Crystal G said:

I just made a new thread about this topic, because this has been bothering me for quite some  time. I recently started going to a new gym, they have a steam sauna and jacuzzi in the women's and men's locker rooms. The locker rooms are separated by gender. Yet, the gym has this really stupid rule that it is MANDATORY to wear a swimsuit while in the sauna. WHY?!?!?! We are all the same gender in there.

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Prisoner#1 said:

Crystal G said:

I just made a new thread about this topic, because this has been bothering me for quite some  time. I recently started going to a new gym, they have a steam sauna and jacuzzi in the women's and men's locker rooms. The locker rooms are separated by gender. Yet, the gym has this really stupid rule that it is MANDATORY to wear a swimsuit while in the sauna. WHY?!?!?! We are all the same gender in there.

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because of the health department, they set the rules regarding public saunas
and shit. speaking of shit, that's why they set those rules, would you want
some guy that hasnt bathed in a week and cant wipe his own ass gawking at
you in a sauna and leaving skid marks all over the seating? now since it's
not a coed sauna, I know I wouldnt want to deal with that, nor would I
want to be seated in the same spot that guy had previously occupied

the separate sex sauna is for the protection of clients, the clothing is
there for the same reason but health related

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Maharishi_2_U said:

I think men are especially shy due to our culture of "bigger is better".  Most adult males do not even know what a normal adult male penis looks like.  You girls have it easier in this carat org for sure.
We have the whole being called homosexual thing hovering over us.
You are spot on Crystal.  Great thread!
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Crystal G said:

Maharishi_2_U said:

I think men are especially shy due to our culture of "bigger is better".  Most adult males do not even know what a normal adult male penis looks like.  You girls have it easier in this carat org for sure.
We have the whole being called homosexual thing hovering over us.
You are spot on Crystal.  Great thread!
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Hmm that's quite an interesting point, I would have thought that men would be less inhibited about being nude. The only reason I say that, is because there seems to be more of an open culture for male nudity and bonding, particularly in the military or in sports teams, where you will frequently see men showering together as a team.

Also it seems like the culture facilitates more female modesty. Like, when my ex and I used to go to the same gym, he commented that the male locker room did not have changing rooms, while in the women's locker room there were separate stalls where women could change clothes in privacy.

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Maharishi_2_U said:

Once again, this shows the separation and terrible perception that we often have of the opposite sex.
I would assume women have "changing rooms" due to fem. hygeine needs, or the fact that most of us in western culture assume females have a need for more "comforts" ie: fluffy towels, bubble baths and scented candles.
I am blessed (or cursed) in the fact that I was raised around many women.  My father travelled a lot, and my sister was a cheerleader.  I feel that I have a slightly more realistic idea of women than most, however, still skewed.  It is a sad state of affairs.
I thought my sister how to fight, shoot a gun and skin a deer, I know how to braid hair, sew, cook and am often questioned in my sexuality due to (IMO) my well balanced upbringing.
I am not afraid to hug other men or enjoy a long hot bath, but I'll kick your ass if you talk shit about my mom or sister lol.

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Crystal G said:

I just made a new thread about this topic, because this has been bothering me for quite some  time. I recently started going to a new gym, they have a steam sauna and jacuzzi in the women's and men's locker rooms. The locker rooms are separated by gender. Yet, the gym has this really stupid rule that it is MANDATORY to wear a swimsuit while in the sauna. WHY?!?!?! We are all the same gender in there.
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mick said:

Where did you used to go? I go naked in 24 hour fitness, but am the ONLY guy who does it, everyone else wears shorts; it gives me weird vibes for being in there nude.

Its a friggen sauna!!!

BTW I totally agree. Nudity is beauty.

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My new gym is called Lifetime Athletic Club.

I used to go to LA Fitness, which only had a dry sauna in the women's room, and luckily they had no swimsuit rule there, so I went naked there all the time. The cool thing was that all the women were wearing swimsuits besides me, some other women would see that I was naked and so they would start go to naked too! I was helping start a naked movement.

The 24 Hr Fitness Super Sport that I used to go to had a steam room and dry sauna that was outside by the pool, not in the locker room. So I couldn't go naked at either of those ones.

Crystal G said:

I used to go to LA Fitness, which only had a dry sauna in the women's room, and luckily they had no swimsuit rule there, so I went naked there all the time. The cool thing was that all the women were wearing swimsuits besides me, some other women would see that I was naked and so they would start go to naked too! I was helping start a naked movement.

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thank you for encouraging women to get nekkid!!!

Patlal said:

How about a little nudity in a nudity thread Crystal?

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Maharishi_2_U said:

Horny little boys, we have a thread for that, no?

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Crystal G said:

You've never been to a sauna have you? People go in naked but they sit on a towel, or the towel is wrapped around their waist. Especially women should do that, since if they sit on a damp surface their vagina can easily pick up bacteria and stuff.

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There are no "health department codes" for nudity in sauna's, as a matter of fact, the ethnic spa's that I go to where everybody is naked are in America. Health code standards for sauna has more to do with quality and chemicals that are in water and things like that, not regulating nudity.

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Prisoner#1 said:

in my state it's listed under the health departments rules on pools,
probably the same for california, no, there's no rules on nudity but there
are on sanitation, you are the one that's so up in arms about the 'rape
culture' of america and when a company decides to do something that would
fit within your beliefs you decide to bitch about it?

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Crystal G said:

Prisoner#1 said:

in my state it's listed under the health departments rules on pools,
probably the same for california, no, there's no rules on nudity but there
are on sanitation, you are the one that's so up in arms about the 'rape
culture' of america and when a company decides to do something that would
fit within your beliefs you decide to bitch about it?

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What does this have to do with rape culture? This is not a co-ed sauna. The men and women are in separate rooms and have their own spa's. Honestly, what is even the point of having a separate sex sauna if you cannot even get nude in it?

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what was this part about?

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I think it's a really bad thing. IMO, when you turn nudity into something WAY BIGGER than it really is, you actually end up sexualizing the body. People begin to see it as a tempting, forbidden, sexualized object and it turns something totally natural into something scandalous and perverted. It creates shame where there shouldn't be shame. This issue about nudity runs so true for public breastfeeding as well.

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and to answer this, we run around with our dangly bits flopping about, 
popping each other's butts with towels and playing slap ass while
congratulating each other on a great workout or a fine physique, watching
any movie such as Porky's