I have always noticed from working out at the co-rec, or anywhere else, the behaviors of men and women. In their own opinions, there is not a single weak guy in the gym. Everyone walks around with their chest pushed out with the attitude of getting ready to show someone up. No one just walks in lackadaisical or with a “wimpy” mindset. I have always noticed the amount of women on the side of cardio machines compared to men. You will rarely find a guy over on the cardio side, and if so, rarely are they muscular. Men are pressured to be big and muscular. Big bulky muscles only built by pumping up iron, trying to out do one another. Most people here are not athletes, just trying to better themselves. In our society, the woman what we picture as normal is slender, not big and muscular, or fat. You will find many women on treadmills, or elliptical machines. We don’t consider it normal for women to be lifting weights among the men. How men act in our society, everything is a competition, and I don’t know why, but we have to be superior to women for whatever reason. Weight lifting has long been considered a very masculine thing; of course not something just to keep you healthy. I remember a young lady that I went to high school with that could do a heavier weight on squat than I could, at first I personally felt weak. It took awhile to realize that I didn’t necessarily be stronger than all women. She, now is a Division I collegiate track athlete.