Brooklyn Gym In Trouble For Naming Their Crossfit Class "Tough Titsday"

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Crossfit is a popular fitness trend, but on Wednesday night one local gym was getting a lot of attention for the wrong reasons. As CBS 2’s Alice Gainer reported, the controversy has everything to do with the name of a class for women. At Crossfit South Brooklyn on Degraw Street, the classes are intense. But even more intense is the scrutiny the gym has been facing for the name of the class – “Tough Titsday.” “Some people have laughed about it and joked about it a little bit, but there’s never been any sort of issue,” said gym owner David Osorio. But that all changed, after an anonymous posting to the feministblog “Jezebel.” A woman looking to sign up for the class took issue with the name and posted an email exchange with the owner. “Do you really have to call a female class “titsday” really???” wrote the anonymous woman called “Rachel” by the site. “It’s kind of misogynistic — which was not the vibe I got at the gym. I suggest changing the class name to something more neutral — and I’m not an uptight person but it’s a repulsive word — my opinion and probably other women’s opinion.” Following a response defending the class as a celebration of women’s strength, “Rachel” wrote back saying be that as it may, the word “tits” is not appropriate. “I don’t understand why you would use the word tits for a women’s class — granted you’re being cheeky but it’s objectifying and offensive to some people and obviously if I am not the first person who wasn’t comfortable with it and didn’t get your sardonic sense of humor then isn’t that a good indication that there’s a problem?” she wrote.  Osorio confirmed emails back and forth with the woman, but defended the name, pointing out that a female trainer came up with it. “One of our coaches, Margie Lempert, started the class about two years ago — and it was sort of born out of her transformations with developing physical strength,” he said.

I have a question for the chicks at Jezebel and all the feminists out there – in a situation like this, do they just blatantly ignore the fact that the name was created by a woman, and plenty of women partake in the class and enjoy it? Yea, some chicks are gonna be offended. There’s always someone out there who’s gonna be offended by just about anything. But in this case there seems to be as big of a contingency that doesn’t mind the name and actually enjoys the class. So let those rough and rugged bitches work their tits off at Crossfit Brooklyn. You go enjoy the Pussy Yoga and the Vagina Pilates at you’re girly gym and let the butch broads with pecs for boobs enjoy Tough Titsday. Whats the big deal? Not everything needs to be ruined or shut down every time someone is offended. The chick even said the gym isn’t misogynistic. Causing a huge stink based on a tongue-in-cheek title of a fucking gym class ruining it for everyone who has a basic understanding of reality.

Not even kidding – I think women would be better off in this world if the feminist movement didn’t exist. I think they’d be further along and pretty much equal without assholes like Rachel embarrassing them over people saying the word tits.