Parents hit out after being left 'uncomfortable' by no family cubicle in men's changing room

People in Tameside are calling for a local gym to introduce family cubicles in the male changing room after the current set up left parents and children feeling "uncomfortable."

Members of Gymetc in Stalybridge claim young girls under the age of eight are being allowed into male changing area, but say there's nowhere private for them to undress.

They are calling for family cubicles to be built inside the male changing room, amid claims these already exist in the ladies area.

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Currently, men are being made to feel "uncomfortable" and some parents have stopped using the gym without their partner because they say they feel uneasy taking their daughters into the changing rooms.

In a post on a local Tameside community Facebook group, one resident said she'd had a "debate" with the gym about the set up.

"Had a heated debate with the manager at Gymetc Stalybridge this morning regarding young girls under 8 being allowed in the male changing room - something my husband and a number of other men feel uncomfortable with," she wrote.

"There is no privacy for little girls to change/shower and they are surrounded by men in various states of undress. Having little girls undressing in front of them makes many males feel vulnerable to potential accusations of inappropriate staring.

"The manager says they can't discriminate against single fathers and when they reach 8 the girls are judged old enough to use the female changing room alone. They also said this was Tameside Council's rules not theirs.

"A solution to this would be for the gym to provide one or two family cubicles in the male changing rooms, as there are in the ladies, to