What is with the older generation and walking around nude in locker rooms?

not down with common showers wrote:

Word. It's gross to take showers in front of other naked guys. I'll always take my shower at home. And it's not worth it to exercise at lunch if I have to take a shower in front of other guys at the end. I'll just wait until the evening. Middle and high schoolers don't take showers together right? I know I never saw anybody at my school use the showers.

You are obviously ashamed of your very small penis

Hey baldry, do you even READ posts before replying to them?

One last time, it's not necessarily WHAT they do, but HOW they do it.

You're defending a position that has not been attacked.

blahblahblah wrote:

Would you want to take a seat next to some fat, sweaty naked guy on a bus? If not, why not?

Let me take a shot at the easy one here:

Most people would rather not sit next to a fat sweaty guy on a bus, period. Clothed or naked. They tend to spill into your own personal space. Change it to a very attractive person of the opposite gender (or same gender, depending on preferences), the responses may be different.

Anyways, I think this is getting a bit far afield- I've seen no posters advocating all nudity all the time, just a bunch saying that in settings where nudity is expected (locker-rooms, saunas, etc) it shouldn't be some sort of terrible thing. People get naked, some are better looking than others, and some belch, fart, or various other things that all people do. Move on.

Just saw this. I'm in the UK belong to a gym now that has quite a lot of older folks. Strangely enough I have NEVER seen old people behaving as described. They are usually among the most courteous.

In gyms all over the world - US, UK, Japan, France - I've usually found that the worst "displayers of junk" are the ones in their 30s to 50s who maybe used to be strong, are now turning fat, and are generally trying to act like hard bastards. It's basically the same guys who drop the barbells, don't put the plates away, occasionally do a lift with too much weight and 1/4 of the normal range of movement and grunt loudly. It's an attempt at some sort of male dominance show, kind of like baboons.

Worst offenders were the Yakuza wannabes in the national stadium gym in Tokyo. Japanese gyms have a big communal bath which allow great opportunities for "exhibitionism".

If you outnumber them, the best way to handle it is to point and comment noisily - "Yuk, look at those wrinkly old balls!"

So, does anybody have any brilliant insights into WHY in the USA there are separate "boys" and "mens" locker rooms in many instances?

To insulate the "adults" from exposure to childish behavior? Possibly, in part--there are certainly some times I don't have patience for screaming kids.

To insulate the kids from exposure to childish behavior exhibited by adults? Absolutely.

To insulate the kids from exposure to lecherous behavior exhibited by pervs? Unfortunately.

It's mostly concern for kids, not adults, that drives the separation.

Move on, indeed--to another gym.

I've been to many, many gyms all over the US and I've never once seen separate locker rooms for grown men and for teen boys.

the college locker room is pretty rough right after the faculty members finish their pickup bball games

Really?

I've seen them all over the place.

Mind you, I'm not talking about private "gyms", or college facilities, I'm talking about Y's, community and rec centers, pools, etc..

Obviously you would need to look at my full reply given the context of the post I was responding to. The person I was responding to made the statement that "naked is natural", which sounded like a moral argument in support of nudity to me. If naked is morally better than clothed, shouldn't everybody be naked whenever possible? I'm simply saying that I would prefer to not live in such a World. Similarly, I would prefer to not take a seat in a sauna where some sweaty naked guy's butt was positioned a few seconds earlier. Whatever... it's not a huge deal to me either way, so I don't want to come across as a giant prude or anything.

Never seen a separate locker room for teens/young boys and men. I subscribe to the get your stuff done, get dressed and get the hell outta the lockerroom method.

Sprint Geezer wrote:

Really?

I've seen them all over the place.

Mind you, I'm not talking about private "gyms", or college facilities, I'm talking about Y's, community and rec centers, pools, etc..

I hear ya loud and clear, and I'm 50. I always thought it was strange to be showering en-masse after high school gym, cross and track...same with college...it's totally embarrassing when you come in from a cold run with major shrinkage and have to walk into the prison-style shower with some D1 basketball player... if you know what I mean.

Maybe they like to air dry

I love showering with other guys so I can show off my monster dong.

Flagpole wrote:

INCORRECT! It's VERY common now for high schools to offer summer gym. My daughter will take summer gym this coming summer. Frees up a period during the school year either for an additional class or another study hall...very important for the students who take the hardest classes.

Ummm I know of no school that has summer gym. Sure it exists, but it's far from common. Theres night school gym, but thats it and onyl at 1 school aroudn here. Oh and they get naked for swimming if that counts.

Also, your daughter takes gym in the summer to have study hall in the school year? Wha?

Study hall is just a waste of time. Sure you can study, but I doubt she is studying the whole time then. Taking another class woudl probably help more than study hall. Really you should be fine withotu any study hall even. My school has no study halls because theyre a complete waste of time. Kids do fine. I doubt your daughter takes 5 hours to do her nightly homework.

FoghornLonghorn wrote:

Never seen a separate locker room for teens/young boys and men. I subscribe to the get your stuff done, get dressed and get the hell outta the lockerroom method.

I have also never seen seperate locker rooms.

Anyways, my school has showers, but not for gym, because that would take up like another 10 min of class anyways. Plus no one get ssweaty in gym because theyre lazy fatasses. We do shower after swimming though, but half the kids go through the showers in the swim trunks then change in a corner. And the football and wrestling teams shower, the other teams don't.

IMO its ok, I don't mind showering there, w/e, maybe I'll say a word or two to someone else, but ill wait until im dressed to chat with people.

I think there is some kind of secret pact or something that allows people over 60 or so to walk around locker rooms ass naked and do odd things just to freak people out.

I am not shy or anything but when I go to the gym my main priority after I shower is to at least put some pants on then go shave or whatever, but then there are those old guys who feel it is necessary to go shave, brush there teeth, and even take a sh1t before they even think about pants.

I agree with Back in 79, I am in my 50's and never thought it was normal to shower in groups. We were also not allowed bathing suits in swim class! I thought it was weird then and I think it would be weird now. One other issue, I have noticed at races many schools have the front door removed from the mens stalls? I can understand why but how embarassing is that. We are human beings and not animals.

Sorry to" butt" in on the conversation, especially the men's locker room but I get what you are saying about older folks who freely display themselves in a manner that can be offensive. I don't know why so many on here are against what you are saying. I get what you saying and I would totally agree. As a female, it's bad enough in the open gym where some of these older guys come up to you and try to hit on you or flick a towel on your ass. I can't imagine what goes on in a men's locker room. Not to say most are like that but does make you wonder what they would do in a private setting.

At our gym, kids under certain age can't enter the locker room without a parent. Thank goodness because sometimes when I walk in and see a naked ass staring at me, I do get a little startled. I just like to go in there to use the bathroom or wash my hands after I workout and get the hell out. Not because I am a prude, I just don't want to end up having a conversation with a naked person. It would feel awkward. To each is own.