I stopped using the Y sauna when a couple of women would come in the sauna with a case of lotions and creams and apply then in the sauna. The perfume smell got to the point of making your eyes water. As a man I can not say anything for fear of harassment charges being brought against me.
I read some article somewhere that only the "old 60+ men" love to "parade" around naked in the locker room. I love how if you have clothes on you are walking but if you are naked you are "parading".
I would be one of those "paraders" as I have no problem being naked in front of anyone.
Pre-Covid, one man told me he isn't naked in the sauna or locker room at LA Fitness because children use the pool for classes occasionally. Later on I wondered what the reasoning behind that is. It's clearly a men's locker room and why should minors be protected from adult male nudity? Is nudisty alone inappropriate and sexual? Are the minors going to stay children their whole life and shouldn't know that they will mature into adults with adult bodies and sex organs? And is there a policy for it or are people so afraid of liablity and harassment that they shy away from even anything with can be misconstrued as inappropriate? I don't get it.
I just never wanted a kid to complain about the creepy naked guy in the locker room even though I wasnt doing anything creepy. Just not a risk I want to take. If there had been at least a few more adults using the locker room at that time, Id have no problem being naked.
You're pragmatic and smart, not overly conservative or cautious. A key tenent to preventing child abuse (and by extension protecting yourself from accusations of child abuse) is to always ALWAYS be two or more adults and two or more kids. Therefore, I feel unsafe as a sole adult in a locker room with only boys, and would feel justified in requesting a "chaperone" to change in one and quitting if none are available. Adult men are vulnerable to abuse about abuse - we can't be naive of this even if we are polite, respectful and careful.
Thanks for affirming that. I dont have kids of my own, so I cant really speak to the dynamic of being naked around kids of my own. In a locker room situation, as long as there are other adults around, Im happy to be naked and help (in some ways) show the younger generation how normal and healthy nudity is.
Regarding cell phones, in this era we are in, cell phones are part of everyone's life and they go everywhere. Yes gym those have posted no cell phone but is it enforced, no. I've even seen them in the shower area, come in walking in talking on them or texting. Ya even some taking nude selfies, open shower or not. As long as the phone is down, I don't really have much of an issue, it's when it's up that I do say something even if they 'claim' to be talking to someone. Most are 'oh sorry'.
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