honestly I can see some value to, considering how many women might not want to go into a heavily male-dominated area to experiment with something new
Oh, hell yeah. But if they really wanted to change that, then they could -- for example -- have some women's weightlifting workshops (that's how I learned how to do barbell lifts).
Or even a women-only evening or session once a week (leaving aside the potentially problematic issues of gender policing).
Instead, it feels like they've recognized that there are women people who do the BodyPump classes and have some interest in weights but who don't feel comfortable going into the free weight room, and have tried to provide something -- but ended up creating this little dead end.
Which also means that the free weight room stays all male (apart from me) and stays just as intimidating and alienating.
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Oh, hell yeah. But if they really wanted to change that, then they could -- for example -- have some women's weightlifting workshops (that's how I learned how to do barbell lifts).
Or even a women-only evening or session once a week (leaving aside the potentially problematic issues of gender policing).
Instead, it feels like they've recognized that there are
womenpeople who do the BodyPump classes and have some interest in weights but who don't feel comfortable going into the free weight room, and have tried to provide something -- but ended up creating this little dead end.Which also means that the free weight room stays all male (apart from me) and stays just as intimidating and alienating.