Change the Intramural Sports Building Apparel Policy

I was also asked to please put on a shirt when also only wearing high waisted leggings and a cropped tank top in which I maybe had 1 inch of skin showing so I am behind this 100%!

I've had similar situations happen to me, and then proceed with my workout to see others, male and female, wearing less than me.

Dated policy. Anticipate change.

It is very easy to overheat when at the gym, much of the attire focused toward female athletes and gym goers today is designed as cropped for comfort and distraction free for a workout, therefore it can be difficult to find good attire for a vigorous workout that is not designed in this way and the attire does not diminish sanitation anymore than contact of sweat through clothing or from exposed limbs would provide anyway. There is no reason to make a big deal out of what is now considered typical female exercise attire at the gym or it may become at risk for becoming sexualized because of the implications added to it in manners such as this one if there are reasons beyond sanitation. This would not be fair to all women who simply attend the gym in hopes of it being a judgement free zone that they go to to build confidence. Please reconsider.

C'mon, Umich.

Dress standards have changed; a growing women no longer feel ashamed of their bodies and have fully rejected the notion that men's inappropriate reactions to their flesh is the fault of the flesh itself. Exercise is a vital part of maintaining mental and emotional health while enduring the profound stress that is higher education. Women should feel safe and accepted while making this healthy, important decision. Further, many health conditions, including my own, implicate poor heat tolerance. When I work out in too much clothing, I get dizzy and nauseated had have to stop. Please change this policy.

U of M can do better.

UMich Alum, 2015

Some recreational policies are sort of dumb and subjectively enforced, like this one and the requirement to have clips on with a weight amount that obviously won't fall off

This has happened to me countless times. It is appalling. U of M preaches equality and yet continues to body shame women at their gyms.

Absolutely outrageous, and blatantly sexist.