# What goes on inside a gay bathhouse? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 24, 2004, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-inside-a-gay-bathhouse/276555 "2004-11-24T23:44:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-inside-a-gay-bathhouse/276555/61 "2004-11-26T02:59:52Z")
> [@SolGrundy](#): > > Sigh. I was trying to be tactful. I don’t get the heebie jeebies from the thought of walking barefoot in someone else’s athelete’s foot fungus as much as I do at the thought of walking barefoot in someone else’s semen. > > Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Hey, I was trying to give a family friendly reason for wearing flip flops. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![pokey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ebca7d/32.png) [@pokey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pokey)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-inside-a-gay-bathhouse/276555/62 "2004-11-26T03:57:53Z")
> [@ltfire](#): > > Um…if no one is looking over your shoulder…Google / Images / Glory hole. > 😃 Even if you know what a glory hole is, that’s still a fun way to spend 10 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-inside-a-gay-bathhouse/276555/63 "2004-11-26T04:16:32Z")
> [@pokey](#): > > … I saw your name come up on New Posts and thought your name \*was \* your post. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-inside-a-gay-bathhouse/276555/64 "2004-11-26T07:27:06Z")
> [@PaulFitzroy](#): > > I keep hearing the term “Gay Bathhouse,” but I’m still not really sure what it means. My guess is that it’s a place where gay men go and sit in hot tubs nude with each other, and that there are rooms where they can go off and have sex with each other if they so desire. Is this basically it? If I’m wrong, could someone with more expertise set me, er, straight? > > And is there anything like this for heterosexuals? Why we bathe. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-inside-a-gay-bathhouse/276555/65 "2004-11-26T07:27:50Z")
> [@chaoticdonkey](#): > > Must be the latter, judging from your SDMB personality and picture. Yes! Once again, my fishing for compliments pays off! Does this post make me look fat, by the way? > [@chatoicdonkey](#): > > But more on-topic… seriously… flip-flops to walk around? Do they not have people that clean it? Dunno. I imagine. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-inside-a-gay-bathhouse/276555/66 "2004-11-26T07:34:04Z")
They definitely have people who clean. I was offered such a job at one point, but declined as I had started to get more translating work. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-inside-a-gay-bathhouse/276555/67 "2004-11-26T14:36:58Z")
> [@SolGrundy](#): > > Yes! Once again, my fishing for compliments pays off! Does this post make me look fat, by the way? No, your post count makes you look fat. Hey, wait… ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-inside-a-gay-bathhouse/276555/68 "2004-11-26T15:39:28Z")
Now that we have the bath house thing answered, has anyone here ever been in a Turkish prison? ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-inside-a-gay-bathhouse/276555/69 "2004-11-26T15:49:45Z")
> [@EvilAsh](#): > > … but I’m too much of wiener to go in and find out. If you had too much of a wiener, heck, you’d be welcome with open… um, _arms_. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-inside-a-gay-bathhouse/276555/70 "2004-11-26T16:35:12Z")
I did some research on this, back when my ex-wife and I were still married and swinging. There is a club in SF that has a once a month “Couples Night”, although I understand the upper floors are still primarily gay. We decided against it due to the research revealing several things, one of which being TS/TV’s who go around and offer themselves without revealing physical gender… and the idea of a LARGE group of men watching and having themselves in hand. If we could have found a club that was couples ONLY as opposed to allowing single men in for a MUCH higher fee we would have probably tried it out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-inside-a-gay-bathhouse/276555.md?page=3)