Connecticut Supreme Court: Women-only gym areas violate state discrimination law

shoetreemoon · 2022-01-26T20:34:39+00:00

Someone help me - the guy in the vid said, "...traditionally, male only space..." Yeah, I know 20+ years ago there might have been male only spaces, but can anyone name a space now that is a legally protected male only space? I can't think of any. Hell, male professional sports teams can't even complain about a female reporter being in their nekkid space.

SO tired of the hypocrisy.

Suddenly_Sisyphus42 · 2022-01-26T17:59:19+00:00

Again, replace the word men with jews, or gays, or black people and ask if it's ok to discriminate against them. If I can't ban Jewish people, gay people, or black people from my business why is it still okay to ban men? And don't give me that crap about women being uncomfortable around them. Equality before the law isn't about making sure you feel comfortable and safe everytime you walk outside your house.

pasta4u · 2022-01-26T17:21:11+00:00

everyone with half a brain... no shit

BackAlleyKittens · 2022-01-26T18:14:37+00:00

We had a place called Curves (women only) and Cuts (men only.) They were next door to eachother. That's the only way to pull this off.

Rockbottom503 · 2022-01-26T21:00:58+00:00

Good for conneticut! My biggest bug bear with the gym membership game is the way they offer women discounts on their memberships just because they're women and then have certain hours where it's women only to boot.

They literally expect men to pay more money for a second class service just because they're men.

azazelcrowley · 2022-01-26T20:54:40+00:00

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killerwolfs2000 · 2022-01-26T18:48:50+00:00

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Extra-Strike2276 · 2022-01-26T23:12:56+00:00

How is this such a hard thing to understand. The problem isn't women only spaces, it's that only women are allowed to have them. Anytime a men's only anything is started it's overrun with women demanding entry. I hate to break it to you, but men are harassed by women far more then you believe. Why not make a gym and separate half like a bathroom if you're concerned. It's never about protection, it's about control. Nevermind that a women is typically judged more by other women then men at gyms. My wife refused to go to gyms anymore because of other women and their bullshit behavior.

Nerfixion · 2022-01-26T20:00:45+00:00

I have no issue with women only gyms and men only gyms. However putting a women's or men's only area in a gym that isn't like the change rooms or sauna is a no from me.

JablesRadio · 2022-01-26T20:18:09+00:00

Wow. I would not have expected this coming out of the northeast.

kinkyonebay · 2022-01-26T19:47:48+00:00

Off topic, but imagine blocking your website to Europeans because you can't install cookies on their computers.

OgreAllOver · 2022-01-27T05:32:27+00:00

I wonder what they would say if I thought male only gyms are a good idea because women make me anxious. Like shit im down for gender specified areas as long as there is an equivalent for the opposite sex.

McFeely_Smackup · 2022-01-27T00:11:35+00:00

Excluding people based on their gender is discrimination?

Took how many educated people to figure that out?

pride4eva93 · 2022-01-27T00:18:52+00:00

A gym in my town actually charges men more than they charge women for a membership, makes absolutely no sense

myevillaugh · 2022-01-26T20:12:13+00:00

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Complicated_Peanuts · 2022-01-27T08:37:53+00:00

They can be disappointed all they want, but the courts job is to make sure that the laws are being created properly, and are being followed.

In this case, there was no law allowing that, so therefore, if you want it allowed it must be legislated. Hence the ruling saying to go legislate it if you want it.

Courts are the wrong place to argue something that has no legislation. It's a place to argue existing legislation is being accurately applied.

Werwet10 · 2022-01-27T10:27:09+00:00

When there are girls-only and boys-only schools in many countries...these kinds of spaces are not that big a deal. However, if a gym is allocating a separate area for women..it must allocate a separate area for men as well. Or else they can just have a women-only gym.

Another noteworthy point which I've read in other posts is that women have been clamping down on male-only spaces for years only to have their own spaces everywhere.

I just hope they won't be protesting against male-only spaces that crop up soon..

Ddad99 · 2022-01-26T18:52:24+00:00

Wow....

63daddy · 2022-01-26T21:12:45+00:00

The argument for women only spaces that prohibit men is no different than the argument for white only spaces that prohibit blacks. Both are simply discriminatory. Those who promote such discrimination always try to justify it. Good to see a judge coming down on discrimination and enforcing gender equality.

sidirhfbrh · 2022-01-26T20:09:51+00:00

Good

NoCSForYou · 2022-01-27T13:45:17+00:00

Local gym said the only reason they have women only hours is due to religious attire of some Muslim women.

It becomes dangerous to use the equipment with the clothing. During women only times they can take off their religious outfit.

Beckamabobby · 2022-01-27T02:44:20+00:00

Good

bludragon355 · 2022-01-27T00:50:33+00:00

So there is some hope for Connecticuck?

ShiZniT3 · 2022-01-26T20:39:06+00:00

get a male loyalist Maam soldier to infiltrate them and their public safe spaces. heh

2022-01-27T02:15:46+00:00

guys, don't start this shit because you dead ass know separating exercise, saunas, sweat lodges etc by gender transcends culture and time. Yes, there are outliers but Man prepares for war together and women prepare for the latest jazzercise class together. To mingle together would severely throw the vibe and could cause the collapse of our society.

2022-01-26T22:10:53+00:00

I feel like these fake feminists are transphobic

John-The-Bomb-2 · 2022-01-27T06:40:42+00:00

I might get downvoted for this, but I've read cis women complain that they felt uncomfortable lifting weights around big men at the gym and that they have left the weight lifting area of the gym for that reason. I don't think they should be uncomfortable and miss out on weightlifting because of that. They deserve a female only weight lifting space. If trans women have been on hormones for years, they would lose their male muscle mass and could be let into these spaces too.

Peptocoptr · 2022-01-27T02:08:32+00:00

Ok no. This is where I draw the line. Please hear me out because this is crucial. We NEED to put our priorities in the right places. This right here, is such a pointless hill to die on that it's gonna make the MRM seem like even more of a joke to the public eye than it already is. We already have many gyms available to us already. There's a demand for women only gyms whereas there isn't for men only gyms. I personally WANT female only gyms to be a thing and I'd be upset if they were to dissapear in the name of petty "equality". Let's put our time and energy towards men's issues that actually matter. It's the only way to attract more people to our cause. Stuff like this pushes people away from it just because of how petty it is.

RandomEqualist · 2022-01-26T19:08:26+00:00

i honestly dont care about this, if women want to go to the gym and feel comfortable there are better ways than separating them from creepy men, maybe just kick the creeps out?? this doesnt solve any issue

Nightgasm · 2022-01-26T17:34:07+00:00

Womens only gyms exist because too many men treat the gym like a meat market where they think it's okay to go hit on a girl when all they want to do is work out.

This isnt a mens rights issue, it's a stop acting like shit issue. If men overall would just let women work out in peace there wouldnt be a need for womens only gym. This isnt an issue of discrimination against men, its men needing to act better.

Ireallyadoremyhorror · 2022-01-26T20:50:13+00:00

This is so petty. Women just want a place to work out where men aren't leering at them. Men's rights activists are petty AF.

Ministeroflust · 2022-01-26T23:15:33+00:00

Is Lucille Roberts still around?

ohisama · 2022-01-28T10:51:46+00:00

Even this judgement is to ensure that women are not affected by a men only space:

“A reading of (the law) to imply a gender privacy exception, although presumably to benefit women, could also negatively affect the rights of women in a different way,” Robinson wrote. “Such an exception could be invoked to exclude women based on the privacy interests of men and could justify discrimination against transgender individuals because some customers, ‘due to modesty, find it uncomfortable’ to be around such people.”

Title	Connecticut Supreme Court: Women-only gym areas violate state discrimination law
Author	kinkyonebay
Upvotes	1379
Comments	269
Date	January 26, 2022 5:04 PM UTC (4 years ago)
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