Towel-Dance Wussies...

[chris28]

This is exactly what I was about to say. Some guy in the corner of the locker room does his "towel dance" to get changed, or showers with his shorts/undies/swim trunks on and so what--what's it to you? He has a sense of shame--what do you expect? We were founded by religious zealots 400 years ago and we are still trying to recover from it. Kudos to you for your progress, but leave the towel dancers alone. They're not bothering anyone.

You had me up to the 400 years ago thing. Up until the mid-1970's you rarely, if ever, would have seen a man attempt any type of obvious coverup in a locker room. It seems to be generational. Use to be we were required to swim nude at the YMCA, skinny dipping with buddies at the quarry or local pond in scouts or just as friends, had mandatory showers (nude) after gym class in junior & senior high school, shared dorm bathrooms with 40 other guys and then of course there was the military where, beginning with physicals, at any given time you could find upward of 100 naked soldiers, sailors, etc. in the same place.

There are hundreds of pages on the internet and elsewhere trying to explain or understand the origin of the towel dance and showering partially clothed. Some say it was the advent of bigger houses with smaller families where children had private bathrooms, other feel it is a result of the public awareness of child molesters (which have been around since the beginning of time but previously rarely spoken of in public) and there are those who "blame" it on the gay movement. But regardless of the reason it really doesn't date back to the founding of our country. Modesty was never a strong suit for men ... women yes, but not men ... up until the the last quarter of the 20th century.

And just a quick note on the posting of nude photos to the internet. It does, at least to me, seem ironic that those who don't wish to been seem naked in a locker room or other situation where nudity would seem logical and appropriate, are willing to post such explicit photos of themselves on the internet. Many of these photos are full body/face shots that are easily identifiable but more importantly is that once they are out there they begin to appear in places other than the location of the original post - and believe me they are subject to way more crude comments (positive & negative) then you would ever be subjected to in a locker room. I have a friend who just discovered, via the police, that 3 nude photos of his college age son were being used for an escort service. The photos had originally been text'd to a girlfriend who then shared them with several of her friends thus resulting in them ending up somewhere on the internet.

 

[Hockeytiger]

While I may internally "roll my eyes", it really is none of my business. If a guy isn't self confident enough to be naked in front of other guys, that's his problem, and I won't make an issue over it.

 

[saabman]

one of the biggest towel dancers at my gym is muscular, good-looking face-wise,and very, very well endowed, so it's not an issue, always, of having a small member that the owner may not want to be seen

very simply, I would guess, is that whoever does that, does not want it seen, and it could be for any number of reasons

that's more understandable to me than guys who do wear their towel around the neck, swinging their thing as they walk down the hall, and try to make eye contact -- it's the eye contact part that weirds me out -- what are they trying to accomplish?

Ummm, maybe the reason that I try to make eye contact with them is: to show them that I am naked; that there are other naked men in here. This is a men's locker room - where being naked is accepted and expected. Every guy has the same thing between their legs. "You are making more of a spectacle of yourself fighting to try and keep a towel wrapped around your waist than if you just dropped the towel and got dressed." Maybe that's the reason - but that would be too simple, wouldn't it?

 

[Primal_Savage]

i don't know where this all started with the putting your underwear on with a towel wrapped around you. i have never seen a guy yet that has anything different that any other guy while some are more blessed than others it all pretty mch the same. if you are so afraid someone is going to look at you stay the fuck at home and workout.

Started? Probably a spin-off of divers and swimmers changing that way outside or by the side of the pool. Was a swimmer in H.S. and college over 20years ago and my buds and I generally did this after practice during the warmer months.

 

[shyutah]

Im new as of today to LPSG......i go to the gym daily, i usually swim, or lift,.....I do shower but I wear a towel to and from, and If the locker-room is full i do the towel dance because i dont wanna be all in peoples face, then again, .... I am a little shy

-Shy

 

[D_SharronTaint]

You all see them in the locker room: The dudes that feel the need to cover up every inch of skin while they are changing or dressing in the locker room. Just the idea of another guy looking at their junk makes them break out in a nervous sweat. They dance around with a towel wrapped around them struggling to pull their underwear up underneath it looking like a total complete idiot.

I now take great pleasure in making them feel even more uncomfortable. Before heading to the showers or walking back to my locker from the showers, I just get totally naked, wrap my towel up around my neck and walk right past them with my cock flopping. Sometimes I'll try and make eye contact with them so they can see that being naked in a MEN'S locker room isn't as sinful as they think. My bros LOL whenever I do this because they laugh at those guys struggling to stay covered up too, and then they'll walk around naked with me. The towel dancer just turns all red. It's too funny.

LOL I love this. I'm not quite as bad, but I agree 100%. Its a locker room. I just happen to have a lot more to show off.. I only make a point to make eye contact with a guy and sneer if he keeps trying to steal glances... and its not because of possibly being checked out, which I like, its because its obvious he has some sort of fixation with it (fear, curiosity) and is trying to hide it. Its just a dick. Someone always has to be the smallest, and odds are its not them.

If a guy is really small and sees it and has a problem with it and I'm not doing anything aside from not using a towel, I fail to see how thats my problem.

Their reactions do more to draw attention to themselves and embarrass them than I ever could. My buds never openly laugh, but they've told me stories afterwards about funny reactions I missed myself. Do I seldom use a towel because I'm hung? Absolutely, but being raised in a sports-focused family of mostly men helped too.

 

[D_Tintagel_Demondong]

I now take great pleasure in making them feel even more uncomfortable. Before heading to the showers or walking back to my locker from the showers, I just get totally naked, wrap my towel up around my neck and walk right past them with my cock flopping.

Why??

So they are modest? Big fucking deal. Why would this personally offend you to the point that you need to humiliate them?

I go to the gym to work out. When I'm in the showers and I get someone ogling me, I finish up with my shower then leave. When I'm in the locker room and somebody is eying me, I try to change with my back to them. If I can't then I do the "wussy" towel dance. They are lucky that I don't tell them to fuck off. There are gay gyms where they can go to cruise or watch mancandy all they want.

 

[salinger]

I go to the gym nearly every day and I really don't understand how or why anyone would care what anyone else is doing. If you want to feel superior, I guess go right ahead but I find it nothing short of ridiculous. I also return to my old axiom that if people weren't so intently watching others, it probably wouldn't force more people into covering up. This didn't happen years ago because it wasn't socially acceptable to be homosexual, so no one would risk more than a glance, if they cared at all.

 

[D_Tintagel_Demondong]

i always change with my ass to the wall. so although i don't want creeps checking out my cock i'd rather have that than a surprise dick in the ass :smileysex5:

You are kidding, right?

 

[B_4inches]

You know what? This has way more with you wanting to shame another man cause you get a alpha male kick out of it and less to do with the other guy. You say it shouldnt be a big deal yet here you are making a deal out of it. And by the way, your tone right away confirms that you enjoy getting a kick out of it. FYI, a real man wouldn't give a fuck. If behaving that way gives you a bit of sexual kick than lets say what it is instead of making it seem more than that.

Rec, very happy to see where you fall on this issue man

 

[crescendo69]

We should all have a "towel-dance" day, where we all go to the gym with giant towels, acting as modest and awkward as we can in the locker (lurker?) room.

 

[B_4inches]

We should all have a "towel-dance" day, where we all go to the gym with giant towels, acting as modest and awkward as we can in the locker (lurker?) room.

Yeah yeah and we can film it like West Side Story and have this big musical number in the lockerroom. Anyone have any good song and dance number ideas?

 

[crescendo69]

There was an old commercial song in the 60's: "Buckle up for safety, buckle up!". We could substitute "Cover up for safety, cover up!"

 

[Barinade]

I just do not like the idea of other men seeing my dick... I've always felt uncomfortable with that. I do not use urinals or anything where someone else can see. It's not because I have a small dick, it's just a personal issue with me and I don't feel comfortable doing so. I don't see what's so wrong about it.

 

[chadstallion]

When I'm in the locker room and somebody is eying me, I try to change with my back to them.

and you would be one of the guys I'd make a point of checking out; I'm an big fan of muscular butts, so seeing you presenting it in all your glory would do it for me. Chances are Ive seen all the cock in my gym that I want but a nice muscular butt is something to admire.

 

[Biggin']

this forum isn't exactly being in the same room with the same weirdos face to face.

 

[bluemountain]

I have to agree that the towel dancing unneccesary. I find that those who do this are not usually the smail endowed or at least what is bulging. I do however, have a concern with the dangers of trying to put on underwear, while a towel is wrapped snuggly around the waist. For example, some guys have these large beach type towesl, once the wrap them around the waist, the length of the towel will be below their knees. When they try to raise their leg to insert into the underwear, they begin to loose their balance. I am certain that one day, one of these guys is going to slip, bump their head on the marble ledge or tile floor and be out cold. Being an EMT, only means that I now have a potential patient who or could need emergency care (won't go into the details, but a hard fall can be potentially serious). So, I am more concerned with safety issues than if a guy has a extraordinary penis.

Someone mentioned that society makes fun of those with a small penis. Sorry, I can't say that I agree with that totally. I have attended my gym for abt 18 months. Never I have heard anyone make a remark regarding another man's penis. Being a college gym, there are guy from 18 to 75 here at any given time. There are various body types walking around; various amounts of body hair, tan lines, etc. I would say the majority of guys will shower naked, those that shower with their swim suits on are the minority, but all the same, they do in fact draw attention to themselves trying so hard to hide something that ever other man in the room has.

I can understand a young man concern abt showering nude; the erection factor can be embarrassing. I am quite certain, that most mature guys understand that a penis will react when you least expect it to. We all have probably had it happen at some point in our lives; you make the best of it and move on. Once again, 18 months at the gym and I have never seen a full erection on anyone. There have been one or two occasions that I have walked into the shower and seen what might be considered a semi; who cares; after a good workout, the testosterone levels increase and there you go-a semi. Note to you younger guys, if you should get a semi in the shower, don't be ashamed, remember some of us older guys don't experience that as often as we use to and we understand!! I would never make fun or laugh at a man with a semi or erection in the lockerroom. To me it is a natural body function.

 

[SCSea]

I just do not like the idea of other men seeing my dick... I've always felt uncomfortable with that. I do not use urinals or anything where someone else can see. It's not because I have a small dick, it's just a personal issue with me and I don't feel comfortable doing so. I don't see what's so wrong about it.

Inconspicuous ways to keep guys from seeing your junk:

• Turn towards the wall/away from them
• Wait until "the coast is clear"
• Work out when the gym isn't as busy

Conspicuous ways:

• Towel-dance
• Scream "stop looking at my dick"
• Wear clothes in the shower/sauna
• Change in a toilet stall

Aside from the voyeurs, I'm not sure anyone thinks much of anything is "wrong" with the inconspicuous ways; they may be a sign of unnecessary/excessive modesty, but, whatever floats your boat.

It's the conspicuous aberrant locker room behavior that gets people fired up - when you conspicuously violate the established norms/folkways of the group. I would be irked if someone was saunaing in their socks (seriously, hot sock funk in a place that is culturally important to me? It would be like showing up to the church with skidmarks on a wedding dress to a good Catholic). I know I've annoyed people in a previous gym by saunaing naked, sitting on a towel - there wasn't a posted policy, but most people made a towel-skirt, and while I covered up if someone else came in and stayed covered, odds are good they saw some dick, which was slightly outside the norm there.

Most guys (aside from those who want to do more than a quick glance at your junk to see where they fit in the food chain) probably get upset when people violate the lockerroom "compact" in any way - towel dancing, using a speakerphone at top volume, shaving in the steamroom, bringing in small female children, etc, because these are violations of the maxim "don't draw attention to yourself".

The poster who comments on safety has an excellent point. I've seen a handful of towel-dance incidents, usually ending up on a bench or floor, but one time with a minor cut to the forehead.

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[D_Alfredo Hites]

it just seems like, regardless of sexuality (i.e., gay or straight), this behavior is sooooo feminine and prude. i absolutely refuse to do this because i would feel like an amish woman while doing it. it also brings more attention to the person and makes them look kind of pathetic in a way.

it must be where i live, but most of the guys at my gym have no problem getting naked and a good number of them walk around totally naked. they're mainly the older guys though. i'm always surprised when i see a younger guy completely naked in the locker room because it's such a rarity these days...lol

 

[tammi_littlenut]

Wow. I don't get it. If someone wants to change under their towel, so be it. It's a locker room and you can expect to see naked men there, but there's no requirement that you get naked for all to see.

I don't towel dance myself, I find it awkward to do, but I do usually face my locker to quickly change. It has nothing to do with size, I just don't like being the center of attention. (Not to presume I would be, but I can avoid any chance of it by doing a quick change.)