# Straight men - do you mind the idea of gay men being in the shower with you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 16, 2008, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-men-do-you-mind-the-idea-of-gay-men-being-in-the-shower-with-you/473020 "2008-11-16T19:06:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-men-do-you-mind-the-idea-of-gay-men-being-in-the-shower-with-you/473020/41 "2008-11-17T01:18:57Z")
Not to any different degree than I mind the idea of straight men being in the shower with me. ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-men-do-you-mind-the-idea-of-gay-men-being-in-the-shower-with-you/473020/42 "2008-11-17T01:20:29Z")
Considering the number of times I’ve showered in a group, and the percentage of the population that is gay, I’d be shocked if I haven’t already showered with gay men. Actually, that’s not right. I know that I have. Nudity is not necessarily sexual – and showering is simply a daily chore for cleanliness, not a sensual experience per se. So no, I don’t mind. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-men-do-you-mind-the-idea-of-gay-men-being-in-the-shower-with-you/473020/43 "2008-11-17T01:23:10Z")
Don’t all of you know that communal showers are a conspiracy by ‘teh gays’ to look at straight men 'cause we’re all impossibly irresistible, even those of us who do not attract a woman with our pear-shaped physiques? Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-men-do-you-mind-the-idea-of-gay-men-being-in-the-shower-with-you/473020/44 "2008-11-17T01:32:00Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > pear-shaped physiques? Did I leave my darn webcam on again? ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-men-do-you-mind-the-idea-of-gay-men-being-in-the-shower-with-you/473020/45 "2008-11-17T01:34:11Z")
> [@Indistinguishable](#): > > Not to any different degree than I mind the idea of straight men being in the shower with me. So you wouldn’t mind showering with Bud Abbott? ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-men-do-you-mind-the-idea-of-gay-men-being-in-the-shower-with-you/473020/46 "2008-11-17T01:35:20Z")
> [@drm](#): > > I used to go to a gym that was about 90% gay men. So was it fun to stay at the YMCA? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-men-do-you-mind-the-idea-of-gay-men-being-in-the-shower-with-you/473020/47 "2008-11-17T01:43:52Z")
Ugh. Being in a communal shower would be so unpleasant that I’d be far too concerned with getting out as soon as possible to care if there was a homosexual orgy going on, much less if a few men there were gay. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-men-do-you-mind-the-idea-of-gay-men-being-in-the-shower-with-you/473020/48 "2008-11-17T01:46:27Z")
No, doesn’t bother me at all. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-men-do-you-mind-the-idea-of-gay-men-being-in-the-shower-with-you/473020/49 "2008-11-17T01:47:55Z")
no. not at all. And I used to work out at a largely gay gym, so this isn’t just an idle comment. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-men-do-you-mind-the-idea-of-gay-men-being-in-the-shower-with-you/473020/50 "2008-11-17T01:58:32Z")
If this body inspires your erection, consult your Doctor or Pharmacist. Then call your Opthamologist… ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-men-do-you-mind-the-idea-of-gay-men-being-in-the-shower-with-you/473020/51 "2008-11-17T02:27:03Z")
The only thing that annoys me about changing rooms is that gay people get to get an eyeful of what they like to see. While straight people are separated where they _can’t_ get an eyeful of what they like to see. People are outraged at even the thought of genders mixing in a bathroom or changing area. But not at orientations mixing. A double standard that I wish was corrected so I could ogle naked women at will. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-men-do-you-mind-the-idea-of-gay-men-being-in-the-shower-with-you/473020/52 "2008-11-17T02:34:36Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > The only thing that annoys me about changing rooms is that gay people get to get an eyeful of what they like to see. While straight people are separated where they _can’t_ get an eyeful of what they like to see. Dude, there’s this thing called the Internet… ---
**Author:** ![Spiny\_Norman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Spiny\_Norman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiny_Norman)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-men-do-you-mind-the-idea-of-gay-men-being-in-the-shower-with-you/473020/53 "2008-11-17T02:38:21Z")
I suspect that there were gay guys in high scholl - and we showered after gym, no exceptions. (Not doing so would be - disgusting. Yuk.) I _know_ that a few of the guys in my platoon were gay. No-one gave a hoot. I’ve been in co-ed saunas and group showers, even. People need to chill. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-men-do-you-mind-the-idea-of-gay-men-being-in-the-shower-with-you/473020/54 "2008-11-17T03:44:39Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > So you wouldn’t mind showering with Bud Abbott? You owe me a new keyboard, dude. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-men-do-you-mind-the-idea-of-gay-men-being-in-the-shower-with-you/473020/55 "2008-11-17T04:17:53Z")
Nope. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-men-do-you-mind-the-idea-of-gay-men-being-in-the-shower-with-you/473020/56 "2008-11-17T05:16:49Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > So was it fun to stay at the YMCA? Lol, it was actually just a regular chain gym located in a gay neighborhood. It had awesome facilities. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-men-do-you-mind-the-idea-of-gay-men-being-in-the-shower-with-you/473020/57 "2008-11-17T05:43:42Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Dude, there’s this thing called the Internet… Yes, yes, I know that. I used to do it for a living. But that’s entirely different, and skirting my point about the double standard. If you can call it that. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-men-do-you-mind-the-idea-of-gay-men-being-in-the-shower-with-you/473020/58 "2008-11-17T05:50:38Z")
> [@Illuminatiprimus](#): > > I agree, but **IntelSoldier** doesn’t. Hence the reason I started this thread. [O rly](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10457219#post10457219)? ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-men-do-you-mind-the-idea-of-gay-men-being-in-the-shower-with-you/473020/59 "2008-11-17T06:37:23Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > The only thing that annoys me about changing rooms is that gay people get to get an eyeful of what they like to see. While straight people are separated where they _can’t_ get an eyeful of what they like to see. :rolleyes: > [@GuanoLad](#): > > People are outraged at even the thought of genders mixing in a bathroom or changing area. But not at orientations mixing. A double standard that I wish was corrected so I could ogle naked women at will. Count me as lacking in outrage at seeing or being seen _au naturale_ by the member of the opposite sex, as is a large portion of the industrialized world where nudity is taken as a complete “meh” by anyone over the age of eleven. Seriously, grow up; gay men are not in a frothing frenzy to see your firehose, nor is seeing the vast majority of women naked going to be especially titillating unless you have an improbably number of fetishes. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-men-do-you-mind-the-idea-of-gay-men-being-in-the-shower-with-you/473020/60 "2008-11-17T06:50:04Z")
Wow, there’s someone who doesn’t recognise a joke when they see one. I don’t give a fuck if a gay man sees me naked. My point was there’s a separation of genders for whatever reason, and no separation for orientation. And I was not being serious. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-men-do-you-mind-the-idea-of-gay-men-being-in-the-shower-with-you/473020.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-men-do-you-mind-the-idea-of-gay-men-being-in-the-shower-with-you/473020.md?page=4)