Group Shower Naked

Group Shower Naked
When you showered communally in school, over the years, it was only with a relatively small part of the whole male student body. I had a brother who was in HS with me. He was a sophomore, I was a senior, and I'm sure we both had PE during those years. But we never had it at the same time. (Different grade levels would often use the locker room at the same period, having PE in different areas. We had two gyms, both in jr. & sr. high.) I wonder what it would've been like if we'd had to shower together. I imagine pretty awkward for both of us. Beyond a certain age, 7, 8 at the oldest, I never saw my middle brother naked, though I did my youngest, as described in an earlier post here, without the least bit of embarrassment, when I was about 13 or 14, he about 9 or 10.

My two younger brothers were both in cross country for 2 years together in HS when I was a year out it. This was in 78 & 79. I assume they showered back then, but I don't know if the shift towad "optionality" had happened. I wonder if they had to shower together and if it was awkward for them. (I never asked, and don't intend to.) My youngest brother is/was even more gymnophobic than I was.

For those who had siblings (male or female) during the communal showering era, did you ever have to shower with them? Was it at all awkward for either or both of you? Did you get used to it? Did you talk about or comment on it? Or was it sort of stoicly ignored? Or was it never mentioned because it was "no big deal"?
Nations, regions, generations, cultures, families and individuals have all compartmentalized semi/nudity in ways that were acceptable and made sense to them, but shocked, offended or surprised other nations, regions, generations, cultures, families and individuals. In the final analysis, it may all be arbitrary.
I didn't have any brothers and sisters until my father remarried when I was in junior high school and then it was an instant family. But we had no shower anyway. But there were showers at school, both in junior high and high school.

One thing about the school showers was that it was, in our case, no more than one class there at a time, probably about 30 or 40 boys. As it was, you didn't have gym every year and even when you did have gym, you didn't have it every day, typically Monday-Wednesday-Friday sort of thing, althernating with "health," which was taught by the same teacher. However, the most important thing was that you knew everyone and some you had known since first grade, although they weren't necessarily your friends, just people you knew. The way things work out in scheduling, there was only a 50-50 chance that you'd have classes with people you'd known for a long time, although you'd still see them every day. Small town, one high school and one junior high school.

Given that if you had sibling only a few years apart, you would have been living together in the same household for over ten years before you'd ever get to the school level where you'd be changing clothes and taking showers together. One would think you'd be comfortable with one another by then.
Luckily, I never experienced communal showers at school or home. I never remember showering or bathing with my dad or my brother. Maybe I did as a baby or toddler but I have no memory of ever doing so.
I have an interesting perspective on this post, despite it being an older one.

My brother is 3yrs older than I am. We both were on school swim teams at a time when the teams practiced without suits.
Normally because of the 3yr gap we would never have been in the same classes, but it was different with swimming. There were times when I was at or in the pool at the same time as he was for swim practice. He and I saw each other naked many times in that situation. In fact since he was not nude friendly like me, I say that I saw him naked more often at school than at home (even tho that is probably not true).
It was not at all odd or strange and we avoided each other only because he really didn't like his "kid brother" around at any time when he was with his friends.
On the flip side, I got to see all his friends naked and there was nothing he could do about it... LOL

I think I may have mentioned this somewhere else already. When our son was going through cub scouts, we took them for an outing at the local rec center, a really fancy and huge facility a couple of miles from where most of us lived. There are a lot of private swim clubs around here and competitive swimming is big with some families with school age kids. Some of the scouts (Webelos) were on swim teams, too. When we left the pool and went to the shower area and locker room, it was clear that the kids had no problem with being nude not only with each other but with the grown-ups, including adult men who were not part of our group. Don't know anything about the Girl Scouts, though.
Well - if you have been around the forum for a while you will know I was the mom who had to go to the school and insist my boys be given the opportunity to shower.

I showered in school - and it seemed absurd that boys after running around and getting sweaty didnt even have the option to shower (although the school has showers, time was never provided.) And it was a bit of a fight. Seriously?

Anyway, in the end, the boys showered. A few joined them.
I don't remember getting sweaty in gym, actually, but we all took showers anyway. Don't remember using soap, either.
We were required to shower every day after PE. And depending on the activity we might be pretty sweaty and in real need of a shower. I did have a twin brother who was in the same PE class so we saw each other in the shower but we saw each other nude at home so it was not a big deal. As for my other classmates, I had known most of them since kindergarten so I really didn't find it all that uncomfortable showering together. Some of the boys were shy at first but modesty took a back seat to getting showered and changed in the short time allotted. Showering after basketball practice was more fun because we weren't in a time crunch.
We were required to shower after PE in both jr and sr high. It was often a necessity and there was enough time for us to do it and get to the next class. It was very rare for anyone to skip the showers. This was back in the 60s and the showers were all communal.

As far as siblings, I'm the oldest of t and my brother is the youngest so that he wasn't even in school at all until I was out of high school. I did see him naked at home occassionally. He went to the same schools , just years later.
In modern times, the requirement for communal showering after gym class is dead. Even tho schools cannot demand kids shower after class, the school (At least the relatively small school my kids go to) still have communal showers. It's up to the kids to use them. Now days, most don't because of extreme modesty.

During a recent parent-teacher conference, I was talking with both the male and female gym teachers and they told me that over the last two years, to their delight (for health reasons), the use of the communal showers in both the male and female locker rooms has dramatically increased within the 3rd to 7th grade students to the point that more than half of the students are choosing to shower after gym class or extracurricular activities.

We realized that commonality was that the kids in this age group were all friends and have spent a great deal of their time at my home nude. Since these kids have been introduced to social nudity at my home and have even been aloud to practice casual nudity at their home as a result, I came to the conclusion that our decision to allow social nudism amongst our children and their friends has increased the usage of the communal showers at school!

As for siblings, my kids often shower using the deck shower in the back patio by the pool and often, at the same time.
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In the west wing of my high school locker room were 8 open showers. In my four years of varsity tennis I saw a lot things happen, but I never once saw a person use the shower. There is something very uncomfortable about the communal shower and its not the water pressure.
I sometimes like to go swimming at the YMCA. The YMCA kind of reminds me of the public library: most of the people that go there are normal, but there are a few weirdos that hang out all day. I changed into my turquoise swim trunks, grabbed 3 towels from the towel service (excessive?), and walked to the shower. I forgot my sandals so I was walking on the heels of my feet. Like most public pools, the YMCA requests users to shower before entering the pool. After a few minutes rinsing in the shower, I noticed something unusual: I was the only one wearing swim trunks.
Communal showers are bizarre and unnecessary. In no other environment is it appropriate for a 60 year old man and a 12 year boy to be naked 3 inches away from one another. My entire life i have been taught to respect personal boundaries. The group shower has none. In a recent poll 57% of respondents claimed to have showered at high school communal baths. 82% wash their genitalia while in the communal shower. How can this be normal? In high school I could barely put the moves on a girl (I’m still learning), let alone get naked with a bunch of random guys in the shower. The only place the communal shower seems appropriate is at the beach and in maximum security prisons (i consider it part of the punishment).
I move to have all communal showers remodeled to incorporate some sort of curtain divider.
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I move you stop this tomfuckery because nobody gives a shit.
Maybe the reason your so uncomfortable showering around naked men is because your gay, or have a small dick. The communal shower is the best. I have met some of my closets friends in the communal shower. I knew I was an adult when I could shower around others conformably without any sense of shame. Look at the old 95 year olds that shower naked. They couldn’t give a f$%k. It is also a great way to compare your own privates to that of others. In my mind, clothes are really just a formality. Monkeys have no clothes, why should we be any different.
I have a small dick, and I don’t mind showering naked. Let’s get real, it’s what I was born with & I can’t change it.
agreed. I don’t know why people do it. It’s not like it’s a necessity to shower there. why is it illegal to streak if it’s perfectly legal for people to shower naked next to complete strangers.
also, I have perfected the art of walking on my heels in public pool areas when I have forgotten my flip flops.
Haha, you know there is always one wierdo who is just there to peter-gaze. I never once saw those showers at school either, I used to even abstain from getting too sweaty during PE, cause I wasn’t about to jump in there and shower off either.
They do the communal shower bath thing a lot in Europe. It can be fun to shower with another person, but only in the intimate sense.
Re: Penny Lover- “Monkeys have no clothes, why should we be any different.” I can think of a few reasons why we should be different. Monkeys do all sorts of nasty things (like shit in their hands and toss it around) that we don’t do. I don’t think we should necessarily replicate the behavior of our ancestors; that would be devolution. By the way, would you like to go out with me? I also believe that “clothes are really just a formality.”
I personally don’t mind communal showers. So what if another guy sees your junk? If your shit is large and the guy is staring, consider it flattery. If your shit is small and he goes and tells people, people are gonna be like, “Dude, why were you staring at his package, do you have something you wanna tell us?”
I can’t understand why this is even an issue.
How difficult/expensive is it to put up a few curtains? Not very.
Last night at the YMCA an Argentine woman blasted my curtains open all of a sudden as I was privately showering to tell me that an Iranian woman used lotion on her face in the jacuzzi! Is this normal behavior? Shower curtains should at all times be respected, and yes, I move that even men get them in their dressing rooms. All people deserve dignity and privacy.
Surely the one lauding the advantages of checking other guys size in the showers shouldn’t really be the one throwing the gay accusations around.
Penny Lover 12 (above comment) is trying just to piss people off, or sarcastically making fun of stupid people. Penny Lover couldn’t be serious, because no one is that stupid. “I have met some of my [closets] friends in the communal shower” does this wacko seriously go around totally naked in communal showers and try to introduce themselves and make friends?!? I think not. “Look at the old 95 year olds that shower naked.” Thank’s but no thanks, no one does this. “a great way to compare” … “Monkeys” … . Though I do think it is a joke, note the misspelling of closest … .
Who really cares? Communal showers are not a big deal, dude. Get over it.
To the moron who said its common in europe: it isn’t. Europeans even have stalls on the showers of their navy ships.
I don’t think it should really be a big deal. All the fuss over nakedness seems to lead down a bad road. I mean, if youre going to be worked up about being seen naked then you’re probably going to easily condemn other people who are not so stuck on thinking of themselves and what other people think of them. I guess I remember in 7th grade when it was scary to be seen naked by your friends for the first time. But, I think at some point you have to grow up. So what if a gay guy is looking at you. I mean, I don’t know how many times I’ve stared down a fully clothed girl and ran home to masturbate with my vision of her. … So people stare at each other, for sexual reasons and for non-sexual reasons. People are naturally interested in other people, and if you go in any public place you’ll see people out casually people watching.
– I appreciate a shower at the gym, because I have to fit my workouts in between classes and work and don’t have to run home. If you’re going to stare at me – so be it.
I agree that there shud b dividers because at my middle school we have to fit like 40 kids into a small shower n there is no room at all. I dnt like touchin my stuff
People get a grip. Curtains, stalls, privacy. Go home and shower if you cannot handle the traditional YMCA shower. You need to go home where you can shower and not wine and cry that the Y showers make you uncomfortable and need to be converted to conform to your homophobic fears. What a bunch of pansy assed prudes this generation has become.
I saw your weiner in the shower, tagoreee. I liked it. Next time you take a communal shower, I’ll be watching.
Dude why are you so scard of communal shower? Its not like what you have is a big secret, and its not like anyone can really tell how big you are, if your a shower that doesn’t mean it gets much bigger when hard and if your a grower they can’t tell if you got 5 or 8 inches to work with hard. Unless a guy is trying to touch you get over it already. I think you need to grow up a little bit and maybe start to accept what god gave you all guys are different and unless your 12 to 17 most guys are mature enough to realize this.
Some guys are scared and intimidated to be seen naked by other guys. Instead of going home to shower, they cry & complain to the Health Club management to end communal showers and install privacy curtains. History in most Countries (including the USA) shows the more you make nudity a perverted thing , the more perverts you make.
Nudity is not a big deal. Its natural.
Usually, it is closeted homosexuals, and/or guys that are not well-endowed, that don’t want to be with other men undressing and/or showering.
Most American teens are “sexting” (having pics of a person naked under age 18 in their cell phone). Now, should we arrest all these kids and put them in Prison as Sexual Predators?
Before the prudes took over America communal showers in men’s locker rooms was the norm. In fact, in the days when the YMCA was men only swimsuits were not allowed in swimming pools — all swimming was nude.
If you are uncomfortable being nude in front of single gender showers/locker rooms, than don’t use them. Locker rooms = nudity.
nudity in communal showers and in lockers is natural. Reallifecsm
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