Straight men - do you mind the idea of gay men being in the shower with you?

I don’t want to shower with any men, gay or straight.

I won’t be in a communal shower at all if I can help it, but if I were, gay guys wouldn’t bother me. I’m sure they’re used to ignoring fat, hairy, pale straight guys. (I understand I’d be considered a “bear” if I were gay. Is that a good thing?)

I was in a communal shower once as the only male; but that was kind of a special circumstance.

You were on your own?

To answer the question: I’m not a huge fan of communal showers generally as I normally only go naked with my nearest and dearest, but I’m not uncomfortable because there might be gay men there.

I’d never join the army though, as I hear it’s full of queers. :stuck_out_tongue:

Thank you. On the other hand:

You’d be surprised.

So you’re attracted to every woman you meet? Every one? Even the saggy old hags, the ones with limbs missing, the ones with weird, not-quite-symmetrical faces? The ones who look just like your mom? You want to have sex with every single woman?

Don’t tell Shayna or she’ll get all hot and bothered!

Seriously, though: is the predominant hetero thinking on this topic substantially different in Denmark? I’m given to understand that public nudity is not considered as big a deal over there, so are straight men less neurotic about this?

This reminds me of something that happened at a party I went to last summer.

My friends don’t care too much about this sort of stuff, which is why there were multiple naked guys in a household shower, although it was one of those fancy high-end rich folk showers. The wife of the straight guy in the shower was a little perturbed when the gay guys started telling her how hot her husband’s butt was though…but she’s a judge and sometimes she can be a tad stodgier than the rest of the bunch.

Don’t mind the thought that someone in the room may be gay.

What I do mind is the times I have been hit on by gay men, in public locker rooms. Do others like having their crotches grabbed at by random men when they are trying to change for the pool? I don’t. And hearing guys getting it on in the toilet stalls was annoying too. I just stopped going to the pools where that happened. Fortunately that was in college, a long, long time ago.

These days I swim at a local rec center. I hadn’t really thought about whether gay folks were staring at my wrinkly old ass until now - thanks a lot. I am a little concerned about that one creepy guy that is always in the locker room, always naked, all the time, every time I am there. Until now I just assumed he was a pedophile. :stuck_out_tongue:

I wouldn’t care.

I’d be more worried that the homophobic redneck standing next to me might think I was fancying him and beat me up, tie me to the back of his 4x4 and drag me down th road.

Having been shy about communal showers since I was a lad, the idea of anyone being in the shower with me bothers me. Sexual orientation really isn’t a factor in that equation. I would just worry about blinding everyone in the room.

If you need proof, I’ll just point out that my wife didn’t need glasses when we first got married.

I don’t think I’d care, but I also have no expectation of being in a communal shower anytime soon. I can’t think of a possible reason why I would be in one.

If there’s a gay guy in the shower with me, he’s got some explaining to do.

No. Why?

The first thing that went thru my mind reading your post…your wife finds you so unattractive that she has to take matters into her own, uh, hands…and although she isn’t blind yet, she now needs glasses…

:smiley:

I like the way you think, although methinks I should be watching my wife a bit more closely now…

When I was in college, I met a female sergeant in the Army who pretty much voiced this same viewpoint in regards to gays in the military: That most of her male comrades had little to worry about in regards to gay men, or anyone else, finding them attractive.:smiley:

I suspect that if you are already immodest enough to be nude in front of a group of strange men, that they might like what they see is a minor extra hassle.

The first time I was in a (naked) communal shower, I had blue pubic hair! :smiley:

It wouldn’t really bother me, (as long as he didn’t sing too off-key while singing in the shower.)

As far as I can tell, there’s less drama over it. Communal showers are pretty much par for the course in elementary school and high school. Before getting in the water at a public swimming pool, you’re expected to wash down in the open-plan shower (without swimming trunks). It’s just the way it’s done.

And although compulsory military service is now becoming a thing of the past, many still have tried barracks life for a part of their formative years, and that is certainly not an environment that allows much in the way of privacy.

Public nudity is certainly frowned upon if there’s an overt sexual component to it - but if it’s just practical, who cares?

Sorry, but here I must object. As a gay man myself, I can tell that there are not many perks we can enjoy. Showering with your buddies is luckily one that we can. So yes, you are being ogled, at least by me :wink:

Makes zero difference to me. I’ve showered in high school gym, high school sports, college dorms, and gyms in adult life. As the OP suggests, I’m sure I’ve showered with dozens if not hundreds of gay men over the course of that time. Yet despite my smoldering good looks and manly physique :smiley: , nothing objectionable has ever ocurred.

If she’s a babe, can I watch, too? :smiley:

Not that I really care, but…I’ve just gotta ask…unh, were you dyed for a play?

I’m with GuanoLad! I work at a University! Man, if I could saunter into the women’s locker room, I’m not sure I would ever leave. Those gay folks sure are lucky.

But no. I wouldn’t give a shit if a gay guy was in the shower. I go to the gym every day, and I am certain I have been in the shower with several. But since I’m a 41 year old Irish male of absolutely NO Italian dissent (if ya know what I mean) with about ten pounds to lose, I’m pretty sure they aren’t there to look at me. Sigh.