Man sues women-only gym over text messages

Submitted by Mastodon on Sat, 2013-02-23 19:15

Story here. Excerpt:

'The women-only Lucille Roberts health club cluelessly peppered Alex Shiyan with text messages about a sweetheart membership deal.

Just one problem — he’s a man.

The Brooklyn resident became so fed up with the useless offer that he fired back at the fitness giant with a class-action lawsuit filed yesterday in Manhattan federal court.

“1 Day Sale @ Lucille Roberts. just $5 to register and $15 a month NO CONTRACT,” read the message, according to the suit.

It also urged him to call the franchise operation’s Irvington, NJ, branch, adding, “Ask for Jessica and get a free gift when you join today!”
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Shiyan’s proposed class-action complaint seeks damages of up to $2,000 “for each and every text” received by him and potentially “thousands” of others, along with a court order barring Lucille Roberts from sending out future unsolicited spam directly to people’s smartphones.'

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The issue of spam texts is one thing, and sure, he may have a case of harassment-by-text here. But the real issue is the "women-only" thing. It may be lawful to have single-sex paid-membership clubs of all kinds, but when the purpose of the club or accommodation is not inherently gender-specific, then it's a problem. That is after all why other dues-paying membership clubs have been successfully sued to admit women, right? So why's it not just as good the other way around? Guess you all know the answer already.

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Submitted by Matt on Sat, 2013-02-23 21:14