How common are Communal / Open Showers in Frat Houses?

[Lionsden]

I went to tech in the early 2000’s and they had stalls with curtains. Most guys would wear a towel in and out of the shower and change in their room.

and that behavior is full-on crazy. A permanent should be installed, as well.

 

[ohhhbaby123]

Phi Kappa Sigma @ University of Washington

 

[Txprvdude]

Awesome eye opener into the communal shower situation from
these fraternity videos. It just makes the most practical sense & is the best for bro bonding.

 

[hotdickcum]

Sig Chi @ UCLA
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I'll take a shower with these guys anytime of the day

 

[Pepijn]

Me too

 

[medmuslga]

Was in a Southern State Fraternity in early 80's. The fraternities had their "houses" in the oldest dorms on campus....over a hundred years old (and still there today, although a major renovation of each was performed about a decade ago, and don't know how the showers changed), but the showers were small and did not have enough room for shower heads to be placed on the walls, so we had the really old style tower, which was a large stainless pipe that came up from the floor and had like 4-5 shower heads coming out of it....there were two of these in the small space. So, you truly showered almost elbow to elbow....but, it seemed normal since each floor had the same set-up. The regular dorm showers (before I moved into the frat house) were like the W&M photo....big huge open showers with the heads coming out of the walls....they were a huge L shaped shower...probably 20' X 15' and there would be at least 20 shower heads. I remember in this shower, as a freshman, seeing my first HUNG man/teenager. Black guy with glasses and scary hung completely soft. He was also the most comfortable guy....talking to guys he knew like they were having lunch together instead of being naked.

 

[Pepijn]

It’s a great experience to be naked with peers.

 

[Boywatch200]

Post in thread 'Guys Showering/Bathing'
Guys Showering/Bathing

 

[johnnyisfake]

Well now here I am wishing I'd gone to a larger, older school and joined a frat.

 

[Bcjq101]

A friend of mine told me that to this day, communal or open showers are still a thing in frat houses. Then I saw this video on TikTok. At least in the US, communal showers are disappearing from schools, gyms, etc. across the country. That is why I couldn't believe that fraternities haven't changed to private stalls or individual bathrooms in their houses. To any frat brothers out there, how common are open showers and communal nudity in frat houses?

2/5 frats at my U, including mine had shower rooms (communal).

 

[Tony56]

2/5 frats at my U, including mine had shower rooms (communal).

Did the open showers help you choose that frat ?

 

[Pepijn]

Open showers help develop a more realistic view on a men’s body

 

[zaratoga]

No... lol... its not because of sexual assault. Thats not likely to happen in a fraternity house.

its because a lot of younger american guys [snowflakes] have issues with being nude in these types of settings and they are, unfortunately, a vocal group [tik toks complaining about seeing nude men in the locker room etc] and so to appease the little whiney towel dancers some frats remodel.

I actually have heard of rap3 among brothers in a frat house...of course they didn't report this. Imagine the stigma in a very sexist culture even if you were the victim. I assume they also prefered to "handle" this quietly.
Apparently in this case I'm talking about it was the president and another guy who were complicit in getting both guys and girls intoxicated.

 

[zaratoga]

Was in a Southern State Fraternity in early 80's. The fraternities had their "houses" in the oldest dorms on campus....over a hundred years old (and still there today, although a major renovation of each was performed about a decade ago, and don't know how the showers changed), but the showers were small and did not have enough room for shower heads to be placed on the walls, so we had the really old style tower, which was a large stainless pipe that came up from the floor and had like 4-5 shower heads coming out of it....there were two of these in the small space. So, you truly showered almost elbow to elbow....but, it seemed normal since each floor had the same set-up. The regular dorm showers (before I moved into the frat house) were like the W&M photo....big huge open showers with the heads coming out of the walls....they were a huge L shaped shower...probably 20' X 15' and there would be at least 20 shower heads. I remember in this shower, as a freshman, seeing my first HUNG man/teenager. Black guy with glasses and scary hung completely soft. He was also the most comfortable guy....talking to guys he knew like they were having lunch together instead of being naked.

I love to read about showers and lockerrooms