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bacasper
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
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 Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 5:00 am Post subject: Do not undress to shower |
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| bacasper on World Naked Bike Ride wrote: |
OMG, such prudery regarding nakedness! I cannot believe how much naked-phobia there is these days. I even saw a guy in the gym showering in his underwear, and lots of people do this towel dance thing when getting changed because, God forbid, someone might see their thing, the same thing half of the world's population got, too! Ironically, this was at as YMCA where just a few short decades ago, nude swimming was mandatory. Ya-ta boy, you must remember that, no?
Relax, people! Nudity is natural, normal, and healthy, and just not a big deal. |
OK, I give up. I am the crazy one!
This pool has actually made it against the rules to shower naked  
Swimming pool users banned from showering naked 'in case children are offended'
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 5:01 PM on 21st January 2010
Swimmers have been banned from showering naked at their local pool - in case they offend children.
Bathers have been told to keep their swimming costumes on while using the showers following complaints from local schools that pupils were offended by 'open nudity' and needed 'a certain amount of privacy.'
Swimmers who regularly use the Torridge Pool in Northam, Devon, described the rule as 'health and safety gone mad.'
Local councillor Hugh Bone said the decision was 'ridiculous' and vowed to fight the ban by continuining to showering in the nude.
Grandfather-of-four Hugh said: 'This surely is ridiculous. People should not believe that we are all perverts.
'Boys and men as well as girls and women have always changed in front of each other and this is part of the growing up experience.'
One mother-of-two added: 'We all want our children to be safe but this a step too far. I don't think we should teach them that nudity is something to be ashamed of.
'We are all born naked and have our imperfections. This strikes me as health and safety gone mad.'
The lido is used by 13 primary and junior schools in the area who have exclusive use of the pool at certain times of the week.
But members of the public can still use the changing rooms at the same time as the pupils, either from a previous swimming session or after the gym.
But some of the schools say they want Parkwood Leisure, which runs the facility, to allow them exclusive use of the changing rooms.
Torridge Pool's general manager Bob Demott said asking members to wear a swimsuit during school visiting times was a reasonable compromise.
He said there had never been any incidents at the leisure centre and the measure was a safeguard for both the children and adults.
Mr Demott said: 'We do have a private room in both the male and female changing rooms that the public can request the key for should they wish to shower naked when the pupils are there.'
Local councillor Gaye Tabor added: 'Children need to learn to swim for their own safety, they also have a right to a certain amount of privacy.' |
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BoholDiver
Joined: 03 Oct 2009
Location: Canada
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| Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 5:35 am Post subject: |
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This seems to be a growing trend.
Someone I know who lives on Yongsan army base said there are signs in the locker room of the sauna and pool, asking people to have some decency and modesty. I guess they got tired of Koreans prancing around with no pants on for way too long, blowdrying their packages, etc.
He also said Americans who have been here for years and years basically do the same thing. The newbies are much more shy. |
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Fox
Joined: 04 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 5:41 am Post subject: Re: Do not undress to shower |
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| bacasper wrote: |
| Local councillor Gaye Tabor added: 'Children need to learn to swim for their own safety, they also have a right to a certain amount of privacy.' |
Yeah, they do. As such, they have the right to shower with their bathing suits on if they prefer. But if other people feel comfortable showering in the nude, they should be allowed.
This is really ridiculous. Since when did the right to privacy become protection against observing things, rather than protection against being observed? |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 7:44 am Post subject: |
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| One really nice thing about Korean culture is its acceptance of same-sex nudity in bath-houses. Like who cares. Its liberating. Its charming to see sons scrub their fathers' backs & vice versa. To be among naked strangers & think nothing of it strikes me as totally civilized. |
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mises
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
Location: retired
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| Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 10:42 am Post subject: |
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| Strange. As the UK (and elsewhere in the Anglo world) has become more secular it has also become more anal. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Victorianism (is that a word?) isn't dead which no doubt makes the puritans among us happy. |
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Bondrock
Joined: 08 Oct 2006
Location: ^_^
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| Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 4:17 pm Post subject: |
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Forgive my adolescent streak:
"Local councilor Huge Bone said the decision was 'ridiculous' and vowed to fight the ban by continuing to shower in the nude." |
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Moldy Rutabaga
Joined: 01 Jul 2003
Location: Ansan, Korea
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| Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 5:45 pm Post subject: |
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Hehe.. no wonder he's had so many children...
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It sounds like the set-up of an adult movie with this person.
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| Local councillor Gaye Tabor added |
Now there are rules against nude showering. Wonderful. Our descendants will laugh at this, like we laugh at the Victorians putting covers on chair legs because they were "indecent." |
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