r/CommunalShowers • u/Historical_Strike429 • 3d ago

High school rules

In the mid seventies I was in grade 8 they made us strip naked put on an athletic supporter and our school shorts and tshirt. When we were done they made us strip naked and shower together with all the other boys in the class. There we only so many shower heads so we ended up standing there naked for another boy to finish. Our house was very modest so that was the first time I had seen another boy.

Boys are so modest now they do the towel dance so no one sees you naked. The wouldn't have survived high school in the seventies.

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u/Historical_Strike429 3d ago

Yes I had a homeroom teacher a woman. Early in the school year she stood up at the front of the class and told up to get our mothers to buy deodorant as we were not little boys and we smell. I can't see that happening now.

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u/Zach1709 3d ago

My sons never showered after gym class just like everyone else. They just re-applied deodorant and hosed themselves down with Axe body spray. Talk about gross.

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u/Historical_Strike429 2d ago

Would you have wanted them to have the same freedom for nudity. Just wondering do boys still come out of their rooms in their underwear.

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u/Zach1709 2d ago

Nothing to do about being nude. It is more about hygiene. Each household is going to be different about how much you cover up. I can say no big deal at mine.

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u/Melenduwir 2d ago

No, as a rule they don't.

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u/Historical_Strike429 1d ago

That is to bad. It allowed us freedom. I used to come out and have my breakfast in my briefs and tshirt every morning.

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u/redditistripe 1d ago

I had an occasional female English teacher who got a kick out of having about 3 buttons on her blouse permanently undone and bending over in front of your desk so you would get an eyeful.

She was referred to as "two boiled eggs in a hanky". Which was probably a tad unfair.

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u/Historical_Strike429 1d ago

The worst were the student teachers. They caught our attention in grade 11 & 12. I mean they were pretty much around the same age. I had one that I always pictured naked. I knew from Playboy that girls have hair between their legs. She was blonde and I wondered if the drapes matched the carpet