A woman has claimed a man acted inappropriately towards her at the gym, but when she shared footage of their interaction online, she didn’t get the support she expected.
Adult content creator Violet Starr uploaded a video of her encounter with the unidentified man on TikTok last week, saying this is why some women feel uncomfortable while working out.
Starr wrote in white text overlaying her video, “This is why I don’t go to public gyms anymore.”
In the 22-second clip, which has garnered over 100,000 views, she enters the gym and is quickly approached by an older man.
“Excuse me, how are you teacher?” he asked her.
She answered and said she wasn’t, but he went on to explain why he thought she was one.
“Because you are so fit, beautiful and work out so much, I thought maybe you were the one [personal trainer] or something, – he said smiling.
“No, I’m not,” she repeated.
Captioning the video, she wrote, “That awkward gym moment made me want to pass out — until you come in.”
Commenters quickly accused her of trying to make a big deal out of an innocent conversation to get clicks.
“[She goes] at the gym revealing the costumes with the intention of provoking a reaction from men so they can play the victim,” one person wrote.
“Suits that reveal every nook and cranny of their body are not necessary for comfort or an effective workout. This shows that their goal is to provoke a reaction.â€
“These women display what mother nature designed to get a man’s attention and then act surprised when it works. It’s all an act, agreed another.
“100%,” someone else called out. “They can wear baggy, unattractive loose clothing and not be bothered.
“It is the cleavage trap. Women wear plunging and plunging necklines – then complain if a man watches
“As a man, any woman who tries to film me (something that is a huge invasion of privacy and I would never consider doing) at a gym will be viewed by me as a predator with ulterior motives,” another . user logged in.
“That’s because anyone who actually feels uncomfortable or threatened will walk away, not intentionally interact with the person with the intent of putting them online.”
Some commenters sympathized with her, saying that as women, they too have faced similar scenarios that made them feel uncomfortable.
Before turning off the comments, Starr said she understood this particular clip was tame, but she was using it to highlight more direct interactions she’s had at the gym in the past.
It comes after another OnlyFans star, Madi Ruvee, filmed herself doing a ‘pulse squat’ at the gym last year, which led to a man approaching her.
She said it was proof that “women are not safe”.
“What are you doing?” he asked.
She explained that she was doing a leg warm-up, but he disagreed, saying, “I know what you’re doing.”
The stranger told Ruvee, a popular porn star who charges fans to watch her explicit content, that she was an example of what’s “wrong with girls”.
He added that she should keep this kind of behavior “online” and called it “ridiculous”.
He then punched her phone and broke it as he left.
While there is an ongoing debate about whether filming is allowed in gyms and whether it was intentionally provocative, it remains important to acknowledge that gym harassment is a real issue.
A survey conducted by Run Repeat in 2022 found that nearly 56 percent of women have experienced harassment while exercising.
Another study found that 69 percent of women do not feel safe or change their behavior in response to unwanted attention from men during exercise.
Shockingly, 92 percent of gym harassment incidents go unreported.
These incidents may include unwanted attention, comments or physical contact.
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