Gym leggings become a source of controversy in Korea

Article: This time, controversy over gym leggings..."personal freedom" vs "disrupts my workout"

Source: Hankyung

Leggings at the gym are becoming a source of controversy in Korea.

A user raised the issue in an online community and pointed out that despite social distancing measures being extended and gym hours reduced due to increased corona cases in the country, a lot of people are still rushing to gyms in droves.

The author wrote, "The number of female members at our gym has increased immensely and more people are working out at gyms nowadays. Those with a good body are working out even harder. A lot of them wear leggings to the gym but it's quite embarrassing to look at. Especially when they're not in shape? I just want to ask them, aren't you embarrassed to go out of your house like that?"

"I know they're just working out but I'm worried they'll think I'm staring. Of course, I know no one probably cares but it gets in the way of my workouts."

Netizens shared their support writing, "Even when hiking in the mountains these days, there are a lot of women like that in our neighborhood. They wear pink or apricot leggings that are really uncomfortable to look at. In my experience, women that wear stuff like this care a lot about what others think of their body. It's just too much. I don't know where to put my eyes."

"There's a thing called manners even when working out. I get wanting to wear leggings at the gym but please don't go golfing or hiking in them."

1. [+8,598, -201] You're free to wear it...but don't insult us if we lookㅋ...
2. [+5,175, -144] You have freedom to wear it, we have freedom to look. I better not see any crazy women filing reports claiming eye r*pe because they caught us staring.
3. [+2,713, -631] I'm a woman too but it feels dirty when I see women wearing this. If you're not the skinny petite type please don't wear this!
4. [+2,599, -598] ?? If we can't wear leggings at the gym when exactly can we wear them?
5. [+1,939, -77] It's true you have the freedom to wear it but you have no right to curse at us or anyone that stares  
6. [+572, -51] How difficult is it to just wear shorts over this?
7. [+404, -26] Women that wear leggings like that are usually the ones doing one-hour squats, deadlifts and workouts that show off their butt ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
8. [+291, -31] Do women realize the impact such leggings have on men? Seeing them show off their privates and panty lines while working out? 
9. [+294, -47] It's in our nature to keep our eyes open...
10. [+222, -56] Can we please be more considerate of other people's rights too? Even bar girls don't wear things like this at room salons.
11. [+70, -3] The skin-colored leggings f*ck
12. [+62, -7] And the women that do this are generally wearing the pastel-colored tones too, while gossiping in a corner...ugh the worst!