Having discussed this briefly with D (WINOLJ) and
barberio, I sent the following email to my gym's management:
As I told D, I don't have a very strong sense of gender identity, but I resent that ad staring at me on the way upstairs from the workout floor. I don't know whether women with strong gender identity will feel more excluded, or just ignore it as obviously not aimed at them.
Other than that, I had a fine long workout. I then met D at Penn Station, and we went down to Veselka for a filling lunch and good conversation. Not so much catching up on news--we've kept each other informed by apa and IM--but chat and being in the same place for a bit. We walked quite a bit, in a vain search for an anti-perspirant she was hoping someone would have on sale. I left D at Sheridan Square, and headed home.
Phenology: honey locust just beginning; lily of the valley were in bloom by yesterday. Many pleasant smells, all of which may be washed out of the air by a predicted heavy rain.
( gym numbers, as usual )
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There is currently a large ad at my home branch, saying "If you aren't here because of a New Year's resolution, you're a Mitchum man." I am a woman who has been a gym member for six years. This ad makes me feel unwelcome. It implies that women who are serious about exercise either aren't coming to your gym, or aren't really women.
Sincerely yours,
Vicki Rosenzweig
As I told D, I don't have a very strong sense of gender identity, but I resent that ad staring at me on the way upstairs from the workout floor. I don't know whether women with strong gender identity will feel more excluded, or just ignore it as obviously not aimed at them.
Other than that, I had a fine long workout. I then met D at Penn Station, and we went down to Veselka for a filling lunch and good conversation. Not so much catching up on news--we've kept each other informed by apa and IM--but chat and being in the same place for a bit. We walked quite a bit, in a vain search for an anti-perspirant she was hoping someone would have on sale. I left D at Sheridan Square, and headed home.
Phenology: honey locust just beginning; lily of the valley were in bloom by yesterday. Many pleasant smells, all of which may be washed out of the air by a predicted heavy rain.
( gym numbers, as usual )
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