Bros only? Come drink beer and check out chicks? I’m all for small business collaboration and encouraging people to try new activities, but seriously? I dunno who wrote this description for a men’s only yoga class but it’s gross, and they should be ashamed. It’s pandering and reinforces really fucking stupid clichés that for the life of me, I cannot understand why are still being perpetuated in 2015. It’s offensive to both men and women. Thank god I can’t attend—I don’t go to yoga to be checked out. And that’s not why any man should be encouraged to go, either. —I need some yoga and a drink
This article appears in Oct 1-7, 2015.
Nah, I’m a guy and when I read their promo a year or whatever ago even I was embarrassed. Maybe not for the same reason. Maybe for ‘fuck do they think this is what will get guys in their place?’ kinda thing. Its ‘funny’ on a Home Improvement or Funniest Home Videos kinda level. It’s weird, you can tell its written by women. Tables are turned.
Don’t know much about the yoga religion. Just that people like to bend every which way and wear scandalously tight pants.
If women can have a women only gym then men can have a men only yoga class. It might not be manly or cool but if we’re doing the whole gender equality thing here, ya gotta accept that!!
So women can have women’s only gyms or whatever but as soon as men have a men’s only gym or whatever, it is sexist. Yup sounds like that crap called Political Correctness or whatever.
Bro shaming! What next? It has just occurred to me that LTWWB is really about public shaming of others. I move that the name be officially changed to Love The Way We Shame. All those in favour give at least five random people a disapproving glare today.
I’m cool with a men only yoga class. Why not, right? Looks like they cleaned up their advert for it as well so it looks pretty legit. Good for them.
1. How are bro’s supposed to check out chicks at a bro’s only yoga class?
2. I doubt that the majority of bro’s going to a men-only yoga class are interested in checking out chicks at all.
I wrote this bitch and it was slightly edited. I have zero problem with a men’s only class; women’s only gyms and classes exist everywhere so it’s only fair. What I do have a problem with is selling it using the ogling of women as incentive. It reduces men to a base stereotype that is frankly surprising considering the type of business involved, especially since it appears to be run by women. Whatever sells, I guess….
“…considering the type of business involved”
Amy dear, that type of business was corrupted a looooong time ago. Now it’s time to tap the male wallet.
Yeah, the world only needs so many lululemon pants, and thats only half of a potential market.
I imagine it looks like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MQzc6SQk_…
“Shake that sack!”
Maybe I am missing something…or maybe they are catering to stupid people…but I am genuinely curious how anyone can sell a ‘men only’ anything by saying they will have the opportunity to ogle women.
I don’t disagree with you, Ghost Jesus!
But the studio has since changed the class description, would you look at that….
Good on you, ladies.
Ho!st: the original ad said bros only, but women would be present to instruct.
I would feel pretty shitty as a yoga instructor if my employer advertized my skills as an opportunity for Bros to perv out at me while I work.
Do men wear those LaLa Lemon pants for yoga class? I always wondered about that. Especially if you’re a guy. How do you conceal your private parts with something so skin tight? I don’t think I’d like that.
^^ you probably wouldn’t be too keen on naked yoga then:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeggers-taking-it-all-off-for-naked-yoga-classes-1.2518618
I wouldn’t either. There’s good nude and bad nude.
Men don’t do yoga, and if they did it would be to pick up bitches!!!
I go to check out other men.