RE:Locker Room Nudity, Have Things Changed?

I have found one of the last Saunas with a men only day. There are some nude and some with trunks which don't bother anyone. Trouble is its a Thursday and its 9-2pm so difficult to get there. All the same its nice to have the choice as so many council run places insist on mixed costumes to be worn. Wonder how long it will last but its a breath of fresh air.

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RE:Locker Room Nudity, Have Things Changed?

There was one nr me some years back but that has closed now......
Grrr

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RE:Locker Room Nudity, Have Things Changed?

one open in cardiff now

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RE:Locker Room Nudity, Have Things Changed?

It has! But Ive been having a great experience at new gym I go to, most over age 30 will sprawl out naked while the young girls giggle and laugh while they walk by the windows and see us

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RE:Locker Room Nudity, Have Things Changed?

It has! But Ive been having a great experience at new gym I go to, most over age 30 will sprawl out naked while the young girls giggle and laugh while they walk by the windows and see us

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RE:Locker Room Nudity, Have Things Changed?

Locker room nudity has changed over the years. I tend to find that the young guys are more self conscious than the older guys. But I had a good experience this week, I had a sauna after swimming (mixed area so swimmers stay on) and chatted to a woman I know and a guy I did not. Left to have a shower and after a while the other guy appeared. We were both comfortable walking and talking naked around the change room while getting ready to leave. Like others here I tend to leave dressing until the last minute and this guy was similar. Made for a good change.

Having said that the locker room now has showers with partitions with lockable doors. I shower with the door open as I don't care and I walk in and out putting on shampoo, conditioner and whatever to get the chlorine off. The shower has a 1 minute cycle to save water, auto cut off.

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It has nothing to do with sexuality and everything to do with body image. We are constantly inundated with the idea of the "perfect body" and, for men, that tends to include the idea of larger than average genitalia.

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I too was in Junior High and High School during the 70's when showering after gym was mandatory. The P.E. teachers would stand at the towel cage and make sure everyone showered. I remember that time of my life and believe that experience is what helped me to becoming a nudist and not be ashamed of my body.

Todays guys are to afraid to use the locker room to change clothes. Only a few will use the locker room and change clothes while wearing a towel, nudity is seldom seen in the locker room now days. Even fewer will use the showers and will take their gym bag with them so they can get dressed before opening the shower curtain. It is just as bad in the steam room and sauna, some of the guys wearing their gym clothes and shoes while other are wearing their underwear. Seldom see someone wrapped in only a towel, again nudity is not practiced in either place. I have been to several different gym locations and it is pretty much the same. The only place that this is not true is at a Korean Spa where nudity is required to using the showers, steam room, sauna and in the spas. But there are only a few and are over an hour away or in the big city.

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RE: Locker Room Nudity, Have Things Changed?

Certainly the pool change rooms where I go are now individual stalls and with lockable doors not just a curtain, it is the exact opposite of the open showers that were there before it was re-developed / upgraded. I shower with the door open, speedo's on initially as I let the shower water rinse me off and the speedo's. I take them off and rinse them more thoroughly and walk out to my gear, no towel. Some older guys my age do this but many don't, society has changed, the paranoia about how we look naked is over the top. Is it due to the proliferation of porn, social media, political correctness, etc. or a bit of all of them?

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I no longer partake in an activity that is linked to locker room needs. I was an elite swimmer in my day and through the locker room time developed body confidence and no shame in being nude with others.

Contrast to today where I road trip for work and use camping accommodation with communal amenities I find that very few if any people use these facilities to shower nowadays. People tend to have glamping down pat and either stay in cabins with showers or have a caravan with a shower... So no need to risk your body confidence and be comfortable in your own skin.

It's great in some respects as I can usually do my daily routine without being cramped into the cubicle. I shower with the door open and even brush my teeth while nude etc. So free with roo. To move!

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