20-10-2025 18:26 via theguardian.com

Protecting the crown jewels in pilates classes | Brief letters

Pilates and the male psyche | Targeted for tax | Hot designs | Carving up the USAs the (frequently) sole male in pilates classes, I wonder if the reason “pilates and the male psyche don’t seem to connect” (Letters, 19 October) is that the language is directed towards women and their anatomy. On more than one occasion, when I have clearly been confused as to what bit of myself I am meant to be concentrating on, female instructors have whispered “crown jewels” in my e
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