# What's the deal with women only gyms?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 15, 2015, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-women-only-gyms/722575 "2015-06-15T12:57:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-women-only-gyms/722575/71 "2015-06-17T00:06:13Z")

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> No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.  
> -Eleanor Roosevelt

That’s what I remind myself when “we need to teach young men not to rape” initiatives take the format of gathering all the boys into a room and telling them “OK, left to your own devices, you are all naturally rapists…”

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