In South Korea, only sophisticated ladies are permitted to visit a gym.

 In South Korea, only sophisticated ladies are permitted to visit a gym.

 Incheon, a city in South Korea close to Seoul, has a gym that placed a sign stating that it is only open "exclusively for cultured and elegant women" and that, as said, "aunties" who lack manners are not permitted to use the facility.

In addition to designating ladies in their late 30s and beyond, the word "ajuma" used on the sign is also a pejorative epithet for misbehaving women.

"BBC" states that the owner of the gym, who justified the decision by saying that his business "suffered damage" as a result of these women's actions, was not named by the local media.

He said that "aunties like free things" and that they wash laundry and steal towels at the gym, which is how women and "ajumas" differ from one another.

"BBC" claims that although some on the Internet applauded the restriction, the South Korean gym's decision has reignited the conversation over how to treat the elderly, particularly ladies.