The Daily Pennsylvanian recently reported that Harvard University proposes to enforce women’s only gym hours (about six hours a week) up in Cambridge. In the words of my namesake and hero, Eric Cartman, that is total and utter “bullcrap!“.
Exactly why is it that women get this treatment? For those of you following Islamic law, as stated in the article, I can understand. My solution would be a separate room within the gym, rather than banning all men from the gym. That’s how they do it in predominantly Muslim countries, anyway.
But what about the rest of you??? Would you like to dress even less appropriately? Can you not stand the idea of a penis being within five hundred yards of an elliptical machine? Do you think we men care if you look your best when working out? If you do not like us staring (which we shouldn’t), then I suggest a pair of sweatpants and not skin-tight, arse-hugging, lycra, look-at-me short-shorts.
No to women’s-only gym time, I say! No! This is the start of the slippery slope. The thin end of the wedge. The beginning of the end. What’s next? Going back to the era of women’s only lounges? Women’s only dorms? Single sex bathrooms?
If the girls get solo gym time, so should us guys in this modern age of enlightenment. If they get to have penis-free exercise time, I want no-vag weight-lifting time. When the girls aren’t around I wouldn’t mind a cold beer while I work out, either. Oh, and the ability to unabashedly talk about tits at very high volumes whilst working on those biceps.
And you girls get so many perks we guys don’t get anyway. I mean, what is it with the sofas in the girls’ bathrooms? Don’t think I don’t know about those. I mean, firstly, why the hell do you need them? What on God’s good earth possesses you to sit around and have a chin-wag in a public toilet? But more importantly, why the hell do we not have one? It’s a matter of principle, of equality. You get sofas, so should we. We may not use them. In fact, we will more likely get drunk and urinate on them. But we should have them.
As well as men’s only gym time.
Tags: gender equality, sofas
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March 5th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
I wasn’t aware that there was a call for private gym time for women outside of Muslim women who would like to exercise without covering their bodies. Where did you get this impression? I’ve certainly never heard it from anyone and I personally have no problem exercising in front of men at the gym. The only couches I’ve seen in the womens bathroom is in that lab for the study of the structure of material or whatever it’s called at 33rd and Walnut. You can have it. Who wants to sit around and listen to people pee?
March 5th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
Oh please Eric, since when do you go to the gym?
March 6th, 2008 at 11:28 am
Do you seriously think women’s gym attire is to entice the men around them? Get over yourself! While yes, I’m sure there are women that do that. It is infinitely more comfortable to workout in “skin-tight, arse-hugging, lycra, look-at-me short-shorts”. We don’t have to deal with them riding up, or getting jumbled up around us. Working out is a chore for a lot of already, anything we can do to make it more enjoyable is well worth it. For me personally, wearing the lycra is not intended to be a a statement, but if it were I’d say it’s more of I don’t care what you think, or what I look like–because I know I’ve got thunder thighs and this spandex is not flattering…that’s why I’m at the gym.
March 25th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
I love when you sexy ladies wear those skin-tight outfits. It’s great motivation for me!
March 30th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
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