tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post6768744297362102367..comments2024-03-18T10:42:53.386-04:00Comments on The Closet Professor: Locker RoomsJoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05299122685163501819noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-76426837885589002782020-05-09T08:51:14.076-04:002020-05-09T08:51:14.076-04:00Well, you have an older guy lamenting younger guys...Well, you have an older guy lamenting younger guys wearing clothes. I think Aristophanes did that bit; the character was supposed to be a voyeur.<br /><br />In the 90s, we had a pond on our property. Dad built a wall to give us some privacy, and the boys (and our male friends) would swim there. Naked. It was also far enough away that we did other things there. Well, masturbation (which we also did during sleepovers) and wrestling and frot, some interfemoral after an old Hercules movie for me interested in ancient Greece. I think it's a cultural thing, these taboos. (Oral was rare, anal non-existent, but we'd all masturbated together. The penetration was seen as feminizing.)<br /><br />But yeah, saying we need to go naked sounds creepy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-81060962956991966092016-11-05T03:38:03.334-04:002016-11-05T03:38:03.334-04:00I worked out at gyms in the 1990s and early 00'... I worked out at gyms in the 1990s and early 00's and still saw a fair share of male nudity. Many men still took naked showers then. And most guys checked out each other, to varying degrees. I think some male-male sex (including group activity) also still occurs in inner sanctums of gym locker rooms--saunas and steam rooms, etc.<br /><br /> The all-male locker room is still one of the last bastions of society, apart from prisons and all-male schools, where even so-called "straight" males have an excuse to be naked around each other and have anonymous physical interaction. Some guys take full advantage of that freedom, while others are more reserved about the opportunities. Had I to live my life over again I would take more advantage of those male nudity opportunities, as one is only young once. I think more guys than not would pounce each other (or allow themselves to be pounced) if they weren't so hung-up about self-image and societal stigma, as males between adolescence and mid- 20's are simply raging with hormones.<br /><br /> Once, when I was showering in a private shower stall at a YMCA, a guy in the next stall told me he had no soap in his stall and asked me if I would bring some of my soap over to his stall. Like an idiot I handed it over the stall dividing wall, when I think the soap message was perhaps just a euphemism for something else. I have always regretted my decision of modesty that day in the YMCA shower stall.<br /><br /> November 5, 2016 at 3:35 AM jimmohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09293021761262020482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-55116599341532662682016-01-08T18:16:36.731-05:002016-01-08T18:16:36.731-05:00As a teenaged girl, I was horribly self-conscious ...As a teenaged girl, I was horribly self-conscious about undressing and showering for gym. I grew up in a puritanical Methodist family and southern culture that kind of crippled my body image. I've often envied men for what seems to be an ease of being nude around other men. It's weird to think that's changing.nikkihttp://www.fridaville.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-86123156622966155972015-12-30T16:22:44.707-05:002015-12-30T16:22:44.707-05:00Maybe for me, I like being a gay guy showing off. ...Maybe for me, I like being a gay guy showing off. Of course, in high school and middle school I wouldn't have dared shower. No one did.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03866077134601099787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-32545807065900179732015-12-29T16:31:33.694-05:002015-12-29T16:31:33.694-05:00That's exactly what my post for tomorrow is ab...That's exactly what my post for tomorrow is about.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05299122685163501819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-90230794947181582712015-12-29T16:00:44.584-05:002015-12-29T16:00:44.584-05:00What is even weirder is while they are so shy in t...What is even weirder is while they are so shy in the locker room they have no problem using their iphone to send pictures or videos of themselves naked that ultimately end up on some website...djc314https://www.blogger.com/profile/06900266576938638135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-2053325738789411952015-12-29T01:54:04.817-05:002015-12-29T01:54:04.817-05:00I also agree with the first commenter...it's d...I also agree with the first commenter...it's definitely an American hang up, like everything else. When I traveled Europe....it didn't seem a issue anywhere. Like everything else here...we are getting so uptight and wound. Were all too serious about everything.Mistress Maddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02098940220513091207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-82274722580064300622015-12-29T01:45:10.798-05:002015-12-29T01:45:10.798-05:00I wonder if by area it is different. The gym I go ...I wonder if by area it is different. The gym I go to the guys don't seem at all bashful about being naked. Sure there are some, but the higher percentage don't seem to mind it. But I don't get why the same sex would be bashful about nudity. We all have the same parts. My group of friends are all close. And when I have overnight guest, they think nothing of sleeping naked, or walking naked to the bathroom or another room to get dressed. In the summer or always swim naked and have even gone to a cloth in optional camp ground. I find it very bonding, and have no problems with getting nude. Interesting post.Mistress Maddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02098940220513091207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-21088887533452720612015-12-28T10:52:13.611-05:002015-12-28T10:52:13.611-05:00Well having never been in an all male locker room ...Well having never been in an all male locker room I can't say what's normal or not. However, women are pretty much the same in the locker rooms I've seen. And, like it's been mentioned before, thanks to objectifying women's bodies for years to reach impossible standards without surgical help women are not confident in being seen by others nude. (Women can be vicious not just with each other but on themselves.) Unfortunately for men it seems this trend has finally reached them. I love all our differences though. It's what makes us unique. And, I can empathize with you Joe on the axe spray...I have teenage sons...<br /><br />:)Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01909623741866805635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-56840603807859259892015-12-28T10:07:38.078-05:002015-12-28T10:07:38.078-05:00Michael, it's definitely not fun for the teach...Michael, it's definitely not fun for the teachers. This was a major complaint by the teachers at my school who had students after PE. Some of them just smelled bad others would spray themselves with so much Axe body spray that it would make your eyes water.<br /><br />By the way, I know I post sexy men with beautiful bodies all the time, but I know you are right about it contributing to body issues.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05299122685163501819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-8672050434193441832015-12-28T09:40:03.973-05:002015-12-28T09:40:03.973-05:00Interesting that something once thought of as &quo...Interesting that something once thought of as "modesty" is now more likely the result of pride, the fear of looking less perfect than others. Much as I enjoy photos of men with great bodies and handsome faces, our culture has now saturated us with male images that are as unreal as the female images that have long created problems for young women. I suppose it is a move toward equality, but pretty much in the wrong direction!<br /><br />As for not showering after gym class, that must be fun for kids sitting next to one another in classes later in the day ...Michael Doddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00942287172727040371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-46547873697071953482015-12-28T08:47:00.998-05:002015-12-28T08:47:00.998-05:00I go to water aerobics twice a week at a local com...I go to water aerobics twice a week at a local community pool and there is usually a class of swimmers there... kids in their early teens... I see the same thing. They all shower with their swim clothes on and are deathly afraid to change in front of each other in the locker room. One enterprising young man ties one end of his towel to a locker door and then tries to wrap himself around the other end while juggling to take his suit off holding the other end. He usually drops his end once or twice, or the door swings open dropping the other end and the kid scrambles to complete his underwear exchange without arising suspicion. This usually takes about 10 minutes compared to the ones who just do a quick drop and swap. But you are right.. it seems to be a really big deal with them not seeing each other naked; although the suits they wear leave pretty much nothing to the imagination. They do do a lot of talking however.<br /><br />Lenny from DenverLenny Riccihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10045947320325752329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-46210040040900520682015-12-28T04:41:30.627-05:002015-12-28T04:41:30.627-05:00Ditto. From the UK - totally weird. The only time ...Ditto. From the UK - totally weird. The only time I see guys or women doing towel gymnastics is on a beach.Loftyonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11824069825833612482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-68350502745349213102015-12-28T02:18:10.604-05:002015-12-28T02:18:10.604-05:00From a European point of view, this behavior in ad...From a European point of view, this behavior in adults' locker rooms seems utterly strange to me. In many years of frequenting gyms I've only ever once noticed a guy putting his undies on under a towel, which is a secure way of attracting attention, as would be showering in boxers, which I have never witnessed at all. I don't know anything about schools, though.<br />Maybe it is an all American hang-up?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com