I think the theme of "how we see ourselves" is the defining theme of our age. Never before have we been bombarded with so much imagery while at the same time being seeing so little of real life.
It was a new experience for me but it also felt 100% natural and by the second night it was totally normal and I didn’t feel modest or anything. There was an unspoken understanding that we’re all there to just relax and recover and help our bodies feel good. Nobody made me feel weird or self conscious, nobody stared, no one made comments or really even said much of anything outside of a few funny jokes that we all laughed at that had nothing to do with the setting.
> due to varying interpretations of terminology and local ordinances, rare instances of mixed bathing still exist at places like Tsurunoyu Onsen where the water is opaque.
https://www.washington.edu/ima/locker-rooms-and-pool-nominat...
"The University of Washington’s Intramural Activities Building (IMA) underwent a comprehensive renovation to modernize its locker rooms and swimming pool, untouched since its 1966 construction. Utilizing a progressive design-build process, the project doubled the swimmable area and created one of the nation’s largest gender-inclusive locker facilities. The collaborative effort prioritized equity, accessibility, and universal design principles, resulting in three fully accessible, gender-inclusive locker rooms."I never heard of any problems, though I doubt the University administration would have publicized any problems.
constantcrying•1h ago
As soon as there are homosexuals or people who want to be perceived as the opposite gender involved, the social contract which made casual nudity work ceased to function.
Nobody wants to change in a locker where they might be stared at as objects of sexual interest. I would not want to be nude in a changing room with homosexual men or women. At the same time of course women do not want to be nude around homosexuals women or men.
mrtesthah•55m ago
DwnVoteHoneyPot•44m ago
And you're saying in Europe people haven't projected sexuality onto nudity, therefore it still works. So you guys are saying the same thing.
soperj•42m ago
> I would not want to be nude in a changing room with homosexual men or women.
I don't think they are.
TimorousBestie•38m ago
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TimorousBestie•45m ago
Doesn’t make sense. The Weimar republic is an obvious counterexample.
mjmsmith•36m ago
mystraline•16m ago
Remember, it was illegal to be gay in a lot of western countries. So, 'dont ask, dont tell' was the safe and legal norm. So it wasn't ever a concern to even be discussed.
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=fpas&q=A+map+of+the+years+when+hom...
Is a reddit-cached map of years when homosexuality was legalized for Europe. Had to use this link cause the reddit /r/europe mods censored it.
sonofhans•35m ago
mcphage•34m ago
They've always been here, they've always been involved.
Balinares•26m ago
zapzupnz•18m ago
That sounds like a you problem.
Plenty of people around the world getting in the nuddy just fine, not thinking about such thing, not nearly as repressed as your post or tone.
neuralRiot•17m ago
xg15•6m ago
If locker room prudeness was an effect of that, it had a lag of half a century.
guywithahat•5m ago