I disagree as to who they are doing this “women only” hours but I hate going to a gym that is not women only. They just become giant meat markets, I want to exercise, thats it.
I agree with the idea of gender-segregating the gym, but not the reasoning as well. Too often, especially on college campuses, you get the guys trying to either check out the girls or impress them, and the girls are either trying to impress the guys or complaining about the guys checking them out.
My solution would to be build/renovate one on-campus workout place to be gender-segregated (there would still be plenty of co-ed workout space - even my not-so-big school has at least 4 or 5 ‘fitness centers’). In addition, they could have slightly smaller and lighter equipment for the women, and move stuff like free weights or yoga mats between the two sides as needed.