Monday, October 6, 2008

Gym heterosexualised for men, but not for women.

Women can have it both the ways it seems!

Today, I was passing by from a hep, well equipped modern gym in my colony and I was shocked to see a woman sitting at the counter. Girls don't normally even enter boys gyms (there were hardly any gyms for girls earlier, but in the past few years boys gyms had started to accomodate girl members too, but there shifts were completely different from that of boys.

I knew that in posh, upscale colonies, the concept of 'heterosexual' gyms had now come about, and it made my blood boil... but it had not yet come to middle class colonies yet, such as the one in which I stayed.

It was daytime and I figured the girl at the counter must be there, because its the shift time for girls. Boys' timings are usually in the morning and evening. But I decided to check out anyways.

It were my worst fears come true. The gym was open to both boys and girls at the sametime. But look at the double standards of the Forces of Heterosexualisation (FoH). While, the boys' timings have been invaded, and heterosexualised by letting women in, irrespective of whether the guys really like it or not or how uncomfortable they are with it... while the afternoons are only for the girls. No boys allowed during that time. So, they are very sensitive to the need of women for their personal space.

Of course, men hate it to be in mixed sex spaces (they may get used to it in a heterosexual society and may even start accepting it as a normal part of life), but they don't have the voice to complain or show their discomfort. They must only suffer in silence as their spaces are taken away through the heterosexualisation of the society.

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2 comments:

Srikant said...

Yes. This also happens with swimming classes / yoga classes. It's sick.

It all started with train compartments, I think?

Srikant said...

This happens with swimming and yoga classes also. Also at water parks, even locker rooms of male athletes where female journalists get allowed for interviews ...

In India it started with compartments in trains (especially local trains), I guess.