I
belong to another forum and a question was posed the other day that often comes to my mind as well. I
go to a gym that has an open locker setup with partitioned showers that do not have curtains. Has society evolved to where it is not OK for guys to be naked in front of other guys when there is a specific reason such as changing in/out of street/gym attire before/after your workout? I
mean, guys that are around my age still seem to do, what I
consider to be appropriate, which is go to there locker and undress completely without much regard to there surroundings, grab a towel and head off to the shower naked. I
saw a younger guy(mid 20's)
was actually in the shower with his boxers still on and then proceeded to wrap a towel around his waist(and wet boxers) to walk back his locker. Once he was there, he tried to change his underwear under the towel! And he is not the only one, I
have seen other guys do that too....are we too that point in society where we are so homophobic that guys cant just be guys? To be honest, I
think you draw more attention to yourself trying not to be seen. I know that I
had a phobia of locker rooms when I
was in my 30's but I
stayed away from them...plain and simple...I
knew that if I
were to be in them...that I
would be exposing my body parts to people and I, in general, felt uncomfortable doing that but I
did not go into them. Sort of like going into a cigar bar....you know there is going to be cigar smoke there and you know you are going to smell like a cigar when you leave....so you dont go in if you have issues with that.
On another note, it is rainy and cloudy here and this is not what South Florida is supposed to be about.