to find naked people in changing room unnecessary?

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Such as at the gym and the swimming pool etc.

I'm not talking about women who are comfortable with themselves and can get changed in front of strangers no problem.

I'm referring to the ones who will take leisurely showers, walk around, spend ages getting ready, drying their hair and stand chatting to their friends completely naked.

I know we're all women etc but I just find it unnecessary.

Or maybe I am a prude

It really doesn't bother me, although I'm definitely not a 'let it all hang out' person.

I've lived in a few countries and weirdly enough it wasn't the Brits who I found the most prudish, but the Kiwis. I belonged to two gyms while I was there and at each a huge number of women would put their sports bra on over their normal bra, and then awkwardly take their normal bra off from underneath.

I found it hard not to stare at this spectacle. I had to wonder what they were hiding.

i find putting one leg up on the bench more dignified and discrete for me. i face the wall, back to the room and one leg up, dry, moisturise, turn and sit - so people rarely get a glimpse of fanjo. if i stood legs astride, reaching under to dry you would see more imo.

prolonged, chirpy nakedness I witnessed this at my local pool the other day! Lady changing, her friend calls her and comes over. A conversation ensued 'Haven't seen you in a while' etc. Perfectly normal except they were both naked from waist up. Just unusual.

A few boobs and bums don't bother me, but standing around with it all on display does. I think it is probably jealousy. My norks are not fit for general public display.

To each their own. What really annoys me though is when someone from the 'let it all hang out' brigade starts smiling in superior amusement at someone trying to dress discreetly but with a bit of difficulty under a towel. Not everyone is comfortable with their bodies on display so just fuck off and find something else to amuse you.

Thingie,
did they hug and kiss too?

Totally with you op. why does anyone think its acceptable to wander around naked displaying chubby cellulite arses and mangy lady gardens.

Makes me want to Rolf. Also once had a fat arse almost shoved in my face as she bent over to dry her feet. Eeewwwww

The skinny ones are as bad. Yeuk!

It's one thing to be shy/have body issues. To be angry at others who are comfortable being naked in a locker room, and be all gross ew lady parts!!....that just makes me feel sorry for you people

I think there are some profoundly weird attitudes to the female body being displayed on this thread. Normal women are consistently being described in really distasteful terms.

So, I swim 3x a week (smugface) and in the shower afterwards, once I've done my hair, take off my cossie to wash my body off (pasty wobbles and 70s bush notwithstanding - liberated smugface). No fanjo-ruffling or shower-weeing ensues. If there's a cubicle free I'll use it, if not I'll use the open showers. After the shower I wrap in towel, proceed to locker, find cubicle to change in as there's usually one free.

I once did this after an aquaerobazumbacise type class, so the showers were busy, and after I'd finished in the shower I noticed that no-one else had taken off their cossie at any stage, and there was a definite unhappy tension in the room. As I was changing, I heard one lady saying to her friend 'I just rinse off in the showers, me - I'll have a proper shower at home. Plus this way I rinse my costume while it's still on me.' Like she was still trying to process my awfulness.

At the time I was all smugface and give-no-fucks, but now I wonder. Is this unforgivably rude, in a British context? I am a Brit but my grandparents had nudist tendencies so this may be genetic.

It's not just the female body! Personally I am not keen to view any naked body in a public place. Male or female.

Sorry Chipping you're absolutely right, you didn't 'wish' for it.

"the 'one leg up on the bench' brigade at the gym are always the ones with the hairiest 1970s muffs and dangling labia"

And perhaps comments like that are exactly why people need to feel that their bodies are OK whatever they look like. Talk about women sabotaging each other.

my gym has no changing cubicles, but if i see someone struggling under a towel i turn away, i find their discomfort makes me feel just as uncomfortable as my nudity probably does them

Once a woman came in with her children (1 boys and 2 girls, all 3 under 7 i'd say) and she kept shouting at them to keep their eyes closed. She was being really aggressive, shoved them up against the wall and screamed if they moved. She gave me and the other 2 changers murderous looks. It was the only time i've ever got dressed while being soaking wet in about 5 seconds flat. I felt so sorry for them. I dread to think what body ishoos they are going to have when they get older.

it's nothing to do with sabotaging other women.

There is a certain sort of woman who seems to want to parade and display. I don't care if people want to change underneath a towel or strip off in full view but there are, undoubtedly, those who really eek out the amount of time they need to be naked and are very 'in yer face' with their bits.

I don't want a strange fanny in my face any more than I want a strange pair of bollocks.

I agree with that motherinferior. I am a bit prudey, but I don't find women's bodies disgusting. In fact I find it quite reassuring that other women have chubby arses like I do!
Other people's nudity can be a bit alarming to me some, I think because your own body is so familiar, and theirs is very "other".
Although I am not flustered and embarrassed by naked men. Why is this??
Maybe I have just seen a lot more naked men.

YANBU. I am happy to strip off without towels or cubicles, but there's no need to make a bloody performance out of it.

There is a woman at the gym who gets undressed and then walks around striking up conversations - with strangers, not friends as far as I can tell.

Basically she wants a medal for being all liberal and well adjusted, and to test everybody else's level of same.

I really doubt they're getting some sort of a thrill out of it. Although the collective fascination-horror about 'ladybits' and 'dangling labia' is beginning to make me suspect you're all really suppressing crazed sexual desires...

Last time I went swimming there was a woman shaving in the shower.

There is a woman at the gym who gets undressed and then walks around striking up conversations - with strangers, not friends as far as I can tell.

Is this a female version or cottaging? Keep an eye out for glory holes.

Chipping I would absolutely understand someone with skin conditions, unusual scarring etc. feeling self-conscious. But I wish women in general would feel a bit more confident about their bodies and the way nature made them. We could all do with being a bit kinder to one another - I'm looking at those of you who are using the word 'minge' in a derogatory way here, and those who are commenting on 'dangling labia'. Women are the worst for putting each other down.

You are right Pointy
Women are pretty nasty to one another.

One of the reason's I am not confident with stripping off naked is because I am wobbly and unfit. I also have a seventies bush. I know I would be judged by others.

"I suspect that what you think of as 'parading' they think of as 'just getting on with it'. Personally, speaking as a respectable middle-aged matron, I rather enjoy the chance of a spot of nakedness with strangers. I don't get out much. "

MotherInferior - are you my long lost twin? (Though I may have to draw the line at "respectable").

There are some people who will never be seen naked because whatever else they wear, they won't take off their judgey pants.

Doesn't bother me
A) We all did this at uni because we had to pay our own gas bills. Some idiot only put baths in our flats. Avoid ing increasing the hot water bill was good.

B) I'm so sodding short sighted that between taking off my prescription googles and sticking on my specs the changing room could be full of handsome men and I wouldn't notice.

OP, are you Victoria Coren? She nominated this very issue for room 101 earlier tonight!