When I went to college back in the 80’s men and women did share locker rooms and at least one dorm had a shared shower. If it wasn’t currently in use there was a sign available which could be rotated to an M for men, W for Women, or E for everyone.
You learned to dress quickly and not stare. Anyone who thought it was an appropriate location for sexy time was quickly disabused of the notion. I’m sure there are some people on her who will be surprised to learn how completely non-sexual it was, but that’s the fact.
Missed the 5 minute edit window, but wanted to add:
This was actually the case in a gym I belonged to once. Although it was male/female segregated, the male changing room had an open shower/change space, plus 10 or so private cubicles for those who wished to use them for whatever reason. I was very glad of these myself as I suffer from quite bad psoriasis at the base of my spine, and I felt more comfortable in private.
Tell you what, I’d be entirely in favor of something like this. No need for separate changing rooms for gays and straights, just install a dozen or so separate shower stalls, thats all.
Problem solved. They gays wont feel like they’re being segregated, and I’m happy too
No, because the homophobes would not be required to use the seperate-but-equal changing room, but it would be there in case one is so phobic that he needs to be seperated from any potential homosexual contact.
I have a problem sharing a locker room with creeps. If you don’t think creeps hang out in locker rooms then you haven’t been in many. I don’t know their orientation beyond creep so I can’t say it’s a gay or straight issue. It would have to be an emergency for me to shower at the gym so it’s no too big a deal.
