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Women just want to work out in peace. Why all the thigh-rubbing lechery? | Emma Beddington
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. The Guardian UK is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 17 Oct 2026, 04:00 UTC. The headline in use is “Women just want to work out in peace. Why all the thigh-rubbing lechery? | Emma Beddington”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
On Saturday Night Live last week, comedian Shane Gillis made a pathetic ‘joke’ about the clothes women wear to the gym. It was puerile – but also pernicious I’ve spent the morning doing Shane Gillis’s work: checking out women in the gym.
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Women just want to work out in peace. Why all the thigh-rubbing lechery? | Emma Beddington
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- The Guardian