I wonder where all this new find sensitivity originated from. Everyone is so PC its cringe worthy to the extreme.
From Cultural Marxist SJW or in other words the "left". The right have problems as well but right now in present day society the left has completely gone off the rails and make conservatives look like the sane ones. Back in the day it used to be the conservatives who were looked upon as crazy. I identify as neither by the way.
Though I have a question for you Fu. What's your opinion of women in public gyms wearing only sports bras and teeny shorts? I was reading this feminist blog and the woman thought it was acceptable because some make athletes compete in speedos and shirtless.
I will tell you straight up why women workout in sport bras and thongs. I know because I've trained many of them. One word, attention. They love the attention they get from the women and the men around them. All the other excuses they try to give you is absolute rubbish. You're just as comfortable in a light pair of track pants and a tshirt as you are in whatever they're wearing. In fact you want to sweat more. It's good for you so wearing track pants is highly beneficial and comfortable. I wear a sweater when I workout.
It's neither here nor there in a gym setting imo. I always worry about hygiene in these public areas and there's no real excuse for the women to dress this way, especially for comfort, when they could wear compression shorts/pants/capris for ultimate mobility. I wear a tank and either compression pants or shorts or basketball shorts so I don't see how much more mobility a woman is going to get from wearing shorter-than-volleyball-shorts.
It's all about the attention, mate. This is precisely why I stopped working out in these commercial gyms. It's been 3 or so years since I have been working out with my brother over at the powerlifting gym he works out at. Just a bunch of dudes in proper clothing lifting a bunch of weight. Lots of chalk but I can work around that lol.
It tends to at my local gym get downright ridiculous. I don't know if these women want attention or seriously think this is the most comfortable outfit for some sets of 60lb back squats yet I squat 380lbs on a bad day in cargo shorts and running shoes just fine. I don't like it when men go all shirtless sweating over the equipment and don't wipe when they are done and yet I simultaneously get uncomfortable when women are practically lifting in bikinis.
The bold part is precisely why people catch some nasty stuff like ringworm.
The gym is a place of seriousness imo and I don't see this at my gym. These women aren't world class lifters let alone average but they throw me off personally like guys that take their shirts off and congregate in front of the mirrors to take selfies.
Gyms are a joke. Most people in there are one hit wonders. This is how most gyms in North America make all their money. They sign up a bunch of people who only end up coming for about a month and then they will never see them again even though they're paying for the whole year because they signed a contract.