Female-only spaces are proliferating, but not everybody is happy about it
Yan He hates the all-pink female-only gyms he’s seen online. “It screams straight man… Who says women must love pink?” he says.
Yan’s gym, which he opened last July in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, is much more subtle (perhaps because it was designed and decorated by his wife), with no pink to be seen. But a sign at the front desk that reads “No Entry for Men” gets the message across.
Her Havens: The Struggle Over Female-Only Spaces is a story from our issue, “Education Nation.” To read the entire issue, become a subscriber and receive the full magazine.
Hayley Zhao is an English editor and writer at The World of Chinese. Born and raised in Beijing, Hayley is a multimedia journalist with experience in podcast production. You can find her binging TV shows and stand-up comedy at home when she’s not working.
