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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-21-06 02:22 PM Original message |
Muslim Women Want Single-Sex Workouts |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-21-06 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. Uh? Curves? |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-23-06 02:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
34. If they're not willing to deny they made the promise |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-23-06 08:14 PM Response to Reply #34 |
45. Wouldn't giving them what they want be breaking their deal with men? |
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caligirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-25-06 07:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
62. Knowing the backround of the Curves owner, as a prochoice female |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-21-06 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. She can go to the YWCA or Curves |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-21-06 02:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. No YWCA here |
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Sisaruus (703 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-21-06 07:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. Our YWCA had to go coed. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-21-06 07:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. And, from what I have been told, Curves isn't a total gym, per se |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-21-06 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
4. If Fitness USA promised separate exercise times..... |
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trixie (696 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-22-06 12:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
26. If they were promised it |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-21-06 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
5. Some women prefer not to go to Curves. |
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medeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-21-06 03:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. they also have to admit gay men or any men to Curves |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-23-06 06:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
36. I don't belong, but have been told |
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Jersey Ginny (549 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-24-06 09:15 PM Response to Reply #36 |
59. I looked into a franchise. You are right. It is a right wing run company |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-21-06 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
6. sorry to say-but they should have gotten it on writting. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-21-06 02:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I agree with you |
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Jim Lane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-21-06 03:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Not necessarily |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-21-06 06:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. you are right. the gym is already losing |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-21-06 03:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I think so! |
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BrightKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-25-06 09:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
63. She is very stupid or playing political games. |
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newswolf56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-21-06 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
9. Gender exclusive exercise programs should be everyone's right, |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-22-06 04:26 AM Response to Reply #9 |
22. Many, many women feel just as you do. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-22-06 02:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
29. good points |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-23-06 06:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
37. Many women are intimidated, also, by |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-24-06 08:52 PM Response to Reply #37 |
58. I'm intimidated by those men |
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Centered (295 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-24-06 09:12 AM Response to Reply #9 |
55. Completly agree |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-21-06 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
12. I feel bad for them. They were given a promise that the facility |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-21-06 06:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. The reason I will never sign another contract as long as I live. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-22-06 10:51 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. That's what lawyers are for - to interpret boilerplate for the rest of us. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-21-06 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
13. At Literacy Volunteers, we hold separate classes for Afghani |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-21-06 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
14. She didn't get a written agreement? |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-21-06 07:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Verbal agreements worth the paper they're written on |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-21-06 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
18. Lucille Roberts would solve their problem. |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-22-06 02:26 AM Response to Original message |
21. The company should |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-24-06 06:39 AM Response to Reply #21 |
54. 200 women say that the promise was made... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-22-06 04:44 AM Response to Original message |
23. If the gym made the representations |
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trixie (696 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-22-06 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
25. Why is it that those who are most sexually repressed |
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Harper_is_Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-23-06 12:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Who are you to call American Muslim women "sexually repressed"? |
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Dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-25-06 07:16 PM Response to Reply #32 |
61. A citizen of a democracy |
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genieroze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-22-06 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
27. They should have got it in writing. |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-22-06 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
28. Tough. (nt) |
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greenman3610 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-23-06 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
30. I understand the motivation |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-23-06 10:13 PM Response to Reply #30 |
47. I agree, it's fun to people watch ... |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-24-06 05:56 AM Response to Reply #30 |
52. That's exactly the point |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-23-06 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
31. With the high percentage of Muslims in the area, providing |
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Harper_is_Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-23-06 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
33. This is a AP story because........oh yeah, it's "Muslim" women. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-23-06 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-23-06 06:26 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. I think the point is they were told when they paid |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-23-06 06:37 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Gosh, nice progressive attitude towards immigrants |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-23-06 06:52 PM Response to Reply #41 |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-23-06 06:58 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. OMG |
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Harper_is_Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-23-06 10:14 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. "Islamic values" = slavery and oppression of females? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-23-06 10:38 PM Response to Reply #48 |
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Harper_is_Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-24-06 04:25 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. What's happening in France has more to do about economics than religion |
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Harper_is_Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-23-06 10:08 PM Response to Reply #35 |
46. Are you kidding me? |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-23-06 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
39. I know lots of white, Christian women who would like this |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-23-06 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
40. They might want to pool their money and start their own gym. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-23-06 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
43. Open to women only on certain days? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-23-06 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
50. I can sympathize |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-24-06 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
53. Meh. |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-24-06 12:21 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. If they had their refunds, they might consider it. |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-24-06 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
56. This is a hot button only by mentioning Muslims |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-24-06 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
60. While I completely disagree with the women's premise, |
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