Fuck that idea, I saw plenty of nude people when I was young, it didn't traumatize me.
You are my new favorite person.Monkfish Acc. said:
There're kids around, put some clothes on
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At my local aquatics centre we don't actually have the old style changing rooms we have cubicles and lockers, so its pretty much impossible to see anyone naked unless they are in the showers. I personally would not be comfortable with going around the chaing rooms and showers naked, I guess others are.
It could be as a result of the old school culture that surrounded P.E in the UK. It was pretty much mandatory to shower after P.E. This is no longer allowed though because of concerns about child safety. My point is though, many of the older generation probably don't bat an eyelid to showering naked in public since they did it in school. It would seem to fit anyway since most people you see naked around showers/changing rooms are either quite old or very very young.
As to whether it effects children, I highly doubt it. Have you ever been around young kids? Getting them to keep their clothes on is a job in itself. I really don't think kids care about nudity, we only really start to care about keeping ourselves covered when we start to reach puberty, when we become more aware of our bodies.
If kids don't care about themselves being nude then I doubt they care about anyone else either. I personally remember that being the case when I was boy. Often when swimming you would see people naked in the changing rooms and it never bothered me. To me it does not seem to be that big of an issue. Its a changing room, most people will probably keep themselves covered but there is the chance there will be people naked so deal with it.
It could be as a result of the old school culture that surrounded P.E in the UK. It was pretty much mandatory to shower after P.E. This is no longer allowed though because of concerns about child safety. My point is though, many of the older generation probably don't bat an eyelid to showering naked in public since they did it in school. It would seem to fit anyway since most people you see naked around showers/changing rooms are either quite old or very very young.
As to whether it effects children, I highly doubt it. Have you ever been around young kids? Getting them to keep their clothes on is a job in itself. I really don't think kids care about nudity, we only really start to care about keeping ourselves covered when we start to reach puberty, when we become more aware of our bodies.
If kids don't care about themselves being nude then I doubt they care about anyone else either. I personally remember that being the case when I was boy. Often when swimming you would see people naked in the changing rooms and it never bothered me. To me it does not seem to be that big of an issue. Its a changing room, most people will probably keep themselves covered but there is the chance there will be people naked so deal with it.
I am not a fan of the nuts of others so I stay out of the changing rooms and use a stall instead. I'm sure that children are smart enough to learn that if they don't like nuts either, they can find a place more private to change. It's really up to them, I think.
First: Children don't own property. Second, I admit, badly phrased: why are they looking into your garden? And it is still your garden, not a public space, you can go nude or smoke a pack a minute in there if you like. It is your property and so long as you don't illegally burn there then they shouldn't be able to do jack to you.Ekit said:
Captcha: klatu berada nikto... WTF?!
I have not seen women doing that a lot at health clubs I have been. At public pools people are often taking their kids and if they have small boys who are not old enough to go alone they bring them with them into the women's locker room, which is only understandable. I don't see way you would think you would be arrested, that is a normal place to change, wash, etc.
I think kids DO care because they are curious. You just need to teach them to be respectful and that the reason some one is naked is that it is their changing area and that is an appropriate place. That is how my older brother handled it when he took me to the pool as a kid.
Years ago here in the states I don't think there were any family rooms. You just had one locker room or the other.
If I had a son or little brother too young to go on his own I would take him with me, just like my older brother took with him when mom was not available. People understood and anyone who might have been uncomfortable would turn a face the other way.
If I had a son or little brother too young to go on his own I would take him with me, just like my older brother took with him when mom was not available. People understood and anyone who might have been uncomfortable would turn a face the other way.
I think it's important that we do not use grown up logic when thinking for kids.
It's not like kids perceive the world the exact same as us. If anything they ignore / do not see / do not care about it since they are psyched that they get to go .
Besides, I turned out allright and if I learned anything from the way I have been raised:
"Everyone has the bloody same schematics for their gender. Now stop whining and get changed in the boys locker room before I slap you into those clothes myself." - Gym Teacher 3rd grade.
So we should not fuss about trivial things like this.
Now should the adults flaunt around with it and show 'weird' behavior around kids, that is an entirely different story.
It's not like kids perceive the world the exact same as us. If anything they ignore / do not see / do not care about it since they are psyched that they get to go .
Besides, I turned out allright and if I learned anything from the way I have been raised:
"Everyone has the bloody same schematics for their gender. Now stop whining and get changed in the boys locker room before I slap you into those clothes myself." - Gym Teacher 3rd grade.
So we should not fuss about trivial things like this.
Now should the adults flaunt around with it and show 'weird' behavior around kids, that is an entirely different story.
Don't be so ridiculous. They're in a changing room, its not going to warp them.
Equally, kids don't give a crap about nudity and probably didn't notice that anyone was naked (or rather didn't see any significance in that. So long as no one was being indecent, I fail to see the problem.
Equally, kids don't give a crap about nudity and probably didn't notice that anyone was naked (or rather didn't see any significance in that. So long as no one was being indecent, I fail to see the problem.
If by "walking around" you mean changing and /or showering in their own locker room, that is what have the right to do there I cannot understand you. And a of kids that age are not ready to be sent on their own into a public locker room. I was not permitted to go on my own until I was 8, perhaps 9, so until then if I went to a public pool without my mom my older brother would take me into the male locker room with him. I think that's reasonable. Occasionally there would be patrons there when we came through, and those who were perhaps uncomfortable being nude with a girl present would turn and face toward the wall, which is what you could do if it happens again.
It's a changing room of a swimming pool, what you going to do put your clothes on over your wet ones and showering with your clothes on. It's only skin chill out.
how am i going to change out of my swimsuit if I cant get my birthday suit on first?? people need to be naked in change rooms; thats how they change. In public, I'd agree clothes are useful, but in change rooms I have no issues.
Agreed. I mean, unless one of them starts openly whacking a child with their... towel... then there isn't a problem.Monkfish Acc. said:
That cartoon is funny (snipped it as it was huge)!!Scipio1770 said:
Now. Even though the image of an old man drying his jingles with a hairdryer is funny, I hardly believe you see that every day. If ever actually. But if someone is perfectly comfortable being naked, let them be. Like in that picture. If the old guys have healthy self-esteem and don't mind chatting away naked, why do you need to get bothered?
I understand you don't enjoy seeing "people's old sweaty nutsacks", but who asked you to look? They hang below your eye level after all. Changing rooms are for getting naked! I have hard time believing that men just walk up to you, lift their leg on the bench and start talking to you naked. If they do, then you have something to complain about. And that complain should be directed to the person who did it, not all people on earth.
If there weren't changing rooms I don't think I'd go to public swimming pools. I personally wouldn't enjoy wearing my swimsuit under my clothes just because someone is terrified of seeing my boobs.
Then you DON'T LOOK. What's so hard about that? Keep your eyes and your mind on your own damn body and business.Ragingsaint said:
If anything, "protecting" children from nudity only instills lack of knowledge and ignorance that will harm them and others in later life.
Also I've just come back from Spain and there were a lot of women walking about completely topless on the beach. Just an anecdote
Also I've just come back from Spain and there were a lot of women walking about completely topless on the beach. Just an anecdote
Kids think about nudity in an entirely different way than adults. Adults think of it as 100% sexual, and as such freak out when them or their children ever witness it.
Kids on the other hand? Not so much. Nude people get the same reaction from kids as a dead frog does. "Wow, that's kinda gross. Ooh, what's over there?" They don't care.
Besides, you want to talk traumatising? Try being a gay child in a female changing room. So much horror...
Kids on the other hand? Not so much. Nude people get the same reaction from kids as a dead frog does. "Wow, that's kinda gross. Ooh, what's over there?" They don't care.
Besides, you want to talk traumatising? Try being a gay child in a female changing room. So much horror...