Comments on: Public Showers

By: John W. Redelfs

John W. Redelfs — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 15:29:58 +0000

So why at a restaurant do the ladies always go to the restroom in pairs or small groups, but the men are strictly one at a time? LOL

By: Carl

Carl — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 04:23:46 +0000

As a male, it would be nice to have some of the choices females enjoy in society. There are very shy men out there. There are men who are embarrased by their bodies, just like women. There are men who are overweight and too short, and sporting small packages, etc. Males don’t have the choices females have — separate showers stalls? OMG…males can’t even expect to enjoy the basic decency of excluding female reporters from their locker rooms. Males can’t even expect to shower in front of only males in jails and prisons, unlike female offenders only showering in front of female guards.

By: Joseph Gulbransen

Joseph Gulbransen — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:55:07 +0000

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By: Moses

Moses — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:58:58 +0000

We had communal showers in High School I worked after school with janitorial and the women had individual stalls.

By: clay

clay — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:54:23 +0000

During the two months I was in the MTC I always showered after the 10 o’clock curfew. Every night. In the morning I would go in and use the sink and mirror but wouldn’t even look at the shower area. I wonder how many other Elders thought I NEVER showered. Yeah, I hated the shower setup there.

By: Andy Spammer

Andy Spammer — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:05:18 +0000

Maybe I am totally missing the point on this one, but I would have thought the need for separate showers for women was obvious. Every month to be exact. Surly the separate showers are to give privacy for the times in the month that you need to be alone.

Sorry but perhaps I am missing something.

By: Arthur

Arthur — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:12:30 +0000

It seems that men are more comfortable with each other being naked than women, although women will shower together they would rather be seperate. Where i go to the gym all the individual stalls are always full, so i use the communal ones.

Also, the steam room is unisex, and most are naked, so thats okay, if not a bit strange..

By: Julius

Julius — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 05:52:28 +0000

well heres a way to look at it…
fitness clubs or gyms, schools and whatnot built communal showers because their cheaper and faster for people to get in and out, and less space.
as far as nudity goes in communal showers for me. i was skeptical at first when i went to the Y with my dad because i joined swim team and he used to. i was a bit nervous but when everyone else is doing it, its not so bad to become used to it.
and i belong to the Y and a private gym, me and my girlfriend go and she says theres communal showers for the girls too and they have no problem showering together.
i guess what all this means…. who wants to go home or go out with friend or go to work after being completely soaked in sweat or chlorine.

By: John

John — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:22:16 +0000

It’s actually quite hard to figure out why the difference, because there are also contradicting situations. Such as at hot springs in Japan or Korea for example, where the women have no qualms about being naked in the pools, all the while chatting and yakking away. For the men, status quo as what you have described above for communal showers.

By: Stretch Jeans

Stretch Jeans — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 07:09:10 +0000

Simple actually: Historically, showers were a guy thing from sports and prisons, and communal stalls were just easier. When women showers came along, space wasn’t such a concern since they needed much less. The trend stuck. My opinion.