But that’s an unpopular opinion, especially for women at gyms wearing clothes that show more skin.
I feel like this has some roots in Christianity, wanting to avoid vanity. But who does it really hurt? Does it hurt the women who wear more covering clothes? No, it doesn’t really affect them.
Does it affect men in the gym? It really shouldn’t. If you don’t like the look don’t look.
Does it affect the workers at the gym? Not really, as long as they wipe down their machines and put back the weights they take.
So, who is being negatively affected by women wearing little clothing, even if it is in hopes of getting attention?
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Absolutely and we all do, for example you not turning your back on me when speaking, its just the extreme / exaggerated selfishness and entitlement that is intrinsically bad.
There is a type that asks for reactions and they get them, among the whole spectrum.
Too a certain extent yes it is very normal, but people who get criticized for it are constantly doing attention seeking behavior to the point that it is obnoxious.
Guys dress to get attention at the gym as much or more than women do.
Certainly. But humans are not peacocks and I think people resent those that plaster themselves in “feathers” if you get my meaning.
I think most people are okay with people wanting attention. Whether it be wearing whatever style clothing, or acting out. I think most people have a problem with people that actively seek out attention allllll the time. Usually you hear hate coming from a seat of jealousy. But on the other side of this coin, you can’t wear something attractive and not expect anyone to stare. It is the society we live in.
Assuming that women showing skin at a gym is somehow asking or wanting attention is really the dumbest opinion I’ve heard.
No, not all women who dress with more skin are somehow wanting attention – it’s called not wanting to be constricted and hot during a fucking 60 minute workout???
Like bro cmon. Not everything is about men.
We don’t wear makeup just for attention either, I put my makeup on and sit the fuck in bed all day. It just gives me something to fucking do with my hands, and I enjoy getting better at it.
Are people who paint also always wanting attention?? Or do they do art and paint because it makes THEM feel good?
I’d like to add that wearing less at the gym doesn’t even mean someone wants attention. During the pandemic, I worked out at home. For the first time, I could wear whatever I wanted without having the thought of “will I get judged for wearing this?” in the back of my head. I hadn’t even realized how much I’d been covering up just to try to avoid offending someone until it wasn’t even something I had to consider.
And guess what? I realized that working out in just leggings and a sports bra really helps me stay much cooler! I debated with myself when gyms reopened, but ultimately decided to wear what helped me have the best, most effective workouts. When it’s winter, sure, I will wear more. When it’s summer, sports bra and leggings all day long 😍
I was thinking about this the other day! Like so many men post entire rants about women wearing sports bras and that literally doesn’t effect anyone.
You know what effects EVERYONE? NOT RERACKING YOUR 6 45 LB PLATES. Thats the real gym atrocity.
That’s not am unpopular opinion.
it’s normal but it gets to a point…
What’s wild is men are the biggest attention whores on this earth. I deliberately ignore them and somehow they’re always making noise or trying to get my attention or in my line of vision. They always act helpless and need help from some woman around them. Shit gets so old.
Also the guys at my gym love wearing shirts so tight their nipples poke through. Ugh.
I love when people mock YouTubers for wanting attention. Of course they do!
People are allowed to present themselves anyway they want. People are just responsible for their behaviors. Act snobby? Feel superior for dressing down? Both happen. And are fine. And people are responsible for their actions. Ogling? Rude as crap. Intentionally interrupting the workout of others? Rudeness.
So I agree with you lol.
Most people like attention, but just the good kind of attention, not the overbearing or bordering harassing kind.
People like to feel pretty and well presented and like validation to varying degrees
It’s perfectly okay and natural.
I think it’s normal to have baseline attention aka to be noticed. But there’s others who want above and beyond
It only becomes bad when someone does something attention seeking while claiming they’re not.
We all want attention from some people at least. But it’s a limited resource per time unit, meaning that if you „make it all about you“ , you actually steal attention from others. And that’s just not cool if it happens all the time. This can also lead to very demeaning battles for attention (which probably most people got into as children or teenagers). So as adults we agree on a certain way of grabbing, holding and asking for attention that leaves room for others.
I think there are different kinds of attention and different motivations for each kind.
Some attention is bad attention, and it’s unhealthy to seek that kind. Your example of women at the gym is kind of neutral as long as they are not being intentionally indecent or scandalous.
I don’t like attention, I’ve always been relatively shy but expressive with my close friends, and I’ve had guys complain about me being an attention seeker for interacting with my friends who I know personally. Don’t know what’s the deal with that, and these aren’t even guys I interact with. Another issue is the skin argument: I live in the desert, I dress normally for people in my town, so people IRL never complain about my clothing (religious, non-religious, like it’s fucking hot) but I frequently see people online criticize women for wearing clothing that’s normal here. It’s crazy. If anything, my mother complains when I dress more modestly because she claims I’m trying to seduce older men by dressing their type.
Attention seeking is something primal. It is for survival. There is no a difference between male and females. For survival, both sexes will use their abilities and qualities to gain a surviving chance.
Wanting attention is normal. People complain about it when it gets to the point where it does hurt someone. If you’ve ever been around someone who’s ‘an attention seeker’, they’ll do bad things to get attention. It’s also not healthy for themselves to need SO MUCH external validation, it makes it very hard for them to be happy most of the time. That’s why people complain.
Also, I agree with others that wearing revealing clothing at the gym of all places is a really weird place to take a stance on this. There’s an argument for wearing revealing clothing to a grocery store or something (maybe), but the gym? Where people are exercising? Where they’re over-heated, sweating, and don’t watch extra clothing to catch on anything? It’s often practical to wear less. I workout at home and wear hardly anything because it’s just what makes the most sense.
Mostly because if someone told you all the negatives you wouldent listen to any of them
It is socially acceptable to publicly celebrate that you have a close relationship with a significant other, that you have a boyfriend or girlfriend.
But not-so to publicly say that you want to have that kind of relationship with someone.
Nah, I think it’s corny to need attention.
Women absolutely wear revealing clothes for attention. You can squat in sweatpants. You do not need a butt scrunch that gets eaten up by your asshole to workout effectively. You don’t need a sports bra that shows your nipples poking through to stay cool. I don’t care that they want attention. It’s just cringe that they lie about it. Never once had a problem working out in sweatpants and a tshirt.
Basically, I don’t care what other people wear, but it bothers me when people are too scantily clad in the gym and splash their sweat everywhere. The parts of the body that come into contact with the equipment should also be covered with fabric. It’s just disgusting when someone leaves a puddle of ass sweat in shorts that are too short, and those are usually the ones who don’t put a towel underneath. Even if I clean them before I use them, it’s still disgusting.
It’s fine if you want attention. But then maybe you can’t also complain about attention.
This doesn’t feel like a real opinion to counter against. I haven’t heard of people complaining about women wearing active clothing. Only complaints about women in the gym I’ve heard is about influences setting up all their equipment and taking up space, and that’s a minuscule percentage of the population. and that’s not really a complaint about the clothing, just a use of the gym area where everyone is just trying to work out.