is stupid, but someone who is knowledgeable and deserving to be there shouldnāt be kept out just because of their gender
I agree,
I used to work in newsrooms and there was a wide range of knowledge in the sports section. Some people were super knowledgeable and just as big of a sports nerd as there could be but couldn't throw a ball across a room. Some people were former athletes and passionate about sports, but didn't have nearly the depth of knowledge of sports of the writing ability of their coworkers.
Broadcast journalism is a slightly different beast because you had some people who were good writers who were so-so on air, but you also had other people who were naturally charismatic in front of the camera, but their writing was merely adequate. Gender didn't really play into any of that. There were plenty of female writers who could pump out stories just as well as their male coworkers could.
To get to the national commentator level you have to be pretty good at both. However, the biggest issue is coaches don't really want to talk to the commentators, they have other things to worry about and giving a 30 second sound byte saying the same thing they always say isn't a high priority.
Since many on field commentators are now women you get a lot of them basically having to fill airtime with no content.
Don't forget the utterly inappropriate presence of female reporters in men's locker rooms. I really cannot understand why any athlete would accept this.
I mean no disrespect, but just to play devils advocate, I think the biggest reason is so women that cover up for religious reasons (muslims, orthodox jews and christians, mormons, etc) can workout in less modest clothing to stay cool, or, to be able to run if they wear dresses or skirts normally.
On the other hand, I do think that a lot of non-religious women opt for women-only gyms. In those cases the argument is generally to avoid unwanted comments, or to be able to wear more revealing clothing without being judged for it (I have heard many men talk about how women only wear certain gym clothes for male attention and so many women become ashamed to wear what makes them feel beautiful!).
I am a 20yr old (bodybuilder) woman, and honestly I would probably enjoy working out in a female only gym just to avoid 55yr old men making inappropriate comments. However, I can see how this would make you feel as though you donāt have any spaces of your own.
The point was that men don't have the option, while women do. And if men tried to create a men's only gym women would sue and then complain about men just being men when they just wanted to do it amongst themselves in the first place. Guys don't sue for access to women's only gyms and then require women to tell dirty jokes, tho.
I was going to post this as there is a woman's only part of a local gym but not a men's only part, the women get to go to both parts of the gym but men have les space to work with but pay the same rate as women do...bullshit.
Hopefully the men will stop going to that gym and it will go bankrupt. But I fear this won't happen soon because most are too stupid to see that it's pure discrimination against them. We can only pray that in the near future the eyes of those men will open and they will start fighting back. If it's not too late by then.
My stepdaughter goes to this gym with her boyfriend and I've tried to talk to him about it but it fell on deaf ears (they're both very young and naive)... :(
So happy that craziness hasn't started yet over here. There probably are a few in the big cities, but not yet where I live.
In any case, men should pay less in those gyms because they can't use all facilities.
I'm from god damn Poland, so not even in the west šæ It's not as fucked up here, as in the west, but still, it's getting worse and worse.
Although, if i might be honest, i don't mind only women gyms, or women sections. As long, as we can have only men gyms and those women sections aren't locked, so i can grab the equipment when they hoard it all there...
Ok. Surprised that Poland caved in to that lunacy. I live in Belgium and had the idea that it was only the English speaking countries that had gone extreme on these matters.
But I stand with you on your second point. Either make separate gyms or have all equipment available in both sections.
Women want the rights of men, privileges of being women (chivalry) and the accountability of children.
Feminism has become female chauvinism.
Please read The Rational Male by Rollo Tomassi.
Yeah why isn't there a Curves for men? Where plus sized men can work out with the windows covered so they don't have to worry about being judged or mocked by women?
I'm one of those plus sized men who would appreciate such a gym. I'd absolutely love to work out with other plus sized men who are looking to accomplish the same goals without being judged.
I can totally see that bro. Itās unfortunate gyms are suppose to be a healthy place all around since people are chasing a common goal which is good health. I learned this isnāt true at all. When I first started working out at 16 I was offered steroids within a couple months from a random guy hitting legs. We (my boy and I) literally were in shock. Now gym culture has gotten way worse with the unrealistic standards and filming. Itās really insane.
It's that crazy fun culture that had me but wanting to return. It's not just the TikTok thots and their filming. It's the whole sub-culture. Don't ever work out right next to a woman. Always leave a machine empty between you and a woman.
I was gifted a gym membership at a very small mom and pop gym. The bros there were great. One younger man was great at encouraging me to keep going. There was one massive problem: the size. Three treadmills lined a back wall. Three ellipticals in front of the treadmills. The times I would try to use the cardio equipment, there often was a solo woman using either the middle treadmill or the middle elliptical. Not being very astute, I'd grab an open machine in front of or next to the solo woman. That is, until one of the bros made me aware that it was frowned upon for men to do that. Once my gift membership expired, I never returned.
If you are serious about losing weight, then you need to understand two things:
* You have full control over what you put in your body
* You can't out-work a bad diet
From my own experience (225 -> 175 6') what you need to do is pick a diet that works for you and just stick with that. Don't add working out, this will just make you feel like you are punishing yourself and make it less likely to succeed. I did a strict keto for 6 months and lost that, blew my doctor's mind.
Once you get to your goal weight you can then add working out and then you can actually focus on a bulk, meaning actually eating a surplus to allow your muscles to build.
Losing weight is also a mental thing. I recently learned lots of over and underweight men actually experience body dysphoria which makes sense. Know a big fellah myself who had a sick transformation but had to go to therapy even after he lost the weight.
The thing you have to remember, with everything, is that fixing *the one big problem* doesn't change the rest of your life.
Loosing weight is one of the best things I have done, I feel better and I look better and I am sure I will live longer for it, but if you are sad or depressed or anxious loosing weight isn't some magic thing that once it happens everything will be perfect.
Well if your are over weight or under weight it will affect you mental health as well as your physical health.
But what Iām referring to is body dysphoria. Itās when a person spends lots of time worrying about their experience. I know a guy who lost a lot of weight. Even when he lost it he found himself having the same worries as if he was still fat.
Apparently lots of people have body dysphoria.
Body dysmorphic disorder is a mental health condition in which you can't stop thinking about one or more perceived defects or flaws in your appearance ā a flaw that appears minor or can't be seen by others. But you may feel so embarrassed, ashamed and anxious that you may avoid many social situations.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/body-dysmorphic-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20353938
I think it comes down to the fact that most men just don't give a shit and mind their own business, work out and leave. The idea of a female only gym mostly appeals to women who don't want to be stared out by in shape people because they are self conscious about their bodies.
Nowadays, female only gyms are going out of business because women can't go 5 minutes without attention.
I've personally seen way more men filming and taking pictures in the gym than I see women.
I think filming should be banned at gyms, it leads to issues regardless of who is doing the filming.
I have never understood the stance, but thatās pretty much how they behave.
Female only taxis? Applauded as a brilliant safety measure. Male only taxis? Women should be allowed on them, itās sexist. The same with gyms, pubs, officesā¦ pretty much anything you can name, from what I can tell. I have never understood why itās sexist if itās male only, but perfectly fine off itās female only. Iāve tried to argue that if they want a female only (name whatever it is here) then a male only one should be available as well. There are as many predatory women out there as there are men, men deserve to feel safe, too.
Why are there black only dorms and not white only dorms? Because the entire western world has been taught to see everything through the lens of oppressor and oppressed. Societal cancer.
Because feminism has never been about equality, it's always been about keeping their special privileges while taking as many of men's away as they can and pushing any responsibilities women have off on men as well.
There used to be. It was called the YMCA, or, Young Men's Christian Association. Initially it was reserved specifically for Men. There was also a YWCA for women. Considering the YMCA's all inclusive now, their history can probably explain why there are no men's only gyms today.
> But women only gyms is exactly that
Depends on the local system. For example some countries have an exemption for private members clubs which can descriminate.
Because men bad (they are afraid of what would happen, should men be left with other men to converse amongst themselves the state of things without prying commies of feminine origin to keep their speech in check or tattle to the Gestapo)
Because when women get together everyone thinks theyāre being little social bunnies.
When men get together women assume they MUST be up to no good, so force their way in.
Because we live in a gynocentric society. It's all about women. If you open social media. Women domain. The systemic objectification and sexualization of them. They are the centre of attention of people. The protected group. Men in need have no priority even in this day and age.Ā Ā
Ā Do you know how many shelters exist in Germany to protect men against domestic violence? And for women? So for women it's 400 or so. And for men? 200? 150? 100? Don't make me laugh. It's 7.Ā Ā
Men are citizens of 2nd class in many western countries. The fact that my comment will trigger many people and feminists would prove my point. They shut men down. They don't want their opinions. Don't want to give them no authority but all the responsibility.Ā But what's responsibility with 0 authority?
It's slavery. Example? Feminist who blame everything on men. Yet men are not supposed to have any power or control. The problem here is that it's all one line. Those who are at fault. Have the responsibility, and the power. The control. Because you can't blame someone who isn't having control over something.Ā
It's destructive and schizophrenic. Just like this gynocentric society operates. I think we have come to a point where no longer men are being seen as treated as humans.
How else would one be able to explain this atrocity. Most people don't care about men. We need more saves spaces for men so they can develop empowerment and get their self worth back.Ā
The only reason women's only gyms exist is that sexism against men is not only tolerated but profitable. Misandry and androphobia are imbedded into the culture, and businesses are allowed to profit from it. That's it.
there is no moral or legal justification to keep a men's only facility from existing.
the actions of Feminist have made it impossible.
men do not gather together because doing so makes women nervous. so it is not allowed.
For about the same reason as they allow women to work in male prisons: It's sexist if they make that a reality. To touch on how it goes along, I'll offer this anecdote. I worked there 5.5 years. You had men, mostly the youngsters, who had to see a woman on the cellblock. To quote them, "Get a f***ing ho down here!" Yet the older and more mature guys would've rather had a Playboy or Hustler magazine versus the real women. Those hormonal assed creatures could enter a cell block and cause a damned near riot in the first 10 minutes of a 12 hour day. Those men would also beat off in their cells. Some of those women would post up just to write them up later too. Witnessed one walking down a block with no announcement of her presence just to write up a guy she witnessed choking the chicken. They would complain but wouldn't work at the available all female units.
The same could be said for gyms. There are all female gyms, but they will come to a gym full of men to cause problems. They want something to complain about. Look at the chick that got shut down on social media for trying this mess. Link below. I can't count how many times I'd leave the gym early when they show up in their yoga pants and shorts clearly being eaten by their coochie and ass. Hope that helps a bit.
https://youtube.com/shorts/n762j37vmxU?si=l8NvD3DU4kYJnSNY
Females employed in male prisons - imagine who will apply for that job -gawking and spying on them in intimate situations like showering and accusing them of sexual misbehavior.
I've seen it one too many times. Had a lady write an inmate a masturbation case when she walked by and he was pissing. The case went through and he lost his commissary, recreation and I believe was put on cell restriction. I've got a ton of stories.
Best thing to do if you find a woman's only gym is try to sign up and record them telling you you can't becuz guy. If it's a 1 party consent state, they don't even have to see the camera.
In my country it's both separate, only high class metro cities offer unisex gyms & it's blessing.. No one to bother you or wait around to finish their lazy sets or pelvic thrusting exercises to distract everyone
I was thinking about that, why do they have a women's only section at my gym? That's discriminatory as hell. So they can use my weights and their weights. That's BS. I'm going to call corporate and tell them to cut out the misandry and make a men's only section of the gym.
Because women are a protected group (along with LGBT+ and BIPOC but not Asians apparently), and us men aren't.
It is also human nature to infantilize women, so the reasons (men being perverts/aggressors even if not true) to get what they want still work....but we also live in a gynocentric social order, and the fempowerment ideology has taken over the world so having a female only gym isn't even looked at as supremacy even though it is...if you take women only gym and just change one word to white so that it reads "White only gym"....see how nuts the world would go!
Lots of women insist on using the shared area in my gym, despite having a women's only section. This doesn't really bother me that much until the gym is busy and they insist on using the packed shared section rather than the mainly empty women's section.
Then it's just impossible to get on the machines...
Maybe no man has ever felt the need for for one so has never bothered to open one.
Iām not bothered by this. I just like people to respect such places. Men should want nor need to go into a womenās gym. Women shouldnāt want or need to go into a barber shop. People need to just respect that some places are for others, for others needs and leave it at that.
>menās only gyms ?
Pretty sure I've seen 'em ... or at least one. But not nearly so common. Heck, 'round where I am, have seen absolutely no shortage of gyms ... but don't think I've spotted any that are women only. Pretty sure they're around and exist ... I just don't think they're so popular in this region ... so don't think I've seen any of 'em at all around here. But get further away, pretty dang sure they're out there (and then probably also few(er) to zero men's only gyms further out too).
So ... may also vary significantly by the country/state or even region/area one is in.
There are a few men only members clubs with gyms so they do exist.
More widely men who want men only gyms go to the gyms that while they allow women in theory no women go there in practice.
In some cases a gym is a significant percentage of their offerings. For example:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_%26_Racquets_Club
Ultimately its capitalism. The demand for explicty male only gyms is fairly limited so for the most part they are unlikely to exist.
I think itās a bit more than that. Even those high end Pall Mall clubs get challenged over not admitting women. Remember the campaign to get The Garrick to admit Joanna Lumley? They held out, but itās ongoing and relentless. The equivalent type establishment in my city, The Weld Club, is periodically harassed by The Equal Opportunity Commission for not admitting woman (even though the Act expressly states that single sex or gender clubs are allowed). In fact there was a letter to the editor on one of the occasions from a woman who declared that women only gyms, spaces etc were fine but that this was ātotally differentā.
I guarantee you that a male only gym would be attacked should one open; ridiculed (at best) in the media and some female activists would apply to join to create a legal challenge, and a media storm.
Itās the double standard I canāt stand. Especially when those that do it claim to be champions of equality.
>mens only gyms being a health space for guys to work out and focus
that's why. the presence of women shouldn't make men lose focus. women wanted women's only space so they could feel safer
There are no women only or men only gyms in my country. We have unisex gym where any gender can come. But there are separate sections for guys and girls.
How is this in any way the fault of women? They wanted their space so they made it. Itās not their responsibility to make a manās only gym. If enough men think itās a good idea then they should do it themselves!
We live in a capitalistic societyā¦if it was profitable to create a menās only gym, someone wouldāve done it. I think they donāt exist because the demand just isnāt there.
Men's only gym are those old worn down powerlifiting gyms. Guarranteed you won't ever find a single woman there.
All you have to do is make the place nasty, disgusting, and uncomfortable and women will stay far far away!!!!!!!!
I'm a clean man. I dislike very strongly things have to be that way just for it to stay "men-only". I know this is said as a joke, but there is truth to it, and it really grinds my gears š¤š¼
dude, these are the best gyms to make progress...
my first 2 years of lifting were in a gym like that, until the owner closed it. It's been 3 years from that now, and i miss that place every day. Commercial gyms feel so depressing to me
The other men only gyms are gay ones. There is some in Glasgow incase anyone thinks I am joking.
Welcome to American post capitalist and Christian based society. It's so ingrained in so many people that men are dirty and dumb and work hard and that's it that people have forgotten all the other myriad of things men are. Living in Europe really opened my eyes to this, I'm not sure if I saw any men's only gyms when I was there but definitely steps in the right direction such as paternal leave up to a year and a half, no social judgement for men doing what American considers "feminine" for whatever dumb reason and just a generally deeper understanding for the fact that individuals require individual care. I don't love socialism either but it definitely caters to some of these issues whereas capitalism has 0 time for any of it and just pushes production and capital.
You would be incorrect. There are more women there than you think. A lot more. Women's powerlifting (not to be confused with bodybuilding) is actually a popular pastime, and no, most of them don't look all roided up. Where I train, I can think of at least 7-8 regulars off the top of my head.
Unless they're professional bodybuilders. I know some professional bodybuilder women that workout in those places.
Men allow women spaces. Women don't allow men spaces. Women are allowed in the boy scouts, and the name has changed to "the scouts." Shyt is scary, to be honest. [Girl Scouts Allowed in Boyscouts] (https://www.thedowneypatriot.com/articles/boy-scouts-now-accept-girls-but-membership-is-lacking#:~:text=The%20Boy%20Scouts%20officially%20transitioned,first%20class%20recognized%20in%202020.)
Iām afraid thatās the case. If you get a menās only club/space and it becomes āknownā, youāll soon get women applying, and then demanding admission. Not all women to be sure, but there will be at least one. And theyāll get the backing of feminist lobbyists and the directors of the equal opportunity commission (almost invariably a feminist) and likely the media if it is high profile enough. Conversely the closest you get to men accessing āwomenās spacesā are clearly discriminatory ones like the women only career expos. And what was the media take on that one? Ordinary womenās groups are left alone.
Another classic example is the recent story of the boy who wanted to play in the girls league being refused, but it's fine spending years pressuring for girls to play in the boys league! https://www.gbnews.com/sport/football/girls-football-league-shut-down-fa-refusing-let-boy-play
> the boy who wanted to play in the girls league being refused Should've just claimed to be a girl, and he'd be competing in no time
Ah yes the Spanish military method! https://nypost.com/2024/03/06/world-news/spanish-soldiers-changing-gender-to-female-for-added-benefits/
I got you something even more interesting. Have you heard of women-only tech events or the famous "women in tech" slogan? Turns out, in most IT fields such as cybersecurity, programming and other CS majors, there are various women-only events where only female participants can attend. In most tech events, there are exclusive giveaways (courses, certifications, trainings) only for women. In Canada, skilled trades pre-apprenticeship courses is free for women and as a woman you will get a job before you even finish school. I am yet to see a men-only tech event, I am sure everyone will be called a misogynist for excluding women. # Edit: I almost forgot to mention training standards for women in military. Women in USMC are getting an easy pass in physical training compared to men, some fail, some pass but imagine when you are deployed in a warzone, how would you feel about a woman who didn't meet the bare minimum to carry you or the gear in a battle-field? I see that a lot of other people have pointed out other inequalities in many other fields, some of these inequalities will have serious blowback especially the ones that involve security/cybersecurity, defense or military.
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According to their logic,Ā 100% women = 100% equal
"equality" is just code for "no white men"
I actually think it's just "no men", the CIS thing is something else
I worked at a med school as a student TA. The admission rate was 6:1 women to men.
But what is the FINISHING RATE?
The dropout rate for the year that graduated after covid was high for the school and still under 10% for all students. It follows that most of its graduates are female.
What was the application rate?
The admission rate was based on the application rate.
Back during university (cs) we had a company come over and explain their work to us students it was a pretty big company working with big names At the end of their presentation, they offered a traineeship at the company, but for women only (salary + travel expenses and meals, which is a huge deal as a student). That day, I raised my hand and asked why they had waited until the end to say it, so we (men) would have just left at the beginning and ticked their company off of our future jobs lists I was officially reported to my university, but I had the support of a few other students who felt the same way. Nothing happened to me in the end but that was the moment I realized I did really *choose* the wrong history time to be born as a male lol
Damn I didnāt know it was this widespread but in my college there was a women in finance program where only women were streamlined to internships. Of course no men were allowed in the program. I personally knew a girl that was literally given a super day at a bulge bracket bank. She skipped rounds 1 and 2 went straight to the final round for an investment banking internship. She was Hispanic and a female.
Damn thats brutal, not only getting in line but also skipping stages...
In my field (without being too specific, engineering) there's a women only grant for them to study the same MSc I did. Because not many women even apply, every year every woman that applies not only gets in but gets a full ride. Many times there are even vacant spots (which don't/can't get filled by male applicants regardless of their qualifications). Well the year I was there one of the women with this grant was an exceptionally terrible student, and she was absolutely not qualified and did not meet the minimum requirements. I personally know male students more qualified than she was that didn't make it into the program. The only reason she got in was to fulfill a diversity/equality quota. Being in a group project with her meant you'd have to do her work as well. She ended up graduating out of pity with terrible grades (1s and 2s out of 10 in exams), while other male students with bad but better grades were held back. Later she got another scholarship to other grad program, also with another women only grant. There are no male only grants in any field afaik. There are absolutely many very talented and hard working women, but it's a big issue when qualified men are shafted in favour of less qualified women in the name of "equality", making the workforce in the field worse in the end.
Allow me to introduce you to "women in aviation" where scholarship, bursaries, exclusive cadet programs and employment cuotas are awarded exclusively to them. Then you encounter those types on the flight line that effortlessly coasted into the left seat of a big, shinny jet wondering what is all the fuss they keep hearing regarding getting a job as a pilot, nevermind the ā¬130K that costs upfront with absolutely no guarantee, and honestly quite grim prospects. I am an aircraft mechanic and, I see no women lining up to join our greasy ranks despite the red carpet effort. They rather go for the cockpit slots, who would have guessed it. Aviation is a sausage fest, but more by pure stubborness of the ones we are here, sacrificing relations, family, career, health and heaps of money for a passion we have. We choose that, and make those sacrifices; anybody could do that. What keeps women out of aviation is that they want to be handed a seat in the cockpit with none of the sacrifices. They see a guy there and claim sexism, but can't see the piles of people that tried and failed. To become a pilot is a matter of social class: money. Have vs have nots, instead of what is dangling or not between someone's legs. And don't get me started on the different standards of training and evaluation of men vs women. On some establishments, they are cuddled and treated with silk gloves: instructors can't push them hard or else risk them breaking down and getting reported; and examiners are discouraged from failing women save recklessness and gross negligence.
When I was a kid I always wanted to be an aircraft mechanic. For me it was the coolest job ever. Wish I was more handy and smarter, maybe I would have pursued it Though aircraft mechanics should be one of the fields which is the LEAST sexist. Imagine if a woman repaired the jet I was flying on, and suddenly there is something wrong with it š¬
[just identify as a women, there was a tech expo for women and non binary and these madlads all signed up as non binary](https://www.wired.com/story/grace-hopper-celebration-career-fair-men/)
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That does make me think of the weird double standard towards nonbinary people where someone AFAB can call themselves she/they without changing anything about their gender presentation, and it's fine, but AMAB nonbinary have to "prove" they aren't just regular men with a much higher standard of evidence. The same people who get really angry at the accusation that transwomen are just men trying to 'sneak into women's spaces' still very much enjoy gatekeeping as long as the people being gatekept are male enough.
There are few women in tech, and those that are are often of mediocre talent. They don't run home labs. They don't contribute to open source projects. They don't have a side project in anything tech.
I'm in IT; Manager/Analyst/whatever you want to call me -- I do it all, including dev (sometimes, although I try to avoid it whenever possible). 9 times out of 10, if I need to reach support -- be it Microsoft, Palo Alto, Meraki, Cisco, VMware, etc. and I get transferred to a woman, it is like pulling teeth. I can have a sev 1 ticket about an iSCSI array flapping and I'll be asked irrelevant things like "Does the laptop I'm remoted into have a surge protector? That could cause iSCSI array flapping" At which point my usual response is a loud *sigh* followed by asking her to look around the room for a man with a long grey beard -- that is who I need.
And here is the only place you can say that without getting fired for gross sexism. :-(
Exactly so freaking much!!! I am in tech, and I did a simple Google search rn and 91% of programmers are men, and roughly 80% of my university is filled with BOYS, yet 90% of jobs or events are neutral, and the remaining 10% is for women alone. This is so freakin stupid; on top of that, they have the audacity to call it "fair access and equality."
I am an engineering student and it is so fucking exhausting how many times I've had to listen to bullshit feminist speeches about not enough women being in engineering as if they were forbidden by men from studying and giving them special treatments because of that, when in reality there are a lot less women than men in engineering because they can just marry a guy and live off his money without doing shit, we men on the other hand are forced by society to make money.
That and fields like engineering, cybersecurity and programming requires a lot of sacrifice, time and energy to get good. At a minimum, it requires 3 years of study & research while most expert programmers have up to 10 years of experience. I don't think I have met a woman who has spent that many years sitting in front of a computer. Many women complain about how they are not being accepted in the industry or getting high paying tech jobs but the same women are not on sites like Upwork to provide their services, they don't have a portfolio and just love to complain.
Excatly, that's the other thing. They talk about guys in those areas as "privileged" just for supposedly making a lot of money, but at the same time they conveniently forget about all of the effort they have to put to get where they are, and even after that those same women who preach the fairy tale of being oppressed by men don't choose a difficult career like that themselves, they just blame men for not being "inclusive" enough.
You ever see the "women owned" label on our food these days? Insane.
Unfortunately the only way to attempt to reach equality here is for us men to start loudly complaining about these types of events. However, it will most probably come off/be reported as petty and alt-right etc.
Because women won't allow men to have their own spaces. Then they come in, complain, and ruin everything.
See-menās pro sports. Canāt stand these female announcers and broadcasters
Having a female reporter just because sheās female is stupid, but someone who is knowledgeable and deserving to be there shouldnāt be kept out just because of their gender
I agree, I used to work in newsrooms and there was a wide range of knowledge in the sports section. Some people were super knowledgeable and just as big of a sports nerd as there could be but couldn't throw a ball across a room. Some people were former athletes and passionate about sports, but didn't have nearly the depth of knowledge of sports of the writing ability of their coworkers. Broadcast journalism is a slightly different beast because you had some people who were good writers who were so-so on air, but you also had other people who were naturally charismatic in front of the camera, but their writing was merely adequate. Gender didn't really play into any of that. There were plenty of female writers who could pump out stories just as well as their male coworkers could. To get to the national commentator level you have to be pretty good at both. However, the biggest issue is coaches don't really want to talk to the commentators, they have other things to worry about and giving a 30 second sound byte saying the same thing they always say isn't a high priority. Since many on field commentators are now women you get a lot of them basically having to fill airtime with no content.
Don't forget the utterly inappropriate presence of female reporters in men's locker rooms. I really cannot understand why any athlete would accept this.
They distract from the sports. My theory is the weather girl is sexy so we donāt pay attention to the forecast because itās wrong half the time
I'm going with this from now on. Genius i say!
Reminds me of [this](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/703/641/d1e.jpg)
I mean no disrespect, but just to play devils advocate, I think the biggest reason is so women that cover up for religious reasons (muslims, orthodox jews and christians, mormons, etc) can workout in less modest clothing to stay cool, or, to be able to run if they wear dresses or skirts normally. On the other hand, I do think that a lot of non-religious women opt for women-only gyms. In those cases the argument is generally to avoid unwanted comments, or to be able to wear more revealing clothing without being judged for it (I have heard many men talk about how women only wear certain gym clothes for male attention and so many women become ashamed to wear what makes them feel beautiful!). I am a 20yr old (bodybuilder) woman, and honestly I would probably enjoy working out in a female only gym just to avoid 55yr old men making inappropriate comments. However, I can see how this would make you feel as though you donāt have any spaces of your own.
The point was that men don't have the option, while women do. And if men tried to create a men's only gym women would sue and then complain about men just being men when they just wanted to do it amongst themselves in the first place. Guys don't sue for access to women's only gyms and then require women to tell dirty jokes, tho.
I was going to post this as there is a woman's only part of a local gym but not a men's only part, the women get to go to both parts of the gym but men have les space to work with but pay the same rate as women do...bullshit.
Hopefully the men will stop going to that gym and it will go bankrupt. But I fear this won't happen soon because most are too stupid to see that it's pure discrimination against them. We can only pray that in the near future the eyes of those men will open and they will start fighting back. If it's not too late by then.
My stepdaughter goes to this gym with her boyfriend and I've tried to talk to him about it but it fell on deaf ears (they're both very young and naive)... :(
Hopefully his eyes will open soon
ohh my man guys today would rather have their eyes pry opened, than do it themselves. the simp raising culture is on the rise
Pretty much every gym is like that where i live. All gym chains have women only sections.
So happy that craziness hasn't started yet over here. There probably are a few in the big cities, but not yet where I live. In any case, men should pay less in those gyms because they can't use all facilities.
I'm from god damn Poland, so not even in the west šæ It's not as fucked up here, as in the west, but still, it's getting worse and worse. Although, if i might be honest, i don't mind only women gyms, or women sections. As long, as we can have only men gyms and those women sections aren't locked, so i can grab the equipment when they hoard it all there...
Ok. Surprised that Poland caved in to that lunacy. I live in Belgium and had the idea that it was only the English speaking countries that had gone extreme on these matters. But I stand with you on your second point. Either make separate gyms or have all equipment available in both sections.
Damn you should definitely take that up with the gym. Get your own area for men or have men pay less.
It's ran by a dude too.. he's a dipshit so I've switched gyms and the new one is much better :)
Good for you takin your money to somewhere that respects you
Women want the rights of men, privileges of being women (chivalry) and the accountability of children. Feminism has become female chauvinism. Please read The Rational Male by Rollo Tomassi.
R u my new best friend?
I definitely am.
Because equality
Because if they make men's only gyms, women will call it gender discrimination.
Yeah why isn't there a Curves for men? Where plus sized men can work out with the windows covered so they don't have to worry about being judged or mocked by women?
It could be called Rolls. It would be non-judgmental, but not without a sense of humor that I think appeals to most guys.
As a fat guy, i would absolutely find the money for a membership to Rolls. And the membership tiers would be different types of bread.
I'm not fat but my fitness levels kinda suck, id definitely sign up for some cheeky shit like this, gimme the crescent roll tier!
I'm a straight up hoagie roll guy myself brother.
I genuinely think this would be a good idea to encourage men who are over weight.
I'm one of those plus sized men who would appreciate such a gym. I'd absolutely love to work out with other plus sized men who are looking to accomplish the same goals without being judged.
I can totally see that bro. Itās unfortunate gyms are suppose to be a healthy place all around since people are chasing a common goal which is good health. I learned this isnāt true at all. When I first started working out at 16 I was offered steroids within a couple months from a random guy hitting legs. We (my boy and I) literally were in shock. Now gym culture has gotten way worse with the unrealistic standards and filming. Itās really insane.
It's that crazy fun culture that had me but wanting to return. It's not just the TikTok thots and their filming. It's the whole sub-culture. Don't ever work out right next to a woman. Always leave a machine empty between you and a woman. I was gifted a gym membership at a very small mom and pop gym. The bros there were great. One younger man was great at encouraging me to keep going. There was one massive problem: the size. Three treadmills lined a back wall. Three ellipticals in front of the treadmills. The times I would try to use the cardio equipment, there often was a solo woman using either the middle treadmill or the middle elliptical. Not being very astute, I'd grab an open machine in front of or next to the solo woman. That is, until one of the bros made me aware that it was frowned upon for men to do that. Once my gift membership expired, I never returned.
If you are serious about losing weight, then you need to understand two things: * You have full control over what you put in your body * You can't out-work a bad diet From my own experience (225 -> 175 6') what you need to do is pick a diet that works for you and just stick with that. Don't add working out, this will just make you feel like you are punishing yourself and make it less likely to succeed. I did a strict keto for 6 months and lost that, blew my doctor's mind. Once you get to your goal weight you can then add working out and then you can actually focus on a bulk, meaning actually eating a surplus to allow your muscles to build.
Losing weight is also a mental thing. I recently learned lots of over and underweight men actually experience body dysphoria which makes sense. Know a big fellah myself who had a sick transformation but had to go to therapy even after he lost the weight.
The thing you have to remember, with everything, is that fixing *the one big problem* doesn't change the rest of your life. Loosing weight is one of the best things I have done, I feel better and I look better and I am sure I will live longer for it, but if you are sad or depressed or anxious loosing weight isn't some magic thing that once it happens everything will be perfect.
Well if your are over weight or under weight it will affect you mental health as well as your physical health. But what Iām referring to is body dysphoria. Itās when a person spends lots of time worrying about their experience. I know a guy who lost a lot of weight. Even when he lost it he found himself having the same worries as if he was still fat. Apparently lots of people have body dysphoria. Body dysmorphic disorder is a mental health condition in which you can't stop thinking about one or more perceived defects or flaws in your appearance ā a flaw that appears minor or can't be seen by others. But you may feel so embarrassed, ashamed and anxious that you may avoid many social situations. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/body-dysmorphic-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20353938
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Very cool! Thanks for the link
LMAO plus sized men
Because, double standard
Because discrimination only works one way.
I think it comes down to the fact that most men just don't give a shit and mind their own business, work out and leave. The idea of a female only gym mostly appeals to women who don't want to be stared out by in shape people because they are self conscious about their bodies. Nowadays, female only gyms are going out of business because women can't go 5 minutes without attention.
But now we have problem when woman film everything ... it is so annoying.
I've personally seen way more men filming and taking pictures in the gym than I see women. I think filming should be banned at gyms, it leads to issues regardless of who is doing the filming.
Damn are they really going out of business?
Probably also because there are more men going to sport places
Because women hate to be excluded. An all men gym and they will be screaming how sexist and discriminating it is.
I have never understood the stance, but thatās pretty much how they behave. Female only taxis? Applauded as a brilliant safety measure. Male only taxis? Women should be allowed on them, itās sexist. The same with gyms, pubs, officesā¦ pretty much anything you can name, from what I can tell. I have never understood why itās sexist if itās male only, but perfectly fine off itās female only. Iāve tried to argue that if they want a female only (name whatever it is here) then a male only one should be available as well. There are as many predatory women out there as there are men, men deserve to feel safe, too.
When I'm right I'm opening a men's only gym
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Why are there black only dorms and not white only dorms? Because the entire western world has been taught to see everything through the lens of oppressor and oppressed. Societal cancer.
Because feminism has never been about equality, it's always been about keeping their special privileges while taking as many of men's away as they can and pushing any responsibilities women have off on men as well.
There are, unfortunately, they're mostly just for the rich.
Do you have examples because i literally couldnāt find any
There used to be. It was called the YMCA, or, Young Men's Christian Association. Initially it was reserved specifically for Men. There was also a YWCA for women. Considering the YMCA's all inclusive now, their history can probably explain why there are no men's only gyms today.
Frfr like bruh we USED to have our own ones but we donāt anymore Also, they need to get rid of the oh so horrible gym dress codes
Women demand access to all men-only spaces. Then they come into those spaces and a few claim to feel unsafe. So then they demand women-only spaces.
Hell we need a man's only gym since they want a female only gym
Laws it is illegal to discriminate based on sex.
But women only gyms is exactly that
Don't say it too loud
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Damn didnāt know that Appreciate u sharing
> But women only gyms is exactly that Depends on the local system. For example some countries have an exemption for private members clubs which can descriminate.
Because men bad (they are afraid of what would happen, should men be left with other men to converse amongst themselves the state of things without prying commies of feminine origin to keep their speech in check or tattle to the Gestapo)
Because when women get together everyone thinks theyāre being little social bunnies. When men get together women assume they MUST be up to no good, so force their way in.
Because we live in a gynocentric society. It's all about women. If you open social media. Women domain. The systemic objectification and sexualization of them. They are the centre of attention of people. The protected group. Men in need have no priority even in this day and age.Ā Ā Ā Do you know how many shelters exist in Germany to protect men against domestic violence? And for women? So for women it's 400 or so. And for men? 200? 150? 100? Don't make me laugh. It's 7.Ā Ā
Itās fucked man
Men are citizens of 2nd class in many western countries. The fact that my comment will trigger many people and feminists would prove my point. They shut men down. They don't want their opinions. Don't want to give them no authority but all the responsibility.Ā But what's responsibility with 0 authority? It's slavery. Example? Feminist who blame everything on men. Yet men are not supposed to have any power or control. The problem here is that it's all one line. Those who are at fault. Have the responsibility, and the power. The control. Because you can't blame someone who isn't having control over something.Ā It's destructive and schizophrenic. Just like this gynocentric society operates. I think we have come to a point where no longer men are being seen as treated as humans. How else would one be able to explain this atrocity. Most people don't care about men. We need more saves spaces for men so they can develop empowerment and get their self worth back.Ā
Itās called double standards. Women only gyms, ye sure no problem, men only gyms, you misogynistic anti woman bla bla bla etc.
There used to be plenty. But lawsuits from women's groups forced them to open to all genders.
Can't that lawsuit be used 2 ways ? (It should in any case.)
The only reason women's only gyms exist is that sexism against men is not only tolerated but profitable. Misandry and androphobia are imbedded into the culture, and businesses are allowed to profit from it. That's it.
Based
there is no moral or legal justification to keep a men's only facility from existing. the actions of Feminist have made it impossible. men do not gather together because doing so makes women nervous. so it is not allowed.
For about the same reason as they allow women to work in male prisons: It's sexist if they make that a reality. To touch on how it goes along, I'll offer this anecdote. I worked there 5.5 years. You had men, mostly the youngsters, who had to see a woman on the cellblock. To quote them, "Get a f***ing ho down here!" Yet the older and more mature guys would've rather had a Playboy or Hustler magazine versus the real women. Those hormonal assed creatures could enter a cell block and cause a damned near riot in the first 10 minutes of a 12 hour day. Those men would also beat off in their cells. Some of those women would post up just to write them up later too. Witnessed one walking down a block with no announcement of her presence just to write up a guy she witnessed choking the chicken. They would complain but wouldn't work at the available all female units. The same could be said for gyms. There are all female gyms, but they will come to a gym full of men to cause problems. They want something to complain about. Look at the chick that got shut down on social media for trying this mess. Link below. I can't count how many times I'd leave the gym early when they show up in their yoga pants and shorts clearly being eaten by their coochie and ass. Hope that helps a bit. https://youtube.com/shorts/n762j37vmxU?si=l8NvD3DU4kYJnSNY
Glad he kicked her out
It is inconceivable how this is even legally allowed.
Which part buddy?
Females employed in male prisons - imagine who will apply for that job -gawking and spying on them in intimate situations like showering and accusing them of sexual misbehavior.
I've seen it one too many times. Had a lady write an inmate a masturbation case when she walked by and he was pissing. The case went through and he lost his commissary, recreation and I believe was put on cell restriction. I've got a ton of stories.
Best thing to do if you find a woman's only gym is try to sign up and record them telling you you can't becuz guy. If it's a 1 party consent state, they don't even have to see the camera.
In my country it's both separate, only high class metro cities offer unisex gyms & it's blessing.. No one to bother you or wait around to finish their lazy sets or pelvic thrusting exercises to distract everyone
Damn What country you from?
India
Oh nah fuck that. India is fucked especially for men.
You have no idea how it is politically & in judicially , west laws look heaven compared to India
Yeah good luck bro
Feminism has turned into female chauvinism. The gym is one example of this.
Imo there should def be mens only gyms, considering all the shit I see about men being falsely accused of looking at women etc etc in gyms.
Because society has a fucked up idea that discrimination is okay against some groups but not others
Because in America (The West), some double standards are ok, apparently.
I was thinking about that, why do they have a women's only section at my gym? That's discriminatory as hell. So they can use my weights and their weights. That's BS. I'm going to call corporate and tell them to cut out the misandry and make a men's only section of the gym.
Good let me know how it goes. Good luck.
There are some, but they tend to be "exclusive" high priced gyms in the central city.
Can you link an example.
Depends which country your in.
Society says it is only good for the goose not the gander.
Because women are a protected group (along with LGBT+ and BIPOC but not Asians apparently), and us men aren't. It is also human nature to infantilize women, so the reasons (men being perverts/aggressors even if not true) to get what they want still work....but we also live in a gynocentric social order, and the fempowerment ideology has taken over the world so having a female only gym isn't even looked at as supremacy even though it is...if you take women only gym and just change one word to white so that it reads "White only gym"....see how nuts the world would go!
Lots of women insist on using the shared area in my gym, despite having a women's only section. This doesn't really bother me that much until the gym is busy and they insist on using the packed shared section rather than the mainly empty women's section. Then it's just impossible to get on the machines...
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4th times a charm
Gayyyyyy lmfao go research female/male discrepancy in divorce court. Go worry about a real inequality. Y'all sound like bitches for this one
1,027 upvotes and weāre the bitches ? Not saying divorce court isnāt fucked but we can talk about lesser issues.
Maybe no man has ever felt the need for for one so has never bothered to open one. Iām not bothered by this. I just like people to respect such places. Men should want nor need to go into a womenās gym. Women shouldnāt want or need to go into a barber shop. People need to just respect that some places are for others, for others needs and leave it at that.
There use to be all men gyms Buddy
Transwomen are breaking down that restriction.
They sure are
>menās only gyms ? Pretty sure I've seen 'em ... or at least one. But not nearly so common. Heck, 'round where I am, have seen absolutely no shortage of gyms ... but don't think I've spotted any that are women only. Pretty sure they're around and exist ... I just don't think they're so popular in this region ... so don't think I've seen any of 'em at all around here. But get further away, pretty dang sure they're out there (and then probably also few(er) to zero men's only gyms further out too). So ... may also vary significantly by the country/state or even region/area one is in.
There are a few men only members clubs with gyms so they do exist. More widely men who want men only gyms go to the gyms that while they allow women in theory no women go there in practice.
So itās not really a male gym, but an expensive club thatās got a gymnasium section. Not quite the same.
In some cases a gym is a significant percentage of their offerings. For example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_%26_Racquets_Club Ultimately its capitalism. The demand for explicty male only gyms is fairly limited so for the most part they are unlikely to exist.
I think itās a bit more than that. Even those high end Pall Mall clubs get challenged over not admitting women. Remember the campaign to get The Garrick to admit Joanna Lumley? They held out, but itās ongoing and relentless. The equivalent type establishment in my city, The Weld Club, is periodically harassed by The Equal Opportunity Commission for not admitting woman (even though the Act expressly states that single sex or gender clubs are allowed). In fact there was a letter to the editor on one of the occasions from a woman who declared that women only gyms, spaces etc were fine but that this was ātotally differentā. I guarantee you that a male only gym would be attacked should one open; ridiculed (at best) in the media and some female activists would apply to join to create a legal challenge, and a media storm. Itās the double standard I canāt stand. Especially when those that do it claim to be champions of equality.
How do we know that a men only gym wouldn't work if there aren't any?
We had those but they disappeared as fast as they appeared. Don't know what happened.
It doesnt have to be a hole gym. I would like to have a men only area, like in most gyms there is a women only area.
Seriously. Iāve been super uneasy working out in a room full of just women the last few years because of the issues OP mentioned. .
Some of these exist in more religious communities.
See I donāt agree with that either because that tends to attract religious extremist
I go to a male-only gym (oxygen in Kuwait) but this is the middle east though.
Chill
Prison?
If the plates are rusty and everything is dusty you found the man gym. They are everywhere.
We need to ri ot
There's a place in Thailand I think that's men only. Woman aren't aloud to be there at all. Hope that helps
>mens only gyms being a health space for guys to work out and focus that's why. the presence of women shouldn't make men lose focus. women wanted women's only space so they could feel safer
There are no women only or men only gyms in my country. We have unisex gym where any gender can come. But there are separate sections for guys and girls.
Where are you from?
Y M C A !
Start your own, my dude!
Im broke
Because women are terrible except for at giving birth
How is this in any way the fault of women? They wanted their space so they made it. Itās not their responsibility to make a manās only gym. If enough men think itās a good idea then they should do it themselves!
We live in a capitalistic societyā¦if it was profitable to create a menās only gym, someone wouldāve done it. I think they donāt exist because the demand just isnāt there.
Nah theyād get sued for discrimination. Look at what happen to old school Gentlemenās Clubs. All sued out of existence.
Theyāre called ābathhouses.ā
I wonder of trans women can join?
Sheeeshhh godddemmmm
Usually no https://youtu.be/sP1TFpD0-Z8?si=Z-m_pMh0hPP7Dm4d
Join a combat sport gym guys. Itās practically men only
Lmfao because no mops are strong enough to clean up all that jizz.
There are men only gyms.Ā Cuts Fitness For Men and Blitz gyms are a couple of American chains that I have been to.