What little is very little when it comes to clothes in the gym?
That is the question that an Irish gym owner was debating during a recent appearance on the radio, and it is fair to say that their comments have not had a good time with women.
Paul Byrne, the owner of a “exclusive” training center in Dublin, appeared in a local radio segment that discussed an article written by a 60 -year -old man, entitled: “I am in the gym with young women semi dressed. Where do I look?”
The piece, written by Robert Crampton for The Times, argued that the modern gym outfit favored by young women often leaves men feeling as if they had “wandered in girls’ locker room by mistake.”
Byrne took the discussion even further, to affirm that women’s training clothes are now so small that they are similar to bikinis, and their comments have left many furious.
“It was never really a problem until recent years, when social networks arrived and many people are filming, scarce clothes have increased,” Newstalk Livetime Livetime “told Andrea Gilligan.
“We have many young girls practically wearing bikinis when they work now.”
When the host questioned: “Isn’t it a real bikinis?”, Byrne responded by clarifying “no” and described the popular culture top and the short combo as “training bikinis.”
“It can be very intimidating for people in the gym,” he said.
“It is practically narcissistic, if someone has an excellent package of six and young women have incredible bodies so that they are basically presuming, they should cover a bit, you know.”
Their comments were not well received, particularly by women, and many responded to Byrne sharing the audio of their interview with videos of themselves exercising in their “gym bikinis.”
“On my way to the gym, I hope to intimidate any spooky man with my bikini,” wrote a young woman, with a blue sports bra and pants, wrote in Tiktok.
“Make sure you have my smallest smaller smaller gym bikini before entering the gym,” another mocked.
Like a woman, in a pink harvest top and bicycle shorts, he said: “My bikini of the day.”
Others shouted the comments, claiming that Byrne should be “embarrassed” for their comments. While some suggested that men simply “not look at young girls in the gym.”
Nathalie Lennon, an Irish personal trainer, responded highlighting the constant pressure under women, even when exercising.
“I take Paul’s point aboard completely, but I think it’s crazy to say they are practically the bikini and that they are limit narcissistic,” Gilligan told Andrea.
“For years, women were told that they were thin, and now we are hugging strength, muscle and we are being ashamed again.
“They should afford to feel empowered, not guarded when we are working on our health.”
“To blame a woman for another person’s distractions, is outdated and is problematic.”
In addition, he rejected his argument that women with “scarce clothes” can be a distraction for other gyms attending gyms pointing out that men are not subject to the same judgment on what they are or do not carry.
This was a point with which many agreed on social networks.
“We say nothing when men have sleeveless t -shirts with their nipples or be in topless because we cannot look at men as sexual objects. It stops blaming women for men than the inability to control themselves,” said one.
News.com.au has contacted Byrne to make more comments.
