Have you encountered many men asking for a date when you go to a gym? Frequency per month?
Yes, it is a really pervasive issue. Lots of treadmills available then someone gets on the one right beside you to try and chit chat. You have to take your ear buds out and it ruins your workout and your flow. When you politely decline their attention, you have to worry about retaliation. “You think you’re too good for me?” “You’re ugly anyway” etc. Then the ones who see you lift weights and come over to “correct” you, which includes touching you and getting super close. Men don’t walk up to other men in a gym to correct their lifts. They are banking on you being polite and docile.
You could be forceful and say loudly, I’m not interested, please leave me alone. But again, it’s a real gamble on the reaction. You don’t want to be followed out to your car in the parking lot.
I think that these men ruin it for the good guys because it forces women to be wary of everyone just in case. Good men really underestimate the level of aggression some men have at rejection.
Women pay for gym memberships to work out, not to be hit on. There are dating apps for dating.
You could be forceful and say loudly, I’m not interested, please leave me alone. But again, it’s a real gamble on the reaction. You don’t want to be followed out to your car in the parking lot.
I think that these men ruin it for the good guys because it forces women to be wary of everyone just in case. Good men really underestimate the level of aggression some men have at rejection.
Women pay for gym memberships to work out, not to be hit on. There are dating apps for dating.
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