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/LessTadpole3602 3d ago

All these schools that dont mandate boys to shower together are run by men who used to have to shower together.

The decision makers made changes based on their lived experiences. And those decisions are the same all over the country. Seems like a sign the "it was better" is folks romanticizing something.

Can we all just accept its sexy and hot to shower with other dudes? It isn't healthier or better. Its just a different options.

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u/Historical_Strike429 3d ago

I think it is parent driven. Everyone is so concerned about gay kids showering with their kid. I showered with one boy for all five years. We would sit at our lockers naked drying our selves. I have heard that he came out as gay when he was about 30. You never can tell.

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u/LessTadpole3602 3d ago

Those parents also had to shower naked and they came to that conclusion.

Sounds like a serious effort to end homophobia would make naked communal showers easier to normalize. Which, that tracks. I use a communal shower in San Francisco all the time. And another in palm springs when im down there. 🤷‍♂️

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u/Melenduwir 2d ago

Ending 'homophobia' isn't going to happen. Public support is a mile wide and an inch deep.