There're kids around, put some clothes on

[ShadowsofHope]

I'm perfectly fine with public changing rooms, despite the horror of the occasional man-that-is-too-fat-for-his-own-good-nude that I might witness. I have no reservations about being nude around other people, either in a sexual situation or a purely platonic situation such as.. changing my clothes.

Also, children do not see nudity as having sexual connotations. To them, nude people are pretty much akin to accidentally walking in on your parents at home. It's primarily adults in this society that have their minds in a twist about obsessively placing simple nudity and sexual connotation on the same level every time, and freaking out about said nudity "corrupting" people. Ah, how I hate the prudishness/fear of nudity that certain religions has influenced our society with in modern reality..

 

[Upbeat Zombie]

Well it is a changing room... You know the things you change your clothes in.

As long as the naked people aren't running around trying to give kids hugs or something i don't see anything to terrible about it.

Heaven forbid a kid see's something that they see everyday when going to the bathroom.

 

[Actual]

Public changing rooms always made me uncomfortable as a kid, I didn't want to be seeing all that old nakedness.

I accept that I need to get changed there, but I do it quickly, trousers and pants off, swimshorts on, done.

I don't get all these dudes who seem to just be wandering around naked for lols, it's unnecessary.

I also find it interesting that it's ok to be naked as long as it's in the properly appointed place, but if I want to be naked in my back garden I'm shit outta luck.

 

[Palademon]

Sorry, but can the topicstarter explain to me how you can change to your swimwear, if you can't be naked in a changing room?

I was about to ask the same thing, then deleted it.
It's seriously boggling me.

It's like parents are looking for things to complain about.
How about going swimming where there's seperate changing rooms?

 

[Bara_no_Hime]

People shouldn't be walking around naked when there are young children around, even if it's a changing room. If i walked around my garden naked and my neighbour's young children saw me i would probably be arrested for it. What do you think?

... it's a changing room. People are SUPPOSED to be naked in there.

If you are in your private garden, and you're naked, and someone's kid sees you, that's not grounds for arrest in any country I'm aware of.

There's nothing wrong with nudity. Seeing naked people certainly does not harm children. After all, Children spend a lot of time naked, so most of them see nothing wrong with it. It's only PARENTS who care about nudity. Silly parents, usually.

 

[MagnetoHydroDynamics]

Nudity is a terrible and unnatural thing that children should not be exposed to.
Breasts and penises are filthy lies and young ones are so impressionable. What if they get it into their heads that everyone has genitals.

What if one saw a bum and realised everybody poops.

I just read that in your avatars voice.

Semi OT:

EVERYBODY! I am naked underneath my clothes!

That is all.

EDIT: That is not all actually.

Seriously, I would like more nudity in public. I would like to see the female breast desexualised, and so on and so forth.

Also, public changing rooms aren't that bad, but parents world wide, please make sure you take your kid into the appropriate changing room. Not that it is bad... Just, y'know awkward.

Yeah...

 

[Bobbity]

I don't care about the nudity bit, only it always seems to be old men changing. It's a tad gross.

 

[Sebster 105]

Oh please, I love swinging it around in a changing room

 

[Nouw]

Yeah you're kinda supposed to do that. It's called a changing room. If you can't 'handle' nude people then you're going to have a hard time coping in society[sub]Oh grow up![/sub]. You're going to be seeing nude people throughout your life so why not start early? Hell maybe that's why changing rooms were invented! To desensitize the young!

"Someone also said that there was a woman in the ladies changing room walking around naked while a young lad was in there."

Lucky boy.

This is the kind of attitude I like seeing.

Kids won't get psychologically scarred from seeing boobs, vaginas or penises, regardless of how "ugly" they may be. HOPEFULLY, instead they'll see that people come in all sizes, shapes and forms and won't grow up thinking Barbies are anatomically correct or something.

Actually, i'm pretty sure seeing vaginas would be traumatizing, since they'd have to stick their heads up there to see that. However, if you mean vulvas, then you'd be correct. Aside from that, i agree 100% with your statement.

Most hilarious post I've seen all day. This is the morning by the way.

 

[Char-Nobyl]

I went swimming yesterday and in the changing room there were loads of blokes walking around naked. It doesn't bother me that they are doing that but, as it was a Sunday, there were a number of children in there too, around 7 years old or so, and the blokes that were walking around naked had nothing to do with the kids (E.G wasn't a parent). Someone also said that there was a woman in the ladies changing room walking around naked while a young lad was in there.

People shouldn't be walking around naked when there are young children around, even if it's a changing room. If i walked around my garden naked and my neighbour's young children saw me i would probably be arrested for it. What do you think?

They were in a room, sectioned off from the public eye, that was specifically designated for changing clothes. Now, where I come from, changing one's clothes generally involves removing them first.

But hey, maybe I'm just not dexterous enough to pull a Zoolander and pull my boxers out of my pants without ever taking the latter off.

Also, you're complaining about a woman being naked in the changing room...because there was a young boy there? That's like a burglar complaining about indecent exposure when he walked in on a married couple screwing while he was breaking into their house.

 

[Pinkamena]

Are OP serious? Kids can handle it. Even since I was around the age of 6 or 7 I've seen naked men in the changing rooms of the local swimming pool. Do you really think kids will be like "OH GOD what have I seen I am scarred for life"?

 

[SeriousIssues]

Yeah, it's not really that big of a deal if its the same sex.
The kids shouldn't really even be in the changing room/locker room.

 

[funguy2121]

I went swimming yesterday and in the changing room there were loads of blokes walking around naked. It doesn't bother me that they are doing that but, as it was a Sunday, there were a number of children in there too, around 7 years old or so, and the blokes that were walking around naked had nothing to do with the kids (E.G wasn't a parent). Someone also said that there was a woman in the ladies changing room walking around naked while a young lad was in there.

People shouldn't be walking around naked when there are young children around, even if it's a changing room. If i walked around my garden naked and my neighbour's young children saw me i would probably be arrested for it. What do you think?

I really don't think nudity should be so taboo. For us consenting adults, a lot of the titillation would be nonexistent if we weren't scared shitless of our own bodies and each other's. That being said, I must admit it sounds odd that there would be people just walking around naked in a changing room anywhere but Hedonism, but then again, I live in America, and from what our media and my friends who have globe-trotted tell me, the stereotype of us being the most sexually repressed first-world, non-Muslim nation on the globe is actually true.

That being said, if there's either one guy or a couple of guys just walking around with their third leg a-hangin', it would seem to me that someone's either trying to show off said third leg or show off what a beautiful and unique little snowflake they are. Cookie.

 

[Macrobstar]

Kids won't get psychologically scarred from seeing boobs, vaginas or penises, regardless of how "ugly" they may be. HOPEFULLY, instead they'll see that people come in all sizes, shapes and forms and won't grow up thinking Barbies are anatomically correct or something.

Actually, i'm pretty sure seeing vaginas would be traumatizing, since they'd have to stick their heads up there to see that. However, if you mean vulvas, then you'd be correct. Aside from that, i agree 100% with your statement.

You knew what he meant

 

[jebussaves88]

How about everyone stop putting sarcastic and know-it-all replies to the OP and consider for a second that some 5-8 year olds can actually grasp an association with sex and nudity, may be aware that sex is something they shouldn't be concerned about at their age (especially in front of their parents, as most children try to avoid the subject of sex by this point when in parental company, and act ignorant of it), and that having something largely associated with it stuck in the room with them can cause awkwardness for the child. I'm not saying it will traumatise them or anything so harsh, but heck, even I don't like seeing all that shit hanging out... mostly because I find male genitalia to look like something hanging out of the side of a sharks mouth... but still, it would be nice to have the option of getting changed in privacy without having to see, or being seen.

Edit: I should point out that here in England, most of the public changing rooms one visits do have only changing booths, and no communal changing area. Only one place I've been to had a communal changing room.

 

[Craorach]

Growing up in England it seemed to be the rule that if it was a communal room, you changed under a freaking towel, nobody wants to see your junk.. if you don't have that option, you change, you don't mess around chatting while your stuff is hanging out.

Also, children were expected to be functioning on their own once they were past the age where their parent had to dress them.

 

[Weaver]

protip: if you don't want to see naked people, don't go into the changing room.

 

[kittii-chan 300]

sarcasm aside i seriously agree with the OP.

And now that no nudity in changing rooms is a law i conserve myself the right to shoot any naked children in public on sight. I mean come on! they cant do that! "Im gonna run, naked, away from my mummy in the park towards this tall hooded man in a van!" stupid kids...

also: you cant get naked in a garden because ITS A GARDEN!!!!
you can get naked in a changing room because its a room where people change!!!!...

(from completely innocent to seen everything)

 

[Jamboxdotcom]

Kids won't get psychologically scarred from seeing boobs, vaginas or penises, regardless of how "ugly" they may be. HOPEFULLY, instead they'll see that people come in all sizes, shapes and forms and won't grow up thinking Barbies are anatomically correct or something.

Actually, i'm pretty sure seeing vaginas would be traumatizing, since they'd have to stick their heads up there to see that. However, if you mean vulvas, then you'd be correct. Aside from that, i agree 100% with your statement.

You knew what he meant

Yes, yes i did. But how could i let an opportunity like that slide?

 

[Scipio1770]

This is so crazy that I barely know what to say. Children should be protected from knowing what human bodies look like?

People walking around naked in a completely sensible place with absolutely no sexual overtones are not a threat to children. This is insane.

This is the most remarkably Puritanical and illogical complaint I've seen in a very long time, possibly ever. And I'm from a very conservative area, growing up alongside a lot of very religious, very Puritanical folks.

I truly, truly hope this is just trolling.

There's this lovely thing called common decency. I don't know about you but when I'm in a changing room I dont very much enjoy seeing people's old sweaty nutsacks. I'm a bit confused as to why asking someone to put a towel on seems like such sexually repressive religious zealotry to you.