Unwanted School PE Nudity

No big deal for me in open showers Jr High through college. Uniforms or standards were never required. On a side note, the Norwegians Women's Volleyball team was fined for wearing shorts versus bikini bottoms. I guess the ruling committee wants to keep it a Spectators Sport!!

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/norwegian-women-s-beach-handball-team-fined-not-playing-bikinis-n1274453

I went to my grand daughters sports day and I noticed the girls either wear knee length shorts or track suit bottoms. In my day it was your netball kit, short skirt and polo shirt and that was it.

The girls still wear netball type kit now, the school I went to have still got the same coloured short skirt and polo shirt just like when I was going there. They do not wear shorts or track suits.

My freshman year in high school (1981/82). Showers were mandatory. I went to an all boys Catholic high school my freshman year only. I remember the PE Teacher telling us that we have to shower after PE or the female teachers will quit.

These were open showers. No stalls. It was a little weird at first and some guys wore shorts in the showers for the first week or so. Everyone eventually got used to it and it was business as usual.

After my freshman year I went to public high school. Showers were not mandatory but all the guys took showers. They were the same open style showers as the other school. 95% of guys would shower and only about 25% of the girls did according to my wife.

And…What is Netball? Is that Volleyball or Basketball on the other side of the pond?

And…What is Netball? Is that Volleyball or Basketball on the other side of the pond?

No it it not those, it is a ladies' sport with nets a bit like basketball nets are but I do not think the game looks a lot like basketball really. You can only move when you have not got the ball so you have got to pass it to other players who are moving, and there are rules about needing to pass to somebody in the next third forward too. I was a goal strike (GS) or goal attack (GA) because I was always tall and better for shooting on goal.

So I definitely missed the golden age of PE showers, and am really thankful, as I was a very scrawny and shy kid, up to university. Becoming nude with the opposite sex has finally gotten me over it. As an adult I still wear a towel to/from the shower in the gym, not really embarrassed with seemingly strangers, but what if I met my boss or a co-worker? One of the pools I've started swimming at has the open wall shower, and I use them, begrudgingly, but hygiene wins out over shame.

Was reading some old class supply lists (from the 50's to the 90's) that someone had posted copies of, and some mentioned mandatory showers “with soap”

I got to see these class lists, as the topic was about class lists that mentioned athletic supporters being required for gym in various grades at various schools.

Was reading some old class supply lists (from the 50's to the 90's) that someone had posted copies of, and some mentioned mandatory showers “with soap”

Yeah, and we had to bring our own soap or if you're a mess Sgt. at Ft. Dix dressing down a KP: S O P E. I said soap you dumb son of a bitch, S O P E, soap!

Remember all these memories very well , it was a vest and skimpy shirts and bare feet it the p.e hall with a loud p.e teacher shouting at you and if you didn’t remember your shorts and vest you had to do it in your underpants that was so embarrassing as girls would look through the window

showers were particularly stressful time for me as I was very small fir mt age and timid and I used to be last to get in the showers I was small in the genital area too of course most noticed that and was teased ,think the p.e teacher was a bulky and quite sadistic many a time he would have a naked boy over his knee and spanking him with his own plimsole ,thankfully that didn’t happen to me but it’s funny how p.e and shower time was such an ordeal fir a lot of guys

I would nearly always have an erection by the time I got outta of the shower. The showers were the post type with maybe 4-5 showerheads. Sometimes my jock would be holding back on e as I got undressed . Sometimes it happened at the urinal and id try to let it go down, but it seemed to get harder the longer i waited. It was a trough urinal really couldn't hide it very well. Everybody was always looking at everybody else so there was no way to conceal them.

It was a shock when I started Junior High School where for the first time we had to change into gym uniforms, including a jockstrap, and shower after class in a big open shower room with shower heads along 3 walls, then dry off at the entrance and walk naked back into the change room to get dressed. Most of us, including myself, soon got used to seeing each other naked and it became no big deal except for a few boys who hadn't started into puberty yet who tried to keep turned away from the rest of us as they changed. Once I started High School it was no big deal to get changed and shower in front of everyone else as well as the next class who were just coming into the change room as our class was still getting dressed. The same for pool class where we had to shower before going into the pool, and after class when the next class was already changing into their swimsuits while we were just coming out of the pool and we had to share lockers as we got dressed and the next class got undressed and hung their clothes in the same lockers.

I didn't like changing for PE starting in 7th grade and showering afterward. But after a few times and seeing that my body was on par with the others allowed me to relax. Showers were enforced by the gym teacher. After class, we all had to strip down and line up at the entrance to the showers. The teacher would then walk through the changing areas to sweep up any stragglers and get them naked and in line. He'd then proceed to the shower room entrance. He'd unlock a closet which contained the valve that started water flowing to all the shower heads that lined the shower area. Boys were released to enter the shower room when space was available. He'd call out boys that spent too long and block a boy from leaving if they hadn't washed to his satisfaction. As you left the showers the teacher handed you a towel (also stored in that closet). When all boys had showered, the valve was closed and the closet door locked. He'd then station himself at the locker room exit. Your wet towel was your exit pass, which we threw into a big hamper.

Some boys tried hiding in the toilets, etc. to avoid showering and swipe a towel of another boy but the teacher had a good memory of who had showered or not. They were sent back to strip and wait again at the showers until everyone else had left. When the next class arrived to change, the teacher would turn on the showers for those caught cheating. They'd be very late for the next class, so boys only tried it once.

One other thing... You didn't want to be in the first group of boys to shower, the water started off cold. You didn't want to be toward the end either, the hot water would often run out leaving the last boys showering in tepid to cold water. The bigger boys would push the pip-squeak boys to the front or end of the line.

When I was a freshman in high school we had a different schedule then most schools around. Our school had 4 83 minute classes per day. So the PE classes lasted longer then other neighboring school districts. We had to take a full semester of PE our freshman year. Some of the class was health and book related and the other half was physical exercise and gym work. On the far end of our school were 2 gyms, 2 health classes(you spent half of your PE time in the classroom), a weigh lifting room with different weight lifting classes, 4 large locker rooms(2 for PE and class use - 1 male and 1 female), the other two locker rooms were for teams.

For 3 of the class periods during the day there would be freshman PE classes. Each class had 25 guys, and 25 ladies usually. On our first day everyone was asking if showers were required. They said no. But suiting up in the uniform daily was, when you went to the gym for the rest of the class. We would often be in the locker room with the weigh lifting class, which had guys who were in all 4 class ranges. The instructor of the weigh lifting class was also the head varsity basketball coach and pretty strict on his players and the kids in his classes.

If the guys in his class were the least bit sweaty he would tell them in a authoritative way that, "Showers are needed today gentleman!!!" Most of the guys always seemed to take a shower as we were changing at the end of our class. A few wouldn't take showers. But I do remember on one occasion his class had intense workout day, and he came in the locker room and told ALL of those guys, "Weights class!!! EVERYONE will shower today!!! Look at all of you. You will NOT go to the next glass this sweaty and dirty. Your expected to be a gentleman and present yourself as one after leaving this class today!!! No other teachers want dirty men in their room. NOW GET TO IT."