Nudity

[chap]

I think in the name of independent scientific scrutiny, one of us (male) shall need to prepare a 'fruit bowl' and wander into the women's changing rooms.

Just don't let them see you from the back; and be prepared for whiplash.

 

[Piemaster]

Mrs Pm informs me there are a lot of cubicles in the female changing room of a local swimming pool, there are only a couple in the male one and a bench. Seems to reinforce the male/female attitudes as posted above.
From what I've noticed it seems to be mainly teens that use the male cubicles. Onset of puberty awareness and embarrassment thing perhaps?

 

[Campfire]

Yes, I noticed the same in Germany when I went swimming. It was a good job a friend of mine didn't go with me that time as she would have freaked out.

When I used to go to the gym over here, it was a bit mixed in the ladies changing room. I think if one person bared all, others tended to do it.

 

[yenrod]

Definately the deal in the mens chainging rooms are - yep, lets wander around naked..amd the gay type you can spot a year away they the ones who seem to take eons drying and looking at other guys who may be interested...yet the majority just get gear a shower dry change and out! whats the prob.

As for women - as has been said they're are 'killer on the image' that it must be quite hard in some way! All that image to live upto - yet its only if you live up to it.

It would surprise me if I did walk into a changing room and it was mixed - I suppose it would make me not look around, even more...as getting blimped by a woman is bad enough when clothes are on, never mind OFF !

 

[Lisa21]

getting blimped by a woman is bad enough when clothes are on, never mind OFF !

 

[bonk man]

sort of got used to naked changing rooms at school and naked people generally at festivals... when it wasn't raining
I suppose we are in such a crappy climate that we don't generally do naked flesh..

 

[Ghost Donkey]

Mrs Pm informs me there are a lot of cubicles in the female changing room of a local swimming pool, there are only a couple in the male one and a bench.

+1 every council swimming pool I have used. I only really thought about it when I started taking my daughter to her swimming lessons and she used to get changed in the male changing rooms until she was old enough to get changed on her own in the female changing rooms. In that situation men seem to take extra care to make sure they look everywhere except where the children are standing and don't overexpose themselves, which is understandable really. There is one old man though who used to stand in the middle of the shower area, surrounded by children, stark b0ll0ck naked whilst washing himself wit ha loofa He stopped fairly quickly, I guess someone had a "word"

I was prudish when first started using a gym but it didn't take me long to realise no one there cared what I looked like and I stopped being so self conscious. I must admit if the swimming pool is cold I worry about the potential for shrinkage when I get out of the pool

 

[Cycling Naturalist]

I have to admit, it was the first Brazilian I'd seen, and it sort of fascinated me...

...

How did you know she was Brazilian?

 

[Speck]

How did you know she was Brazilian?

Because she said " Esta muito frio aqui comparou a Sau Paulo"

 

[Fnaar]

How did you know she was Brazilian?

The nuts were a bit of a giveaway

 

[jonny jeez]

I used to spend a lot of time at my local gym and after reading the op I am now fascinated at how different Male/Female attitudes are...


I suspect that men are slightly more programmed to respond to nudity in the way you mentioned because Men probably see it as a weakness when you DONT act with comfort when nude...implying that you have something to hide. (Or not, depending on how well endowed you are).

If a chap does the "towel dance" in my gym I just assume he has a tiny penis, whereas, if a guy strides past me butt naked (or god forbid dry's his pubic hair with the blow-dryer!!) I would assume that he doesn't.

But to stop and actually check it out would be sacrilege in the bloke's gym.

So here's the rub...
Blokes appear more comfy naked, because it's not manly to be shy. But in reality are too shy/inhibited to check each other out.

Women appear shyer, but in reality are actually more comfortable (as apposed to pretending) and will often stop to admire/compare.

Which proves my theory that Men and women are the exact opposite of each other

 

[Norm]

So here's the rub...

Of all the phrases, did you have to use that one?

 

[rich p]

I think that having to get your todger out in public and stand next to others doing likewise in a urinal breaks down a few barriers.
Some blokes use the cubicle if there's a choice which indicates a repressed personality to me or a pustulating, suppurating sore on said member at the very least. Sorry about that before the watershed

 

[Fab Foodie]

If a chap does the "towel dance" in my gym I just assume he has a tiny penis, whereas, if a guy strides past me butt naked (or god forbid dry's his pubic hair with the blow-dryer!!) I would assume that he doesn't

What if like me you walk around the changing room with a full size beach-towel hanging-off your knob with your arms in the air shouting "Look! No hands".

 

[threebikesmcginty]

There was always going to be a fear that this thread might descend into smut and filth but happily that hasn't happened!