Is this sexist to have women only times in swimming pools?

Earlier today I was having a swimming session at my local gym, I go there 3 times a week, today I went later than usual. I was there about half a hour when a female member of staff told me to get out, because there is women only now. I asked is for mothers or pregnant women, she said no. I don't understand why all men should get out when the pool is big enough for everyone. I told her that men just come here to excercise they're not interested in women and respect have to share the pool. So all the men had to get out even though none of were harming anyone.

Do think this is fair? Should I make a complaint? Just annoys me that still have much a gender divide over something silly as this.

Hardly any men would go to men only sessions but women go to women only because they feel more comfortable or for religious reasons. I know that most times I go to a pool men will make me feel uncomfortable and I know i'm not the only one so it is important to have women only sessions. If you want men only sessions you should ask because i'm sure if enough men wanted to go there would be one. Also it isn't like it's always women only sessions and it encourages more women to go ad get fit.

So if a group of white people said that being in the same space as black people "made them feel uncomfortable", do you think that would be acceptable?

I'd like to see the reaction to "whites-only" (or any race for that matter) sessions..
Well I mean not really, that would require the implementation of such a stupid thing, but you know what I mean..

So if a group of white people said that being in the same space as black people "made them feel uncomfortable", do you think that would be acceptable?

Imagine the equivalent reasoning, "I think we need our own sessions, since being around black people makes us feel uneasy and uncomfortable".

That would quite rightly obviously be condemned as disgracefully racist.

Women should not feel uncomfortble exercising with men present....

But they do, and it is the behaviour of the men that is the cause. So the reason for women only swim sessions is male behaviour.

The pool I used as a kid did have a men only session, but I guess it wasn't very popular. Something to do with women not making men feel uncomfortable.

I dont like that either. If there's women only hours, then what about men only hours smh

Earlier today I was having a swimming session at my local gym, I go there 3 times a week, today I went later than usual. I was there about half a hour when a female member of staff told me to get out, because there is women only now. I asked is for mothers or pregnant women, she said no. I don't understand why all men should get out when the pool is big enough for everyone. I told her that men just come here to excercise they're not interested in women and respect have to share the pool. So all the men had to get out even though none of were harming anyone.

Do think this is fair? Should I make a complaint? Just annoys me that still have much a gender divide over something silly as this.

omg u don't understand women r oppressed stop being so bigoted

If you really care about male rights you would be fighting against the fact their are boys in third world countries being forced to fight as child soldiers. Not complaining about your pathetic none issues men face in western countries like not being able to use swimming poll one evening a week.

I can see the idea behind it some women are redicously self conscious about their body be it if their really fat or have scaring or burns.

Some also may have been victims of sexual assault and thus don't feel comfortable around men particularly if their not wearing much is it right and does it serve a purpose ? yes.

It's kind of what is more important would these people ever get in the pool and be able keep healthy other wise maybe not.

That's so ridiculous its nothing like having men make remarks about your body or watching you continuously in the pool. That why it makes women feel uncomfortable not because they're just men!

Businesses can do whatever they want IMO.

So what about the stigma and racism attached to individuals from different ethnic backgrounds to the majority of the british population? One group are condemned as terrorists, others have been condemned in the past as gangsters or muggers (Hall's Moral Panic, 1972 I believe). Others are seen in different lights. Similarly to your gender segregation within the swimming pool, wouldn't this belief mean we are allowed to racially segregate due to stereotypes against these ethnic groups possibly posing a threat to our ethnic group? This would be deemed as extremely racist and I'm pretty sure that's a prosecutable offence.

So, if one or two blokes stared at you for a small period of time in a pool and passed degrading remarks, are you telling me you've NEVER done something like that before? Because I'm pretty sure we all have once. Stared at a guys abs or girl's breasts. There's no escaping that behaviour - it's human nature. So their remarks are no more valid than you or another woman lusting over a guy. Double standards, I think...