Open Showers

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Or here...

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U of T Athletic Centre, Toronto, Ontario

Nice!! Looks like there are stalls on the left side tho?

 

[stormydude]

A google map of all the open showers worldwide.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?hl=en&mid=1hjslzm7uXfuPcdBRXa7gsWoGzCbD5pQJ&ll=23.86688021685283,-45.11070528001312&z=2

wow that is extensive

 

[Luvcutdick]

Nice!! Looks like there are stalls on the left side tho?

I believe those are toilets ................ ya know, shit, shave and shower

 

[djl102382]

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Old clips of open showers.

Good open shower video

 

[Fun4All]

Starting in 7th grade P.E. showers were required after gym - I remember the teacher yelling at a kid that did not want to shower "What - you think you have something everyone else here doesn't?"

It was very awkward the first few times but after a couple of weeks we would be standing around chatting not even thinking about the fact we were naked.

Open showers lasted through high school and then in the dorms at college.

 

[Meatn2veg]

Showers after PE were also mandatory from Year 7 onwards when I was a student. And they were 100% open. Nowhere for shyness to hide, that's for sure.

Looked at the website of my old school recently. And this is how the showers now look apparently....

 

[Tony56]

Showers after PE were also mandatory from Year 7 onwards when I was a student. And they were 100% open. Nowhere for shyness to hide, that's for sure.

Looked at the website of my old school recently. And this is how the showers now look apparently....
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Nice, bright, and clean lookin gshower room.
I wonder, though, why they posted a picture of the shower room on the school's webpage.

 

[Meatn2veg]

I wonder, though, why they posted a picture of the shower room on the school's webpage.

That did cross my mind too.

Showing prospective parents their sons will have somewhere decent to shower after PE maybe?

 

[Tony56]

That did cross my mind too.

Showing prospective parents their sons will have somewhere decent to shower after PE maybe?

I have scoured my old prep school's web page - nothing. Too bad because we had a great locker room and shower room set up.

 

[Fun4All]

Nice, bright, and clean lookin gshower room.
I wonder, though, why they posted a picture of the shower room on the school's webpage.

Nice and clean and open.

So many schools have removed the showers from the locker rooms all together.

 

[deleted15805821]

Good open shower video

Thanks. Glad the old days has some sort of visual documentary when showers were open and guys weren't so angst ridden.

 

[deleted15805821]

Nice and clean and open.

So many schools have removed the showers from the locker rooms all together.

Oh absolutely. In today's environment that a school district could mandate showers? Forced nudity under the eye of the state?

Schools Throw in the Towel on Getting Kids to Shower

 

[MrMickleGary]

I’m 52, and still remember open showers all growing up. Which is great, as my gym’s men’s locker room not only has a large, communal shower, but there’s also a whirlpool, sauna and steam room, as well as a large countertop/sink dressing area. Lots of nudity, just like it’s no big deal. Because, you know, it isn’t???

 

[deleted15805821]

I’m 52, and still remember open showers all growing up. Which is great, as my gym’s men’s locker room not only has a large, communal shower, but there’s also a whirlpool, sauna and steam room, as well as a large countertop/sink dressing area. Lots of nudity, just like it’s no big deal. Because, you know, it isn’t???

It is what it is but I fear the tao of being naked and open vulnerably is being lost as we retreat into our little silos that bring nothing but anxiety and little upside.

 

[deleted15805821]

I’m 52, and still remember open showers all growing up. Which is great, as my gym’s men’s locker room not only has a large, communal shower, but there’s also a whirlpool, sauna and steam room, as well as a large countertop/sink dressing area. Lots of nudity, just like it’s no big deal. Because, you know, it isn’t???

It is what it is but I fear the tao of being naked open vulnerably is being lost as we retreat into out little silos that bring nothing but anxiety. Is there anything good about isolation?

 

[deleted15805821]

All the known open showers in cinema.....a great resource.....

GROUP SHOWER SCENES

 

[MrMickleGary]

It is what it is but I fear the tao of being naked open vulnerably is being lost as we retreat into out little silos that bring nothing but anxiety. Is there anything good about isolation?

Nothing positive comes from separating ourselves, particularly with something as *basic* as being naked around each other. Literally “exposing” ourselves in safe places is so incredibly freeing, but our cages are shiny, complete with smart phones and streaming services in them; there, we can be the “online versions” of ourselves, which is nothing but smoke and mirrors of how we want to represent who we are. Naked, in a shower with other guys? Where are ya gonna hide then? And who can you fool?

 

[Meatn2veg]

Nice, bright, and clean lookin gshower room.

Nice and clean and open.

The showers have certainly had something of a refit in the years between my attendance at the school and whenever that pic was taken. They're definitely in the same spot - and as fully open and communal - but they didn't used to be that bright and modern!

 

[deleted15805821]

Rumour is an upcoming renovation will gut the open showers.

Hollywood YMCA, Los Angeles, California

 

[Tony56]

Rumour is an upcoming renovation will gut the open showers.
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Hollywood YMCA, Los Angeles, California

Four shower heads is tiny for a YMCA.