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A Canadian hero is bringing international attention to a problem that’s taking a serious toll on his and his community’s lives.
We’re referring, of course, to nudity in the men’s locker room.
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Norm Waddell likes to swim at the Cowichan Aquatic Centre in Duncan, British Columbia. But the locker room situation is untenable. Men. Naked men. Everywhere.
He’s especially concerned about the “elderly” men who engage in “excessive nudity,” which doesn’t scream of ageism at all.
He’s taking his fight public after essentially getting the brushoff from pool administrators.
“I don’t think it’s right that these men make it so uncomfortable for others with their nudity,” he said. “I have a son who is not comfortable with it either. There are separate cubicals and shower stalls in the change rooms so these men should be made to use them.”
The mayor of the town, Jon Lefebur, has even had to weigh in, suggesting those private cubicals might be better utilized by those who are uncomfortable, not those who are OK with birthday suits:
“People changing from clothes to bathing suits is part of using the pool. For people who are sensitive, we have separate cubicles and showers that they can use by themselves.”
Now that’s politics in action, folks.
We stand in solidarity with Norm and wish him all the best in his pursuit of a nudity-free locker room experience for all.
joseph_buscarino
wow you sound like a complete ageist, so its okay for people to be nude, as long as they are young? not sure you could possibly sound more ignorant, because of your hang ups lol
Alan down in Florida
The last time I frequented the gym locker room I was amazed how many younger guys either got dressed underneath their towels or went into the toilet stall to change.
I’ve got a body no one, myself included, wants to see naked but all these guys who work so hard with great bodies don’t want to show them off. I never understood it unless they had tiny genitalia.
RIGay
Ditto. I worked as an instructor in several health clubs (some notoriously gay cruising spots), and don’t recall many men just letting it hang out in the communal locker area. Either they wrap a towel around their waists or pick an inside corner locker where they have two sides to protect the view as they scamper from buff to covered.
THEN you had the exhibitionists…
Dr. Feelgood
It’s precisely because of guys like you that we choose to not show our naked bodies. LOL. I have a hot straight friend who tells me he doesn’t like getting ogled and hit on by gay men and so would not get naked in the locker room. He loves showing off his body to girls at the pools and on social media, however.
As for me, if it was somebody hot, I wouldn’t mind getting naked in front of and with him.
joseph_buscarino
aww poor baby, your straight friend and you need to get over yourself, If I really want to see a hot naked guy I look at porn or my boyfriend, girl bye
Juanjo
Awww, the poor little straight boy thinks he is being ogled by gay men. This would be the same poor little straight boy who spends as much time as possible ogling women wherever possible? The fact is straight men in locker rooms and even standing at urinals in public bathrooms are always checking each other out to see who has the biggest junk in the room. And very worried that it is not them.
Dr. Feelgood
Aaw poor ugly men complaining they couldn’t see hot naked men in locker rooms. LMAO!!! Keep looking if that gets you off. Just don’t expect us to show just because you wanna see it.
Actually, most hot girls LOVE being ogled. They (and guys, too) wouldn’t be wearing what they’re wearing at clubs and pools if they didn’t. If people want to show you what they have then good for them (and for you). But don’t expect everybody to be and do the same. And you have the right to show your old and ugly bodies as much as you want (in places where it is allowed) but we also have just as much right to say that it’s not aesthetically pleasing and so we’d rather not see them, thank you. If I were old and wrinkled, I wouldn’t foist my body on unwilling people either. But that’s just me.
Dr. Feelgood
joseph_buscarino, go look at porn and your bf then! Lol! What’s your point? If you truly only liked looking at those and not at naked men in locker rooms (obviously a lie just to attempt to win an argument),
what are you doing in this discussion then? LOL!!!
Dr. Feelgood
Juanjo, nah, he doesn’t just “think” it. I can show you his social media DMs (if we knew each other) to show how much he gets hit on by guys, including those wanting to pay him. And we’ve gone to gay clubs a couple times where he’s been goaded into undressing down to his underwear while dancing. And the last time it happened last month, he actually won the underwear competition.
I actually told him to just brush it off and take it as a compliment. And he’s softened up a lot about it since we became friends.
But I just made him an illustration on how hot (straight, bi or gay) guys think for those wondering why they won’t get naked in locker rooms.
mhoffman953
I always change under my towel at the gym. Lots of the old creepy guys or fat, ugly guys will walk around completely naked talking to people.
One time I just finished putting on my underwear and some creepy naked guy came up to me and was asking me about ab workouts because he wanted abs like mine – meanwhile this guy looks like a dirty mall Santa and smells like hot sewage. I hurried to get dressed as he kept talking and told him to just try crunches or sign up with a personal trainer then started walking away.
Dr. Feelgood
PLUS there’s also the fact that there could be hidden cameras around. Need we tell you how much hidden cam footage/pics have been put out there since the dawn of the internet? We all know you love those as well, don’t lie. (I do.) I believe that has contributed to why younger guys who have grown up with the internet are more reluctant to get naked in public than their dads and grandfathers did.
tiffanyberry545
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alanballs
you’re probably right about that “Alan down in Florida”…..plus, they might be ashamed of, or hiding their boners.
longislandbi
I have not heard anyone, on either side of this argument, suggest calling out the guys that they believe are trolls ogling them and raping them with their stares. Why is the locker room a place where you cannot confront someone for behaving poorly? A simple “really Mr, do you need to stare at my crotch while I’m getting changed?, not cool!” You can even say that with a look and not say a word. If he continues report him to management.
There’s no doubt that many young men are not comfortable with nudity. It’s pretty sad they feel the way they do but it’s their life. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and comfort level. Unfortunately when they become the majority, gyms respond by putting up privacy barriers and making us innocent men feel uncomfortable when we never have before.
The world is always changing and not necessarily for the better but we must accept it otherwise we’re just going to be miserable. This bickering is a perfect demonstration of that!
Life is too short guys!
Just be happy.
jparton
I certainly hope this type of ageist article is not an example of what I can expect from this site. Gay men are all ages, and ALL of the young become old…the surprising thing is you will still FEEL and THINK like you did years ago….so, cut the crap and write about important issues, not self-centered fluff that is insulting to most.
joseph_buscarino
Im confused about what the comedian wants done about this? so because he is uncomfortable with male nudity, everyone else has to conform to his issues? and how exactly are they suppose to enforce certain people not changing or showering or what he deems excessive nudity, seems pretty subjective to me and borderline homophobic. If he doesnt feel comfortable in locker rooms there is an easy solution, dont use them?
dwes09
The linked article makes it clear that he is essentially offended by older folks being naked. The shallowness and self absorption in that it stunning! Not homophobic, just not emotionally or intellectually equipped to deal with the realization that he will age himself.
joseph_buscarino
thanks for the clarification, that is even worse lol
ChrisK
Although I think your comment is kind of funny because it’s true. Yes it’s usually the ones that no one want to see nude that are doing it. They come from a time when guys were nude and not ashamed of it in public. I have no problem with it but I do wish those AF types would get over it:*(
rknapp
OMG I have no idea where to start. I know you must be a young man but IF you are lucky someday you may also be an elderly man. How dare you put someone down for their bodies. If they are comfortable being naked then they have the right and should not have to use a cubicle to hide their bodies as they change. And you know what? I bet many of these as you call “golden raisins” were hot as F at one time. Age does the same thing with everyone it ages you!
The kids today are taught in schools that nudity is somehow wrong. Most schools if they have showers allow or make the students shower with underwear on so not to show their male parts. Or they do not even shower.
Oh and I do not hide with a fake name like you do. You agest person.
dwes09
Not too smart are you child?
Given the only way to avoid the ravages of age yourself is to die young, you truly need to investigate the options associated with that. Clearly you lack the mental and emotional depth that ageing requires, and will suffer as what little charm or physical allure you possibly possess (you certainly do not possess any wit) fades.
A moderately attractive young corpse and a few memories will please those who can tolerate being around you more than the train wreck you will obviously be when you suddenly realize that like all living things you are ageing.
Sotzume
LOL…what a hoot…as one of those “Elderly” men, I have to laugh. Not all young men find old men unattractive thank goodness. If I make you gag, I just can’t wait until you’re an old codger….its gonna be a tough go for ya…when they’re vomiting when you walk by. This article is so useless I’m really ready to unsubscribe to Queerty…must be a very very slow news day for them.
joseph_buscarino
So glad that im not the only one thinks your a moron lol
ChrisK
dsharpark never defined the age. Just the condition. If say you have wrinkles all over your body then I don’t think it’s out of bounds to say not many want to look at it naked.
Young Timer
Ya know…
You came into this world from heaven buck naked…
You go out of this world in a suit..
But you’ll get back into heaven guess what?
BUCK NAKED.
Accept the human body as it is… and shut up.
Ronbo
Yes, Yes and Yes.
Is “Heaven” that new downtown tapas bar? I think I saw Buck Naked there last week.
Ken A.
Deal with it. The locker room is for all men. Body shaming is disgusting. If you don’t like it, don’t use it, Change before you arrive at the pool then again change when you get back home.
The world does not revolve around the pretentious overly sensitive. Get with it or get out.
joseph_buscarino
Chris ;p Body shaming is Body shaming, regardless and the he says elderly men in the first sentence? did you read what he wrote.
pierscik
Dwes09…I don’t understand your posting ..not once in the article did it mention age..
… how is it an article about a man who is “essentially offended by older folks being naked” ??
It was the rather unpleasant posting by a reader that was ageist, not, surely, the article itself.
dwes09
The article this was linked to had the full quote from the man who was complaining and he specifically refers to “elderly” naked men. Queerty left that out to make it seem homophobic, which it actually was not. It always pays to read the articles Queerty gets their content from as they are quite often disingenuous in how they present stuff, more interested in clicks than in accuracy.
dwes09
“If say you have wrinkles all over your body then I don’t think it’s out of bounds to say not many want to look at it naked.”
And as we all know what others may or may not want to see is paramount! Clearly you do not realize what a foolish and regressive remark that is!
Many don’t want to see man engaging in the same kinds of PDA they engage in without concern. Are we to give THEIR lameness credence?
Many feel that a woman wears needs to be mediated by how attractive THEY find their bodies. Is that as valid as your (and the man at the pool’s) idiotic observation? There is no protection against offense in a free society, as offense comes from within and is rarely governed by the intellect (as it is when it is offense to the lameness of those too shallow for their own good).
paul dorian lord fredine
i’m going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you’re being sarcastic or just trying to be funny. that aside, you’re an idiot if you really believe what you’re saying. if that’s really what you think of older men’s bodies i’ll assume you’ll wish to die before you reach such an age. unless of course you’ve found the fountain of youth and are being a prick by not sharing. that being said, go with dog.
BigRedEO
Dsharpark – You may not believe this, but for most of the 20th century, men of all ages swam in public pools nude. Most of the pools had separate times for the guys and they swam nude because the materials found in most swimsuits at the time were made of fibers that would clog drains and filters. So most guys about 40 and older grew up being naked in the locker rooms, steam rooms, saunas, and pools. Today, those under 30 seem to be completely ashamed of their bodies. I’ve never seen such elaborate dances to prevent anyone else from seeing their pee-pees. Lawd forbid these never-nudes actually expose themselves. But what happens is they end up drawing more attention to themselves with these crazy moves to prevent the mouse from popping out of the house. I even saw one you 20-something fall over as he tried to prevent his towel from falling as he stepped into his underwear.
You’re the one with the problem. It’s a locker room. Nudity happens. Get over it. You’re making yourselves look like stupid babies who must have tiny peenies.
tnguy222
Just because us young folk do not want to indulge your exhibitionist perversion does not mean that we are mentally weak or lightly endowed.
Perhaps it is because old creeps are ogling us in the changing rooms that we try to shield ourselves from their pathetic, creepy, and disgusting glances. If you have to resort to objectifying and ogling a person in a setting in which the victim did not choose to frame his body as sexual instrument, then you are a sexual predator and deviant who has no business in the changing room
joseph_buscarino
tnguy, is that short for tiny? you flatter yourself and assume a lot, what makes you think anyone wants to see you naked? nudity is part of being in a locker room if you are that insecure, that is your own problem not ours.
joseph_buscarino
I also find your generation completely hypocritical, because you cant handle being nude in a place where nudity is actually acceptable, like a locker room, but at the same time, you are completely okay with texting naked pics, and posting them all over the net to anyone who will look lol. But the older generations are the ones with the problem? I think not.
Mick406
Two things:
1. When I played high school basketball a long time ago, everyone ran around naked in the locker room. In college, it was the same thing, whether you played on the major college team, or just in inter-murals. Being naked was just part of it. And they still do that here at our high schools and the local university. Back in my day, very few people hid in the corners. I too suspected those who did had small appendages and didn’t want to be seen. I too saw one fellow, like you did, fall over trying to hide and getting tangled up in towel and underwear. But what was so funny was . . . he was hung like a mule! Perhaps he didn’t want the rest of us to feel bad! Ha.
2. I am one who now is entering the ‘aged population’. My once trim and athletic body is beginning to sag. Stomach bulging over and I now have man-boobs. I don’t even like looking at my OWN body now! :)) I don’t like looking at other naked aged men either, but sure like to steal a glance at the young bucks with perfectly sculpted bodies. The solution to this problem is do as I do. You can easily not focus in on bodies you don’t want to see. I don’t look at the fat blobs and I hope the youngun’s don’t look at MY fat bod! “Selective viewing” is not all that hard to do.
This fellow didn’t like for his young son to have to see these naked men. Well . . . I can understand, BUT . . . there comes a time you have to face reality. That boy will soon be seeing all kinds of naked bodies once he starts playing sports, or just functions in society. You can’t shield them forever. Advice to him is do some explaining to his son, and while changing, do it quickly and get out of there!
tnguy222
LOL. There’s no sense in defending my package nor my looks; it’s the Internet. Whereas I love beautiful boys and beautiful boys generally love me, I am sure that your hideous frame and face matches your ugly personality.
Locker room nudity is one thing, but the predation that occurs in locker rooms like the YMCA is another. There are many, mostly older people, who go to the YMCA to creep on younger guys because the Younger guys are captive audience to the older’s exhibitionism and leering gazes. These older guys are desperate, pathetic perverts. There is nothing consensual about “eye raping” somebody and then complaining that the victim doesn’t have the mental fortitude to stomach it.
I have no problem with nudity; I have a problem with what others choose to do with my nudity.
joseph_buscarino
You are the only one here with an ugly personality bro. And you can tell by your assumptions of others, and your bias against anyone over a certain age. I am actually pretty happy with my looks and my age, so thanks for wondering lol. Maybe if you learn to conduct yourself as something other than a troll, you to may one day be happy with yourself.
tnguy222
I’m going to assume that you agree with everything that I said because in so far you have yet to present any colorable, salient, or logical argument to suggest that I am wrong.
Instead, you focus exclusively on yourself demonstrating how vapid and self-centered you are
joseph_buscarino
Lol you assume a lot of things obviously, that does not make them true. So first you assume Im fat and ugly and old, and now you assume I am self centered, which one is it;) you are the one talking about how you are beautiful and you like beautiful boys and blah blah, and you don’t think you are shallow and self centered? I have yet to see you write anything that is true, so what exactly am I suppose to be focused on that, I havent been?
joseph_buscarino
However that being said. I do not know what gyms you work out at? But I have never seen the type of predatory behavior you are talking about, like ever? Seems like Paranoia to me. Sounds like you are describing more of a bathhouse than a gym, and if you are experience this type of behavior somewhere other then in your mind? maybe you should report it lol
dwes09
@tnguy222
You definitely protest too much. Please try to develop what little intellectual depth and wit you might possibly possess. There is little sadder than someone who falsely thought they could get by on looks and boyish charm (as your posts indicate probably an average level of both), after those have both faded.
I suspect that being “raped by the eyes” of those “older perverts” is essentially in your mind. Men look at each other and size each other up in all situations and all aspects. If you are too dull to understand that, and too self centered to see it as what it is, I pity you.
As a moderately athletic 67 year old (I ride an average 60 miles a week on my bike and can outclimb men more than half my age on our hills), I get cruised more and more by men in their 20’s and 30’s. and honestly, a surprising percentage of them are as shallow and clueless as you are.
joseph_buscarino
Thank you Dwes, maybe you can talk some sense into this self centered, delusional douche;)
tnguy222
I am certainly not the only one to experience the predation of older people in locker rooms. I am not saying that older folks are defacto unattractive, I am saying that locker room predation but anyone is unacceptable and I see a lot of older gay men doing it.
Whether you truly have not seen this phenomenon or have decided to ignore it, I do not know.
I have cultivated my brain via one of best universities in America and a top law school. I understand that I too will age, but I will not use a locker room to prey on younger men.
That is what my bank account is for 😀
joseph_buscarino
Im sure there is some predatory behavior maybe? but not nearly to the extend you indicated. I do have to say that I really hope that some of what you are saying is an attempt at humor because I find your out look on some things fairly disturbing. If you truly value appearance and money above things of actual substance. You may not of said that “older” people were guilty of predatory behavior but you sure did imply it, which I’m assuming for an older person is fairly insulting ;p If you truly think that only older people are capable of predatory behavior than you are definitely out of touch. I do find it Ironic that a self proclaimed lawyer would advocate using money or a bank account to get sex once one becomes older. I sure hope that is a joke, unless prostitution has become legal and I missed that memo;)
dwes09
“I have cultivated my brain via one of best universities in America and a top law school. I understand that I too will age, but I will not use a locker room to prey on younger men.”
Right.
Your posts and clear attitude demonstrates otherwise.
Say what you wish, your nature is obvious and is not congruent with your delusions about yourself.
As you note, this is the internet. Your supposed education and bank account are easily lies, your presentation however is clear. [And remember, lawyer=liar in so many cases. Given your comments if you actually have an education in law you are most likely an ambulance chaser of “class action” scammer.]
I would be very surprised if you have anything of substance to offer anyone.
Good luck with that.
tnguy222
Hahh. Not prostitution, but boys love rich guys.
@dwes– as fate would have it, I do personal injury. But I detect jealousy in your comments. I suspect you squandered most of your life being sub mediocre, and are now jealous of a 20 – something who has accomplished more in his short life than you have in your entire existence. I take comfort and relish what I do because I have complete agency over my life. I suspect someone else has agency over yours.
PinkoOfTheGange
Red this was also an urban thing. The burbs and rural, especially in the west, this practice didn’t make much past the 50’s. So I personally missed it, but have seen it in the movies and thought of the practice reading this and of how far we have gone backwards in some things.
BTW there are some posting responses, when being read, Brad Paisley singing “Online” can be heard.
DCguy
IF he’s that terrified and uncomfortable then he can change at home.
winemaker
Interesting article on male nudity. I live in San Francisco and have been going to gay gyms for years. After years of dieting, eating healthy and going to the gym, and basically breaking my ass to look good and feel good I’m lookking good for my age.. It never amazes me at how much attitude the men here give you if you’re not their ‘type’ it seems that being friendly some of these guys think you’re trying to hit on them and if you don’t ‘measure up’ to their standards, they’re rude and nasty. My gym, as well as every gym I’ve been a member of has an open shower room, no individual stalls for privacy so there’s no mystery. Bottom line, with luck we all will get older. If you take care of yourself, some guys age better than others.
Jaxton
When gender segregation was hip, men would bathe naked together. With the rise of feminism, male bonding experiences of this kind were diminished.
Juanjo
I have noticed that there is a definite age divide between those of us raised up in the time of mandatory PE in elementary and high school where a shower afterward was mandatory and done in a communal shower while completely naked. A time when skinny dipping was completely acceptable and considered as a common practice. A time when the draft meant that at least for the draft physical, a young man found himself in long lines of other young men in his boxers or tighty whities if not occasionally less. Then, of course, those of us who were lucky enough to find ourselves welcomed to enjoy a time in the embrace of Uncle Sam found ourselves in barracks with communal showers or on ships with perhaps even less privacy. So we have been accustomed to a lifestyle where a certain amount of nudity was accepted and ignored.
When you add onto that the fact that younger men seem to be more self-conscious in general about how their bodies look while older men pretty much don’t give a damn if someone else has fewer wrinkles or a flatter stomach. It isn’t a matter of sexualizing a situation it is just a matter of not freaking out about a little casual nudity in the locker room.
radiooutmike
Frankly, I always had a hang up about being nude in front of guys. It was because I have a small dick and I was unconsciously/consciously worried about my sexuality.
Now that I’m out and middle-aged, I could not give any fcuks about who sees me naked or sees my dick…finally. Of course I’m not a tall hunk now, more like a big bear… But I digress.
Everyone has the right to be comfortable, even in public locker rooms(whether you have the ‘right stuff’ or not); and if you have an issue with a guy looking at you too much, report it to management. There is some ageism going on here, because no one says I don’t want to see Asians naked or black dudes naked. Older people have no more fcuks to give, so they don’t care. Maybe they were like me or you who were modest when younger. If you have a problem with someone’s nakedness in a locker room because they’re not your aesthetic– you are the problem.
Not the other way around.
barkomatic
While I think that expecting guys to not be naked in the locker room is unreasonable I also don’t think it’s a place for cruising. That is what is often the case when men hang out naked for an hour for no apparent reason in the changing area and walking back and forth.
Most of the guys at gym, young and old will get naked only as long as practical to change and shower and that’s not a problem at all. However, unfortunately it’s usually older guys who cruise at the gym in the locker room trying to catch the attention of the younger men or each other. I guess it must work sometimes or else they wouldn’t do it.
So, this bogus claim that young men are somehow more uptight than older men is somewhat dubious. If you’re an attractive young man who is surrounded be naked older(or younger) men glaring at them and if you dare make eye contact they’ll chatting you up — then I can understand a guy changing under his towel. The men in the locker room are there to work out, not to have sex with you.
Stephen
Ageism, puritanical body shaming, …. does it ever end?
Some guys who are short soft, endowed …. feeling shamed by soft larger endowed men that look 4x bigger, it’s all the variety of bodies. It’s the hyper focus hall of mirrors. Obsession and shame are in the eye of the beholder.
Youth, age, size, thin, obese, wrinkled, smooth, hairy, partially erect unconsciously and being accused of being sexual harassing of others. It’s a shame our minds and bodies are not acceptable to must therefore look one way. The way of the viewer.
If they look different it’s shaming and judgement of separating our humanity as good vs bad.
I never had comfort in changing rooms until I realized I was the one comparing my gym body at 22 to 26 years of age and judging. It was never about others. It was about my inability to just accept the variety of people, bodies, beliefs, race, religions, beliefs and creeds. I woke up when a straight friend asked what was my hangup?
Enough is enough. The collective spirit is the recognition of going anywhere and being accepted. Being good enough. I am enough. Others are the best they can be, today.
I am 63. I am not 36 and buff. Times change. I accept my belly and lose of lean muscle mass. Even if I am a lot healthier then my male ancestors at my age. But I know I chose fitness and that’s all it is a choice. I don’t judge my dad and granddad! People need to change with the times. Compassion and empathy.
The puritans were kicked out of the UK as been too extreme. They came here to North America and became the norm. Sexual repression followed and is now exploding. When we live without empathy for others, we have no humanity or kindness for self or others. Nudity is not sexuality. Embrace different bodies as a learning experience on aging is natural. Beauty is embracing aging not judging it.
Sexuality is private. Locker rooms and changing rooms are naked environments to be comfortable being partially clothed, fully nude. Jiggling, shrunken sacs, small medium and all sizes of genitalia and places we undress, shave, shower, sauna, talk, andredress moving on with our lives. These are places that are just simply functional. Saunas are nake accepted in man6 places.
Other cultures embrace yourself themselves in all its glory with pride. Many folks are easy with the core value of Empathy. European cultures are highly comfortable between being publically naked as different as being privately sexual. This is the greatest error in our 400 years of culture. We do not know the difference.
Let’s relearn. Teach your friends and kids to be tolerant until they can accept. To accept until they can understand. To be cool with maybe you may never accept something. Let us grow up into that ease in life with confidence being empathy oriented is what evolved people aspire to. Start with yourself.
joseph_buscarino
Well said. I am only currently in my late 30s, but I have never understood the Gay preoccupation with age. We all come in different shapes and sizes, as a culture we should strive for acceptance not exclusion. There is a huge difference between nudity and sexuality, as there is a huge difference between being insecure and being comfortable with oneself as well as others. One would think the LGBT community would be more accepting of differences, as most of us have already been faced with prejudice and judgement of others, unfortunately it seems that as a community we can be even more judgmental to each other, I hope that changes in my life time.
cajuninvegas
I don’t think many caught the sarcasm!!! LMAO
Bob LaBlah
“Warning: This post will continue to reference the nude, male form. Readers who are prone to seizures, migraines or the vapors are encouraged to close this tab immediately.”
lol lol lol lol David, you are too much. Considering the guy is black care to share with us which reader(s) you had in mind? lol lol lol lol lol You guys have been cracking me up all year. Keep it rolling please.
SFblazer
What makes you think he’s black?
Bob LaBlah
The guy in the pic sure looks black to me. Or let me say down here where I am he IS black.
SFblazer
That’s just a stock photo.
chris33133
If you don’t like being in a shower room, then don’t go in there. Problem solved.
carver.robertd
First, dumb-ass, LEARN HOW TO SPELL “CUBICLE!” Second, stop complaining about nudity at the gym, which is short for GYMNOS, which means “NAKED!” Third, grow up and grow a pair!
crowebobby
Really old men (like my 80-year-old self) feel it’s completely acceptable to be naked in a locker room, because when we were young EVERYONE ALWAYS got naked in locker rooms . . . at school, at the Y, and everywhere else.
mc4bbs
Thanks, dsharpark!
Now I know how to get rid of you ageist bastards! From the moment I step foot in the locker room until I’m done, I shall not only be in the nude — but I shall wiggle my golden penis, bronze scrotum, wrinkly wrinkles and fat flaps in everyone young persons face!
Now I know how to get my revenge from what you did when you gentrified my neighbourhoods!
🙂
JarodD
I get that some people have issues with their bodies which would cause them to want to not be naked around other people but how are you going to complain about other people being naked around you when youre in basically the only area in western society wheres it’s specifically designed for ~public nudity. The article even says they have cubicles and separate showers too. I feel bad for this guy’s kid since hes clearly teaching him to ?be disgusted by naked people? like thats just asking for his son to be ashamed of his own body too.
Parenting fail to say the least, this guy needs to update his modesty standards from victorian to at least mid century modern.
mc4bbs
ChrisK said “dsharpark never defined the age. Just the condition. If say you have wrinkles all over your body then I don’t think it’s out of bounds to say not many want to look at it naked.”
The answer is simple: CLOSE YOUR EYES!
fridaynightlights
Same old problem as with nude beaches: the people one might be interested in seeing naked don’t participate, and the ones you don’t have no issue letting it all hang out. The injustice of it all!
CarlIsle
Injustice indeed LOL
blankman
Have to admit that I’ve been working out in various facilities and using any number of public pools since I was old enough to go by myself. That includes the local Y, university gyms, and various health clubs and it wasn’t until I joined the spa type gym near my office that I ever saw individual shower stalls in a locker room. (For that matter, never saw them in a university residence either.) The shower facilities in all those places were simply long rooms with shower heads spaced down the walls. No dividers. Just a big room.
And it wasn’t until I joined the gym near my office that I’d see men wrapping a towel around themselves to walk to the shower. Just didn’t happen.
henare
Even the New York Times thinks that recent attitudes toward locker room nudity are kinda goofy: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/04/fashion/mens-style/mens-locker-room-designers-take-pity-on-naked-millennials.html
surreal33
Unfortunately, tact is dead. There is a contingent of men who believe that the world is one big gay cruising spot. It is pathetic, vulgar and infantile.
PinkoOfTheGange
First thanks for the laughs everyone.
Second there is a culture in some gyms that you change quickly and others that lounging nude is part of membership. And what is strange, sometimes both cultures operate in the same chain just at different locations. One thing for the loungers, sit on a friken towel.
Oh and all of you “don’t look at me your gross”. gfy. We got ogled and now it is our turn to steal glances. Starring is just rude, and a lighthearted comment is usually enough to break spell of someone that is enchanted by your beauty.
that is all
Bob LaBlah
Those dickies Central American boys who used to put towels around their waist while pulling up their panties in Ballys when I lived in NYC still make me laugh. It still didnt hide those pancaked buns once they took the towel off. For many their thick ponytails were their only attractions.
JackieOMG
Friends who were young men in the 50s and 60s told me that ALL swimmers at the Y back then were required to swim naked, apparently to eliminate “contamination” of the water by swimsuit debris and biologicals. By way of regression, my young nephews who both played football for their high schools, wouldn’t dream of appearing naked in front of their teammates and friends. To that end, they NEVER showered at school after practices and games. Go figure.
alanballs
JackieOMG: Why is that??? What’s going on in the USA? Is it just the USA? I live in southeastern China, where boys and men of all shapes and sizes, are not at all uncomfortable strutting around locker rooms and swimming pools buck naked.
GayEGO
I believe only the Catholic boys swimming teams were required to swim naked. I used to swim at the Y in Boise, Idaho back in the 1950s by myself and I wore a swimming suit. A friend of mine said when he went to the Y to swim with the Catholic swim team, they made them swim in the nude.
alanballs
for me, it’s true that obese guys, hairy guys, and older flabby, loose-skinned guys aren’t as alluring or attractive or sexy as the young, buff, tight ones. That’s just my aesthetic, which I’m comfortable with and don’t apologize for. BUT, I believe that all of us should be free to be buck naked in the locker rooms.
Paulie P
then stay the F home…
GayEGO
Maybe the Y should have imitation willies to put on if the boys are embarrassed because their own willy is too small! :>)
jmljr12
I see nude guys in the locker room at my gym all of the time. Some are changing into workout clothes or out of them and back into street clothes while others are going into or coming out of the showers. I often do any of the above and don’t feel the need to do a towel or whatever asap. It’s a locker room so I never even gave it thought. I suppose it’s a comfort level sort of thing. If you feel okay with nudity and/or your body, you do it and don’t feel bothered by others doing it or seeing you naked. I suppose if they leered or tried to make an unwelcomed touch (or pulled back the shower curtain), that’d be another thing altogether. But seriously, I’ve never experienced any worries at my gym.
FrChris
Firstly, this guy’s son is probably feeding of his dad’s discomfort… this is a no-brainer…
The key issue here is that fact that there are private cubicles. So if you don’t want to see the old and young in their birthday suits – use the effin’ cubicles.
As for older guys getting their kit off – you will be one of them a lot sooner that you think!