Sexist, or just plain unfair?

michelle2008

This must be a joke - meaning no men. I often take my five year old nephew swimming and I would never let him go into the changing room alone EVER!

He is not old enough to get dried and changed himself in any sensible way and he would probably wonder off on his own.

Person_one

Treevo wrote: »

Out of interest why is it 'far more problematic than the other way around'?

Because of the fact that girls develop much younger, mostly.

Mrs.W_2

I don't think that notice is either sexist or unfair. It's daft. And probably the result of an employee with an underdeveloped sense of humour.

As mentioned above, mothers or fathers taking young children of opposing gender swimming wouldn't give it a second glance for all the reasons stated.

Pee

I really don't understand why there can not be enough cubicles for all changing areas to be unisex and for all users to have privacy. I go to two different swimming pools, both run by the same council, and the one has great private cubicles. Much nicer for everyone, including families.

BritAbroad

My gym doesn't allow boys of any age in the female changing room, nor girls in the male changing room - they are very clear on that. They do have a third, 'family' changing room though where anyone with kids of either sex can go, which seems a better solution.

Person_one

Pee wrote: »

I really don't understand why there can not be enough cubicles for all changing areas to be unisex and for all users to have privacy. I go to two different swimming pools, both run by the same council, and the one has great private cubicles. Much nicer for everyone, including families.

That's how it is at Manchester Aquatics centre, a huge bank of lockable cubicles with bigger ones on the ends for family groups. I much prefer it to communal changing rooms.

Mrs.W_2

Person_one wrote: »

That's how it is at Manchester Aquatics centre, a huge bank of lockable cubicles with bigger ones on the ends for family groups. I much prefer it to communal changing rooms.

We travel the 35 minutes drive to Woking's council run pools for the same reasons!

mjan

There's 2 leisure centres close to where I live. One of them has separate men and women changing rooms but does not prohibit children being taken in... the other one has a big unisex changing room with plenty of both single and family sized cubicles which, I think, works better overall.

duchy

It sounds like a bit of a joke sign......Did you ask about it ?

thunderbird

Is it like this one, with age limit in smaller writing?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mesmerisingworld/6744146855/in/photostream