All male college

[894956]

Someone on another board recently mentioned that when he attended an all male college in the late 60's and early 70's the entire gym area was clothing optional and he never wore anything for any indoor athletic activity. About half the men doing weight training were nude and many of the the others wore only a jock strap. Even more were naked for wrestling and basketball. If anyone here attended an all male college around that time, were your experiences similar?

 

[eroc001]

I didn't know all male colleges were even a thing

 

[hzs3fg]

Someone on another board recently mentioned that when he attended an all male college in the late 60's and early 70's the entire gym area was clothing optional and he never wore anything for any indoor athletic activity. About half the men doing weight training were nude and many of the the others wore only a jock strap. Even more were naked for wrestling and basketball. If anyone here attended an all male college around that time, were your experiences similar?

I find this difficult to believe. And, even if it did happen 40 years ago, I doubt it could happen today.

 

[894956]

I didn't know all male colleges were even a thing

They were very common through the 70's,but are very rare now.

 

[springs7man]

I didn't know all male colleges were even a thing

When the feminist movement hit big in the 1970s, one of the first institutions they "invaded" was the all-male colleges. They claimed discrimination against women. Yet, they held out and tried to keep all-female colleges intact. Hmmm. I used to go to the YMCA to swim in the mid 1970s and swim trunks were optional then because you had male-only swim times and female-only swim times. It was no big deal then because 1) homosexuality was in the closet, 2) cultural messages (ads, commercials, music, magazines, no Internet) weresex-lite, and men, generally, never appeared sexually interested in each other. You'd sneak a peek but only occasionally. The boys locker room at high school (and the showers) were actually used by all guys. We'd undress and shower in front of each other and nobody made a big deal out of it. It was actually kinda cool...and normal.

 

[Dave NoCal]

Many of the all male colleges were quite prestigious and attendance and graduation conferred many benefits well-beyond the academic material mastered. These benefits included prestige, connections, and positive bias beyond one's academic accomplishments. They served to maintain privileged status for a whole strata of society almost regardless of merit. Dubya's attendance and gradation from Yale being case in point. Without his family name and "legacy" admission, he might have attended Abilene Community College, not Yale, not Harvard, not even University of Texas. It is not hard for me to see that denying admission to women disadvantaged women as a class of people. The all women colleges did and do not have the same power to restrict men's opportunities.
I really enjoy all male environments and would like fro them to continue to exist. However, for major institutions to be all male, or all white, or all gentile undeniably disadvantages those who are denied access.

 

[hot showers]

I find the original story a bit hard to believe. When I was in college in the eighties, I lived in all-male wings of co-ed floors. We generally wrapped towels around ourselves when we walked to and from the bathrooms, but the towel would drop get hung on towel hooks by the door as soon as we entered our rooms, while our dressers were usually across the room. We all hung out in each others rooms, so it would be completely common to drop the towel and walk naked in front of a bunch of guys watching TV, etc.

 

[Uncutsouthernboy]

The 1st college I went to has all same sex dorms. The one I was in was 3 floors and 2 wings. There was 1 community bathroom on each hall. The showers were open. Nudity was pretty much normal. Everyone walked to the bathroom naked when going for a shower. No big deal. I guess I saw every guy on my hall nude. I saw many hardons in the a.m. also. Nothing said. Nudity was common in the rooms also. My roomie was a muscle boy and was naked a lot. I saw him erect several times. I transferred after a year.

My next University was very similar in dorm setup. I was in a very old dorm underneath the football stadium bleachers. The main part of it had 2 baths per floor and there were 4 floors. I was in a section cut off from the rest. It was on the ground floor. There were 4 rooms/ 8 guys and 1 bath on that hall. My roommate and I would usually use a bathroom in another section as the guys our hall were so nasty in the bathroom and very inconsiderate of others. There was one who liked to leave his stereo on LOUD on an endless loop of the same song "Can I have some peanut butter? Of course you can". and leave the room and come back the next day. One weekend he left on Fri and did not come back until Mon. morning. The stereo left on playing the same song over and over and over. The RA had left for the weekend also. It took forever to find someone with a pass key to get it turned off. Have also went in this bathroom and the shower full of mud. It was like they took a bucket of dirt in and dumped it in the showers. Apparently they also would shave their heads in the showers as their would be so much hair in the bottom that it looked like an animal had been killed in there. I then moved to an apt.

 

[622675]

I find the original story a bit hard to believe. When I was in college in the eighties, I lived in all-male wings of co-ed floors. We generally wrapped towels around ourselves when we walked to and from the bathrooms, but the towel would drop get hung on towel hooks by the door as soon as we entered our rooms, while our dressers were usually across the room. We all hung out in each others rooms, so it would be completely common to drop the towel and walk naked in front of a bunch of guys watching TV, etc.

I had very much the same experience when I lived in an all male dorm. There were about 40 guys in two men rooms. We all shared a large latrine style restroom/open shower/sink facility at the end of the hall.

Many guys left their door to the hall open so that the ventilation could cool better. Nude visitors from the shower were a common occurrence. We all lived in our underwear most of the time. Very, very few guys were offended at the lifestyle to include other guys who came to visit from other all male dorms,, since that is how their dorm mates lived also.

Boners were not common, but semi turgid dicks could be seen frequently. One of my next-door neighbors would talk with his girl on the phone while nude or in his underwear, and stroke his rigid dick for extended periods of time. He did have the social grace to face away from the open door, but if he caught you looking, he would just shoot you the finger an thrust his dick in your direction.

Heterosexual porn mags were plentiful, even back in the 70-80’s, so if you wanted to see someone get a boner, just leave a few laying in easy reach in your room. Guys going to and from the shower would stop for a visit and leave with a boner. No one was offended if you offered to let them take the mag to the restroom so long as they didn’t get it wet. The common response was to drop their towel, give their hard dick a stroke or two in your direction, and then head off down the hall while holding on to their tenting towel.

Back then this behavior wasn’t crude, rude, or socially unacceptable. If anything it was an honored sign of acceptance and community. Where did it all go???

 

[hot showers]

I had very much the same experience when I lived in an all male dorm. There were about 40 guys in two men rooms. We all shared a large latrine style restroom/open shower/sink facility at the end of the hall.

Many guys left their door to the hall open so that the ventilation could cool better. Nude visitors from the shower were a common occurrence. We all lived in our underwear most of the time. Very, very few guys were offended at the lifestyle to include other guys who came to visit from other all male dorms,, since that is how their dorm mates lived also.

Boners were not common, but semi turgid dicks could be seen frequently. One of my next-door neighbors would talk with his girl on the phone while nude or in his underwear, and stroke his rigid dick for extended periods of time. He did have the social grace to face away from the open door, but if he caught you looking, he would just shoot you the finger an thrust his dick in your direction.

Heterosexual porn mags were plentiful, even back in the 70-80’s, so if you wanted to see someone get a boner, just leave a few laying in easy reach in your room. Guys going to and from the shower would stop for a visit and leave with a boner. No one was offended if you offered to let them take the mag to the restroom so long as they didn’t get it wet. The common response was to drop their towel, give their hard dick a stroke or two in your direction, and then head off down the hall while holding on to their tenting towel.

Back then this behavior wasn’t crude, rude, or socially unacceptable. If anything it was an honored sign of acceptance and community. Where did it all go???

Agreed. For me, college was the first time that other men saw my dick on a regular basis. It was definitely a confidence booster for me to show that I could be one of the guys and be totally confident being naked in casual situations. This was an important step in becoming a man for me.

 

[Frodo46888]

Now, single-sex dorms are rare, and communal bathrooms are being phased out. I don't see that it's necessarily progress.

 

[kdubb]

My college was co-ed but the dorms were strictly separated by gender. The campus was originally built as an Army-Navy hospital so each floor of the dorms had one very large room at the end of the hall with open showers, toilets, urinals and sinks - no barriers anywhere. The dorm rooms themselves had either 2 or 3 beds and a sink with a mirror. Each floor also had a large recreation room for watching TV, playing pool, ping pong, etc. I was lucky enough to live on a dorm floor where the culture very much encouraged open nudity anywhere and everywhere. Not everyone was nude but a lot of us were anytime we were in the dorm. It was a great way to unwind after a stressful day of grueling classes, just letting it all hang out as you relaxed with your fellow dorm mates.

 

[indyfrat79]

There are still a few all-male colleges remaining and I attended one in the late 90s-early 2000s. While appropriate clothing was certainly required for athletics, it was an interesting cultural experience. Guys running around fraternity houses in just boxers was a regular occurrence as was a towel-only trip to the showers. As someone posted above, sexuality was quite open and porn magazines could be found everyone. No one thought twice about seeing a guy grab a magazine, go to the bathroom for a few minutes, and come back noticeably relieved. There were no girls around during the week and release had to happen some way! One the weekend, girlfriends would come visit and no one was shy about heading up to their room for some fun. The gay guys at the time were fairly closeted but lots of action could be found daily if you knew where to look for it - and this was a small school of just over 1,000. This laid-back attitude carried over to attire, too. Lots of free-balling and VPL if that was your thing!

 

[894956]

There are still a few all-male colleges remaining and I attended one in the late 90s-early 2000s. While appropriate clothing was certainly required for athletics, it was an interesting cultural experience. Guys running around fraternity houses in just boxers was a regular occurrence as was a towel-only trip to the showers. As someone posted above, sexuality was quite open and porn magazines could be found everyone. No one thought twice about seeing a guy grab a magazine, go to the bathroom for a few minutes, and come back noticeably relieved. There were no girls around during the week and release had to happen some way! One the weekend, girlfriends would come visit and no one was shy about heading up to their room for some fun. The gay guys at the time were fairly closeted but lots of action could be found daily if you knew where to look for it - and this was a small school of just over 1,000. This laid-back attitude carried over to attire, too. Lots of free-balling and VPL if that was your thing!

What was the shower arrangement?
Did any of the men skip the towel or boxers and just go nude?

 

[dards44]

I remember when Texas A&M went co-ed you'd have thought the world had come to an end.

 

[Jaywatcher]

I remember when Texas A&M went co-ed you'd have thought the world had come to an end.

Somehow "Aggies" and co-ed.........just doesn't seem to go together..........but now there isn't one locker room that prohibits women "sports writers" ....bit of a double standard perhaps...my opinion, hell even this site...........a large penis support group.......has women members.....who are without a "member".........sorry, bad joke.............back to the question......isn't anything "all male" against some kind of discriminatory law?????

 

[indyfrat79]

What was the shower arrangement?
Did any of the men skip the towel or boxers and just go nude?

Showers were/are old school - a big room with shower heads. Most guys would wear boxers or a a towel to the showers but no shame/concerns once under the water. Great sights - especially with the athletic fraternity guys