Originally posted by jonb+Apr 29 2005, 08:07 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(jonb @ Apr 29 2005, 08:07 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-KinkGuy@Apr 28 2005, 04:22 PM
Depends on the locker room/sauna, jonb. :evilgrin:
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Bath houses? That's so early 80s. I thought the new thing was rest areas, or as the perves call them, tea rooms.
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Could this be any more judgmental? Just a little tiny bit, please?
Bathhouses are not "so early 80s." They exist in almost every major city and many smaller towns in the US. In many European countries, they are actually acceptable places to hang out for gay men (and not just for sex).
Now if the information on your profile is true, you were born in the early 80s. I would think it's fair to assume you didn't actually visit a bathhouse then and clearly haven't since.
I've been to plenty of bathhouses and sex clubs since the early 80s. Are they for everyone? Nope. But are they passe? Definitely not. In fact, I think there are more sex clubs now than ever before.
Similarly, rest areas are hardly the "new thing." Men -- many of whom are married or on the down-low -- have been frequenting these places for decades. Oscar Wilde makes reference to them a hundred years ago. There are plenty of societal factors that cause men to seek out sex in places like this -- in addition to just plain old-fashioned horniness. There are plenty of know-it-alls here (and they all know who they are) who will tell me I'm wrong, but that's my take on it.
One way or the other, let's keep the perv-speak for other boards that aren't purported to be "support groups." Really not necessary here.