Current Events > Have you ever seen a woman getting harrassed at the gym?

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BoomerKuwanger posted...

Women are entitled to simultaneously wear sexy clothing and not want to get hit on. If men can't control themselves because someone is wearing something revealing then that is their problem. If you wanna take a quick glance that's one thing but I feel like you're backpedaling and moving the goalposts on what you insinuated. I'm sure there are also women who do it to get noticed, but there's a difference between feeling confident in your appearance around people and actually having those people interact with you.

It's generally not a great idea to assume the way guys behave can apply to women because they are just different dynamics. It's like how guys send dick picks because they would love to receive nudes from a woman and assume they feel the same, but we (hopefully) all know here that sending dick picks is bad

Eh, say what you want. I'm done explaining myself to you guys. If you don't get, you don't get it.

SauI_Goodman posted...

What the fuck are YOU thinking when did I say that was OK to harass anyone? Get your shit straight.

Yes, you just threw out the oldest fuckin' victim blaming line in history.

so much better

DrizztLink posted...

Yes, you just threw out the oldest fuckin' victim blaming line in history.

so much better

Oh, look. Another one.

SauI_Goodman posted...

Oh, look. Another one.

Well damn Jackie, I'm sorry you're getting pushback on your victim blaming.

Try emphasizing your persecution complex some more, it'll show us.

BoomerKuwanger posted...

Also yes I'm sure comfort is a big factor. I'm not a woman but speaking as a guy, sometimes I wear sleeveless shirts because they are more comfy to me/less hot when I'm doing sweaty activities, not because I wanna show off the guns. I'm not a runner, but pretty sure the reason running shorts are so short is so you don't have fabric constantly moving around on your legs, not because short shorts are sexy. I have done a little bit of yoga, enough to know that loose fitting clothing can get in the way when you're doing poses, which is where the famously tight yoga pants come from

It is a factor, everybody wants to be comfortable, but jackasses want to make something out of nothing. "Oh look I got him modded tehehehehehehheeh"

Shoot_FTH posted...

Have you ever seen a woman getting harrassed at the gym?

No.

Have you seen a man getting harassed at the gym?

Sexual harassment isn't one-way. Women do it, too, and it happens to men.

Theres always guys standing in front of the treadmill windows trying to distract the women on the treadmills and guys that start air humping a girl's ass every time they bend over in the gym

I see people of both genders get harassed at the gym all the time usually by people of their same gender. People are just assholes at the gym

weeb98 posted...

there were some really hot women at my gym and ive never even seen a man stare at them at all.

This. There are some extremely hot women at the gym I go to, never noticed a guy staring let alone approaching them. People there generally seem respectful and keep to themselves.

However I do try to go at the least busy times possible (Saturday evenings, weekdays late at night). So maybe I miss all the action.

I don't remember seeing a woman getting harassed at my gym..

Like I see guys come over to some girls and try to talk to them all the time, "Hey, I see you all the time here, but we never talked." But nothing really disrespectful or creepy. Most people wear ear phones or headphones. I don't really ever approach women at the gym just to talk.

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I'd say that unsolicited advice counts as harassment too. Especially when he didn't just leave you alone after your initial explanation.

SauI_Goodman posted...

It is a factor, everybody wants to be comfortable, but jackasses want to make something out of nothing. "Oh look I got him modded tehehehehehehheeh"

No, you're getting pushback because what you said was victim blaming. It was basically "if she didn't want to get hit on, then she shouldn't have worn revealing clothing."

It puts women into a position of not being able to wear what they want out of fear of being harassed (or worse). Explaining to you why that's problematic isn't "trying to get you modded"

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Of course, he's the real victim

Ive seen it twice and have been using gyms almost a quarter of a century.