# Have P.E. showers ever actually been mandatory?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-p-e-showers-ever-actually-been-mandatory/223173>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 7, 2004, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-p-e-showers-ever-actually-been-mandatory/223173 "2004-01-07T07:28:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-p-e-showers-ever-actually-been-mandatory/223173/41 "2004-01-08T03:28:30Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Cicada2003 \*  
> \*\*In jr. high I loved gym class, except for the mandatory shower. Prepubescent 12-year-olds don’t smell that bad–except in our case, AFTER the shower. Yes.  
> \*\*

Oh yes they do smell bad! I still remember the awful smell of my 7th grade girls locker room. 7th graders had the smaller gym, the 8th and 9th graders got the larger gym in the other building,and that locker room never smelled as bad as the 7th graders. Ugg. I don’t know how the 7th grade boys LR smelled, but the girls reeked.

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-p-e-showers-ever-actually-been-mandatory/223173/42 "2004-01-08T04:19:55Z")

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The factual question has been answered, so I’ll close this thread. Those wishing to share their memories are directed to the IMHO forum. Those wishing to debate whether PE should be mandatory are directed to GD.

bibliophage  
moderator GQ

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