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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I post early and often on these threads because this is SUCH a pet peeve of mine. And here is what it boils down to for me. I am an adult. If some other woman wants to bring her older son into the locker room, if he stares at me, I am simply going to tell him to stop staring because it is rude. I figure if there is a posted sign that says opposite sex kids of x age need to go into the proper locker room and you break the rules for whatever reason, I am calling you out on it if the opportunity presents itself. What bothers me most is when I have my upper elementary school aged daughter with me and some woman brings her 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 year old son in with her while she showers, changes, blow dries, etc. That drives me batshit insane because my daughter is often uncomfortable being seen naked by her same or similar aged peer. When it happens, I call the mom out on it. Every. Single. Time. I am polite and firm. "Your son looks older than 6, the post rule is that opposite sex children 7 and over need go in their locker room. I understand that you might be uncomfortable letting him into the men's locker room, but my daughter and myself are following the posted rules and you are not, please wait outside until we are finished." Sometimes they complain and then I simply say, "I certainly understand your dilemma, but I must insist. If you do not respect my daughter, I will certainly wait upstairs for you to finish so that I can point you out to the management and ask to have your privileges at this facility curtailed or revoked." And every time that this happens, other women in the locker room always tell me how glad they are that I spoke up. Every time. [/quote]

ITA. +100.

Also both my brother and I were on the swim team from about 5 years onward.  We got in and out of swimsuits all the time.  I don't think its a big deal that your DS may have trouble with this OP, but I think you should definitely practice getting in and out of trunks with him, because (absent some sort of specific problems/needs), this is something he can definitely master soon.

Oh and incidentially, as a swimmer from an early age, the 7-8 yr old+ boys that would come into the dressing room with Mom when I (by! myself!) was changing totally creeped me out back then.  Far more than the fact that I was in the locker room "alone."  So again, ITA with the PP.[/quote]

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