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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Shahana Yasmin

Gym sign limiting entry to ‘elegant women’ sparks row in South Korea

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A gym in South Korea has courted controversy for putting up a sign banning misbehaving “aunties”, sparking a debate about whether the word discriminates against older women in the country.

According to a post on a discussion platform for verified employees called Blind, a gym in Incheon city, 27km from the capital Seoul, hung a sign that read “Off limits to ahjummas” and declared that “only cultivated and elegant women” were allowed in.

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