Gym showers

This definitely still exists at Korean Spas. Separated by floors, one is for males and one is for females.

Everyone is completely nude and they have sit down showers, standup showers, and cold, medium and hot pools. And steam and infrared saunas.

Some places get sexual but the big one by me is not. I’ve seen families there enjoying the facilities on a hot day.

My school had the big group shower room with a number of shower heads on the shower wall and others on polls. One whole side of the shower was open to the locker room.

We started to shower after gym in 5th grade and I remember how some guys were more comfortable with it than others. Didn't take long to get used to it though.

Some of my local YMCA locations seem to still have group showers.

The ahletic club that we were members of growing up also used to have "gang showers."

My middle and high school had group showers that we used after PE and sports from 7th grade on. We were all a bit apprehensive about using them at first. Some kids even wore swim suits for a while. It's also the place that I first learned about circumcision. There was one kid in our class who wasn't cut, and I hadn't seen other uncut guys before. Clearly it was the de facto standard in our area at the time.

My middle and high school had group showers that we used after PE and sports from 7th grade It's also the place that I first learned about circumcision. There was one kid in our class who wasn't cut, and I hadn't seen other uncut guys before. Clearly it was the de facto standard in our area at the time.

This was exactly the same for me. Grades 7-12 open showers so you could check out the penises of all the other guys in class. This was where I saw the first uncircumcised penis I had ever seen as well. Before this I thought all penises had exposed glans from birth. I was totally fascinated by the new insight that so many guys had had their penises altered by circumcision. It started my lifelong interest in the practice of circumcision and my appreciation of the circumcised penis.

Being in a girls grammar school in the UK, early -mid 60s we had communal showers. Quite austere set up all white tiles very cold in winter. What I always found strange was the gym teacher had a window from her office looking directly into the showers, how is that for voyeurism!

Jill

What I always found strange was the gym teacher had a window from her office looking directly into the showers, how is that for voyeurism!

I was at a good high school @jillt between 1998 and 2003 but the girls gym teacher just used to shower with us, I am not sure there was a shower in her office. We saw her nude as much as she saw us nude, and it was like that with 2 other lady teachers who just occasionally were with us for sports too.

the girls gym teacher just used to shower with us

I think the idea of a teacher, any teacher, showering with their students is a bit pervy. I can't imagine one of my p.e. teachers showering with us boys. I doubt that would have been allowed. Then again, I had two p.e. teachers that taught us as a team and it might have been interesting to see the younger guy in the shower with us. He was actually a real jerk (the ex Vietnam marine likely with a bad case of PTSD), but I would have liked to see what he was really packing down there!

I think the idea of a teacher, any teacher, showering with their students is a bit pervy. I can't imagine one of my p.e. teachers showering with us boys. I doubt that would have been allowed.

It did not feel like it was pervy or a threat when she showered with us, I do not think any of us thought about it like that. We knew she liked men. But maybe it is different for boys @JimmyJohnson and if your teachers were assholes then maybe it would have been worse and maybe you would not have felt comfortable about it.

I think the idea of a teacher, any teacher, showering with their students is a bit pervy. I can't imagine one of my p.e. teachers showering with us boys.

I agree @JimmyJohnson, that is just 100% wrong. Could you imagine an English teacher suddenly showing up in the locker room showers? And do coaches actually DO all the exercises they demand of their players? Meaning they actually get that sweaty to be in need of a shower?? Not likely. And... even if they DID, shower at home like every other profession out there! Do road workers, roofers, construction workers shower at their place of employment?? No, they shower AT HOME like every other adult in the world!

I think teachers showering with students is inappropriate. Why should any student (or subordinate) be subjected to seeing their teacher (or supervisor) naked!?!? How many of you want to go shower with your boss?

I was at a good high school @jillt between 1998 and 2003 but the girls gym teacher just used to shower with us, I am not sure there was a shower in her office. We saw her nude as much as she saw us nude, and it was like that with 2 other lady teachers who just occasionally were with us for sports too.

Sounds a very liberal attitude Amethyst. I do know my gym teacher had her own shower with no window into it.

Jillt: Some British women mention that when they were in school, showering was mandatory after P.E. and the teachers checked that all students showered. Maybe this window was intended for that.

I'm 32, and never used the gym showers at school. Don't recall any kids doing so. We were all too grossed out!!

When i was in Junior High School Our PE teacher always checked if we were nude in the shower.

The gym I last went to had community shower for guys I never asked women what they had. The college dorm I lived in had coed showers and bathrooms with individual stalls. The fraternity I spent a year at had a community shower as well and a separate bathroom for female visitors. Occasionally a female visitor would come in and use a toilet even though the doors were clearly marked men’s bathroom only.

I do think it's healthy to have at least one place where nothing has to be covered up as "private" and which sends the message that even though men's bodies are all different, we're also basically all the same and there's nothing shameful about it. I wonder what body image issues are caused when the only point of comparison that adolescents or young men have for their own physical development "down there" is the guys they see in online porn vids!

The gym I go to has individual showers. It’s a mixture of guys with the towel wrapped around the waist before the workout clothes come off, and after the shower, the underwear go on before the towel drops. The other groups sheds the clothes, walk around naked, no big deal. Guys shave at the sinks nude too. There is a dry steam and wet steam room in the locker area. Same thing. You should always sit on a towel when you park your butt on any surface.

A few years ago I had the opportunity to frequent a college rec center and swimming pool. The shower were open with numerous shower heads. More than one of my college dorms had large open showers. It was interesting jerking off in there and trying not to get caught. Use the corner and if someone comes in just turn and face the corner.

Had a communal shower in high school too. We all changed but didn't shower. The shower however, was a great place to bounce a Super Ball.

Communal showers after gym class grades 7 thru 12. My first day in the 7th grade I was not the least bit shy about entering the communal shower completely naked. Shortly after entering the shower I realized that I was the only one that was not circumcised. I quickly exited the shower and wrapped a towel around my waist. Day 2; I retracted my foreskin before removing my shorts. I proceeded to the showers with my glans exposed like all of my classmates. While in the shower my foreskin decides to slide forward covering my glans. Embarrassed, I exit and grab my towel.

I am saddened that open showers and changing rooms are being replaced with cubicles, as has been mentioned, it is where you can see normal bodies in all their varied forms, what it is going to create is generations that have body dysmorphia issues if their only terms of reference are air brushed models, and prudish hangups about being naked,

at school in the 70s-80s, very occasionally the PE masters would shower with us, we always showered after each lesson, and also before swimming,

i find cubicles to be claustrophobic, but it seems schools and public facilities are proceeding down this route at a fast pace, gender neutral facilities all cubicles, 😢

In middle and high school, we had showers, but we were never required to use them after class--and frankly, class was structured so that there was never time to use them even if you wanted (or needed) to. The showers in my middle school locker room I do remember because it had a few stalls where you could draw a curtain if you wanted privacy. But on the far wall, it was just a row of shower heads and guys were expected to just strip off and lather up in front of the other guys. I think the showers were used once and only after a few guys asked to. (Maybe we were doing soccer? Something outside and in the warmer part of the second semester.) Some opted in, others (including me) forewent that opportunity.

Open showers were in the school change rooms & showers after sport were enforced at my school Here I learned more about those few who were circumcised - as most boys here are uncircumcised (70s - 80s). I think the same remains today, with circumcision quite rare.

Back in the late 50s early 60s---we were required to shower after gym class and if you didn't , you failed the health portion of the class. That started in 7th grade and continues all thru HS in NJ.-- I was one of the shy guys from 8 grade on since I hadn't started puberty like everyone else had. It started for me about 18-19yo and was again super embarrassed at my pre induction Army physical. The MDs kept asking me "really, how old are you?"-----I was only 110# back then

We used to shower after swim practice which was in January. We would stay in there until we ran them out of hot water which wasn't easy. We would then wrap a towel around the shower head and drape it around our necks which kept it hot enough to stay under. The coach would come out and yell at us when he wanted to go home. We never thought twice about being naked. I wish I could still fit in that speedo but alas not even close.

Fortunately, the Community Center (formerly YMCA) where I work out still maintains an open shower concept. Additionally, there are two private ... and handicapped equipped ... shower stalls. The installation of the two private shower stalls were included during a recent locker room modernization. Upon the announcement of the much needed renovations, I naturally assumed that the open concept showers would certainly become a thing of the past. However, I was pleasantly surprised to see that the design plans did not include the individual/private cubicles.

Obviously, some members will always awkwardly towel dance when undressing. These same individuals will opt for the private shower stalls as well. However, most guys continue to effortlessly undress and proceed to the showers while carrying their towels in hand or draped across their shoulders. This morning after completing our workout, my brother-in-law and I headed back to the wet area. It was there we encountered two younger guys (30s) ... one completely naked and the other towel drapped ... both standing at the sinks as they shaved. The four of us carried on a very casual conversation as the two continued to shave while my brother-in-law and I stripped. In a matter of minutes, we were all standing under the hot spray of various shower nozzles in a gang style open shower. No doubt, the age of the general membership plays a vital part in the behavior of locker room openness. The majority of the male clientel range in age from the middle 40s and up; therefore, a more comfortable and open concept of casual locker room nudity is displayed and is the norm.

One thing that I have noticed since my move back to southern West Virginia ... 3 years ago ... the majority of the membership opts to display natural pubes and natural body hair. I have noticed some guys with varying degrees of manscaping but only once have I witnessed a guy with completely shaved pubes.

To each his own but for me ... open showers, natural pubes, and natural body hair ... like the state ... Almost Heaven! 😉

My school had the open showers but they weren't used during classes, though they might have been for sports. I think it was a time thing. By the time you dress down and get to the gym and come back and shower and dress and pack you are left with probably about 30 minutes of the period, which isn't much for getting anything done.

On the other hand sometimes things could get smelly with sweaty adolescents.

The gym I went to remodeled and removed the gang showers which I really liked. It was fun to just be there, open, naked with the guys. Now it’s just moldering curtains that I don’t think are very healthy

My high school in London had communal showers after sports or gym. While the majority of boys born post 1950 were left uncut as I was, I enjoyed the showers as they provided an opportunity to descretly look at the cocks of the small percentage of boys who were circumcised. Most educational seeing the differences in styles of circumcision and the amount of skin removed from loose to very tight cuts.

Undoubtedly played a part in my decision to get myself circumcised as an adult.

We used to shower after swim practice which was in January. We would stay in there until we ran them out of hot water which wasn't easy... The coach would come out and yell at us when he wanted to go home. We never thought twice about being naked.

I remember doing that although it was after wrestling practice in my case.

My high school had open showers and lots of guys used them. Some of us showered after PE but not everyone. Athletic teams, though, all showered after practice and games. It was kind of a team bonding thing. I played hockey and the ice rink also had open showers.

I'm in college now and my dorm is the oldest dorm on campus. It still has an open shower room, a really big room with shower heads along the walls. Everyone on the floor likes it. If you don't like open showers, then guys request a different dorm.

I fondly remember the open showers in Junior High and High school. It was very common in the fifties and sixties, and no one ever expressed much disapproval of them. During my adolescent years I maintained a very healthy curiosity about both the female and male anatomies, and I always enjoyed the comparative opportunities after practice in these showers. For myself and many others at the time, with hormones raging and many bars of soap, we would exit the shower with plumped up penises much larger that when we entered!

I have lately rediscovered these pleasant experiences. I have started to go to a gay spa on occasion, and one of my favorite things to do there is take long soapy showers with other men with similar interests.