I hope not! Unless this is a gay gym, I don't think the point of showers is too provide entertainment for onlookers. There is a place and time -- and it's not at the gym.
It is just so odd how open showers or being naked in front of others is a 'bad' thing. We had open showers at every school I went to - both public and private, and at summer camp at summer camp as well. Camp even had open stool stalls, so you could see everyone in the shower room while you did your business. Great education and great to see the guys you thought about late at night, and how they compared to you or how they changed from the last year. My Y still has open showers, but lots of guys are quite shy.
It's a completely different mindset today. There are still some young guys who are fine with getting naked in front of others -- mostly those in their own age group. A high school coach I know said his team prefers communal showers -- no separation. For any young (or mature for that matter) man who was never in a situation where he had to shower or change in front of others -- there would be a phobia.
For any of us who played sports in HS - it became normal as well, if it wasn't already.
Not at my gym, only a few Brits and Americans do the towel dance.
There were Germans who were shy in the open showers. It's becoming a thing amongst younger Germans now.
I wonder how long that will last as all the spas in Germany have mandatory nudity.
Yeah I noticed that. And what follows is capitalism and how satisfying the customer leads to the end of open showers.
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I used to play racquetball with my (hot and straight) roommate back at university, here in Canada, and of course the showers were communal - that was 40 years ago, yikes! As I'm 100% gay, being surrounded by naked hunks was unnerving at first but I never had a visible issue. I just memorized their bodies for future reference!
For me, it's only been an issue when there is anticipation of seeing a guy get naked. If he's already naked when I see him -- it's not as big a deal.
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These guys have fun playing around in their gym's shower... Boys will be boys!
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Yes, I agree that some do wash off the chlorine first but the ones I was referring to completed their shower with them on the entire time.
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He enjoys his shower time.
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Pretty brave to do it that openly - but what the hell - it is a men's shower and that is something men do in the shower!
Fewer guys are showering at my gym post-Covid. I'd say about 1/3 of those who used to shower stopped. There are some guys, though, who will completely strip down in the LR in order to put on clean underwear -- or change into underwear for a workout -- and then change back. Some may do it to save time, but most probably want to avoid the showers -- even though they all have curtains.