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I entered into the boxing ring for instruction with the CEO Jonathon (as per his LinkedIN.) He noticed my shirt that read, "Women are dope," made a face and then started commenting on it. He said, "Women are dope huh?" I said - yes and don't you forget it. I thought he was just poking fun at first, but then he repeated himself forcing the same response out of me and I could tell his tone was more aggressive than a basic (yet inappropriate) joke. Immediately I could tell he was triggered by my shirt, which is a gender equality shirt intended to send out a positive message about women to women. He then asked me why It doesn't say, "men are dope" on the back to counter the front. I told him it was implied and that women have been oppressed for centuries so I don't need to compliment men on my shirt. I told him he could wear a men are dope shirt if he wanted to. He told me he would get heat for that and I asked him why he thought that was the case. He didn't answer that but instead in a defensive aggressive tone he said all people have been oppressed, not just women. I said that's true but that's a separate subject and if he wanted to have a discussion we could after class. He ignored my request for him to stop talking and said a female client accused him of putting a man on his logo for his gym and that the logo could easily be a woman with short hair. Even though this comment was irrelevant I looked at the logo on the wall and it is very clear that it is a figure of a man, but I made no comment on this. I told him I was not talking about his logo and that this isn't the time to discuss this considering I was trying to attend a boxing class. He again ignored my request for him to stop talking and then went on to say that people (implying me) bring other people down just to bring other people up. His tone and aggressive words made me feel unsafe and scared that he might hit me "by accident" - I signed a waiver so he'd be off the hook if he did hit me. For context - he is a 6+ foot experienced male boxer and I am a 5'3'' 110lb woman. I began to feel nervous and unsafe. I stopped responding to his words and he finally dropped the subject and continued to host a short lesson for a minute longer. He ended up hitting me in the head with a pad. I was supposed to duck under it to practice a move that I had just learned but I didn't duck in time considering I am a beginner. I wondered if he hit me on purpose because of his anger at my shirt. It would be hard to prove anything because that was a part of the boxing class and he knew I signed a waiver relieving the gym of any injuries incurred there. I didn't say anything as I didn't want to get hit again, so I uncomfortably finished out his lesson hoping he wouldn't hit me again taking advantage of my beginner skills. I exited the ring in shock at what just happened. I continued the workout a little while processing what Jonathon had just said to me. I realized that I was just in a boxing ring with a large man who instead of teaching me defense, decided to verbally berate me + express his anti gender equality stance to me while intimidating me and ignoring what I had to say. I sent a direct message to the gym on IG describing the incident. They responded a week later saying, "sorry you were not happy with our complimentary class.Thanks for the feedback. Best of luck in all you do. =)." Their response insinuates that bc the class is a free trial, my negative experience is irrelevant. They didn't apologize or address Jonathon's comments. I'm disappointed and disgusted by their response and Jonathon's behavior. I recommend finding any other boxing gym. Preferably one that can admit when they're wrong + understands gender equality.

UPDATE: 4 years later the gym has not apologized and is still defensive in their recent reply. Jon is listed as the CEO per his LinkedIN. A recent review refers to a "Jon" instructor. A woman reported abuse to me by Jon after seeing my review. Jon was arrested for assault to a cab driver.

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