It's reached a point where women have started recording men at the gym, alleging they're being "stalked", and sharing the clips on TikTok under the hashtag #GymCreeps.
As a woman myself, I get that sometimes guys might be caught staring, but most of the time it's harmless. And believe me, when they stop, there'll be a few disappointed women, whether they admit it or not.
But like I mentioned, things are escalating…
Take this one case, where a young guy was actually booted out of the gym for supposedly staring at a woman. Only issue? The guy is blind.
From Fox 11:
A man who is blind said he was kicked out of a gym for "staring" at a woman while she was working out.
Toby Addison, who is 21 years old and lives in the United Kingdom, told the "Happy Hour Podcast" it all went down when he was 17.
"I was like, 'Oh, no sorry. I'm blind,'" he said during an interview. "I had my cane with me. It was folded up in my lap but she wasn't having any of it."
I was removed from the gym for staring at a woman while she did her exercises," he says in a video post. "I was making her uncomfortable. Both her and the gym workers saw my cane, but, again, I was removed."
Addison also shared information about the ordeal on his TikTok account, "@blindtobes."
Watch:
@blindtobes Unfortunately as a blind person these things can happen quite often #blind #disability #blindtok #visuallyimpaired #fyp #disabled #disabledtok ♬ original sound - Toby
In the video, he lists multiple other incidents in which he was discriminated against for being blind and what he described as "poor staff training."
Addison said he was told to leave a pub for "looking too drunk" after he tripped on the stairs. He said he had one drink and tripped because "I couldn't see it."
He added that he was nearly denied entry to another bar because he was holding on to his friend's arm and employees "presumed he was too intoxicated when actually, they were just guiding me. These guys did eventually realize I was actually blind and were pretty embarrassed."
Addison also said a substitute teacher once kicked him out of class because he asked if his work could be put on his laptop, rather than on a piece of paper. He said the teacher thought he was making fun of people who have disabilities.
"I think it did land him in a bit of hot water," Addison says in the video.
Poor fellow. If this happened in America, he could probably sue the gym and make a quick fortune. But, I'm not sure it's quite the same in the UK. Let's hope the gym reinstates his membership at least.
