Good news. The ladies only classes have stopped at my leisure centre.

Hi bluebell

Women may have an issue with their body image but as far as I am concerned men pay the same council tax and leisure centre membership fee so they should have the same rights to use all the facilities.
The majority of women are happy to exercise in the same room as men so I think they should pay the same membership fee as men.
If women want women only classes then they should pay for them and not expect male council tax payers and leisure centre members to pay towards them.

Frank

Absent

Public lavatories should not be unisex.

Frank

Absent

I think hospital wards should not generally be mixed.
I have only been in private hospitals and I think it is OK for rest rooms etc to be unisex.
Oddly I did speak to a woman who was in a private room with another lady in the rest room and she said the other woman would welcome my company.
I did go in to the room.
I did check with the nurse to see if it would be ok and she said yes.
I did however leave the door open and left for a while when the nurse was treating the one lady.

Frank

Frank, why not? They are on the continent.
Many a time I've had to pass a line of men, all looking disreputable while they stand hunched over the urinals.
They look as if they're lined up ready to be stabbed in the back!

For goodness sake - women - HunterF is not real!!!!!!! I really really really really really am never going to respond to him ever ever ever again! Off to watch same sex marriage debate on BBC Parliament - of course though all marriages should be mixed!

bluebell It's like picking a scab – you know you shouldn't…

bluebell,

Absent, don't encourage me - it's for my own good!!! I don't believe that he's never been in a NHS hospital.... look see what you've done, back to BBC Parliament

It's quite possible. People from Solihull don't know there are such things

Ah but has he always lived in Solihull? Look, there I go again.......I think he is economical with mnay truths....look I've done it again....

I thought it was Sutton Coldfield?

I used to live in Solihull and had PMI

A new lady came along to Bums and Tums this morning. At the time she arrived there were 5 men and about 10 women.
She went back to the reception to query that she had got the right place and was back shortly after.
We then told her it was a mixed class and she smiled and said jolly good.
She came in with us and was in amongst the women.
At the end she came and said that the class was more fun when there were a few men in it.
She asked the class times we were there but unfortunately 2 of the men will not be there next Sunday as they work shifts although there may be one or two others.
She said she will try to drag her husband along to the classes and she has also said her son now has a girl friend and she is going to see if his girl friend can persuade him to come along with her.
She said she would far rather have men coming to Bums and Tums and getting some exercise rather than not getting any.

Frank

You can't help some people[shakes head sadly]

I can't believe this thread has been resurrected - you just can't keep it down can you

Who are you trying to help Galen?.
I think most of the women in our centre are either happy with a mixed class or don't mind a mixed class.
One of the ladies has said that they had mixed classes for 4 nights a week at a previous centre and a man had been attending all 4 for about 20 years.
The centre did propose that 1 of the classes should be women only but she said a lot of the women kicked up a fuss and said why did they want to exclude him when there had been no problems for all that time.
There were only about 5 women who had been going to the class for as long as him.

Frank

You love it really, gracesmum!

I think Frank is trying to make the point that some women ladies in his area are absolutely thrilled that their Bums and Tums class has been hijacked by the men-in-lycra brigade!

I hope anyone posting on this thread has read EVERY SINGLE previous post? I have and now I'm going to lie down for a bit in a dark room.

Lilligran

Go out for a walk and get some exercise.

Frank

Hi Ana

I don't think some of these classes have suddenly been hijacked.
Some of the men have been going for 20 years plus.
If you count the time I did Keep Fit at school and did classes in London I have been going for over 50 years.
How many women have been going for that time?.

Frank

Frank, get yourself some knitting to do.

Or read a book. Have you been on the book club thread? Do give it a look.

I'd have thought knotting fringes would be more appropiate!

Hi j08.

I do not have time for reading or knitting.
I have got Bums and Tums classes to attend, dog walking, house cleaning and I spend some time on my laptop.
As soon as spring comes I have got to catch up with my garden.

Frank

And j08

It was the headmistress of my school which sent me to do Keep Fit so it is a woman who is responsible for me being in these classes.

Frank