Anonymous
07/29/2021 10:02
Subject: Showering after middle/high school gym class
Graduated in 1992, and we had some sort of shower requirements in MS and HS; it was something like five showers per semester, and we had to check in with the teachers to prove we had done it, which meant that our bodies were wet. Truly stupid.
No showering for my kids in DCPS MS or HS now.
Also, there’s a great Freaks and Geeks episode about this. Strong recommend.
No showering for my kids in DCPS MS or HS now.
Also, there’s a great Freaks and Geeks episode about this. Strong recommend.
Anonymous
07/28/2021 21:15
Subject: Showering after middle/high school gym class
1994 and we never showered. We were not getting our big hair and makeup ruined. I never worked up a sweat in gym class.
We had swimming for part of the year and no one showered after that either. We would always try to tell the old male teachers we had our periods and couldn’t go in that day to avoid getting wet. It was all about the hair.
No showers ever happened in middle school either.
We had swimming for part of the year and no one showered after that either. We would always try to tell the old male teachers we had our periods and couldn’t go in that day to avoid getting wet. It was all about the hair.
No showers ever happened in middle school either.
Anonymous
07/28/2021 20:01
Subject: Showering after middle/high school gym class
Anonymous wrote:Graduated HS in 1998 in the Midwest. 3 minute passing periods. We had locker rooms for PE and sports but no one ever took a shower except for the football players after gym. We showered at the natatorium after swim practice (down the road from school) but left out suits on with just the shoulder straps pulled down.
My kids are way more chill about nudity than we were so hopefully showers will come back. People smelled awful after gym and sports.
I wonder if we were at the same school! Same, down to the 3 minute passing periods (not even enough time to wait in line for a bathroom, let alone use it) pulled-down shoulder straps after swim practice. In the actual high school building, there were showers in the locker rooms, but they were never used to the point that the fluorescent lights in that half of the locker room burned out freshman year and still hadn’t been replaced my junior year when I got cut from the a different team.
It is a total relief to shower without a swimsuit after laps now that I’m an adult.
Anonymous
07/28/2021 19:27
Subject: Showering after middle/high school gym class
The school showers are gross. I graduated in 2000 and would never uses school shower.
Anonymous
07/28/2021 15:41
Subject: Re:Showering after middle/high school gym class
There was no time to shower. There was barely time to change your underwear And that's it!
Anonymous
07/28/2021 15:39
Subject: Showering after middle/high school gym class
Guy here. Graduated 1998.
We had showers but didn’t use them in public MS. At private HS (boarding) we used group showers after athletics… weird for a couple days freshman year but then you’re totally used to it. I remember one guy on the football team always ran back to his dorm to shower instead of at the gym and he was mocked relentlessly.
I didn’t really take a PE class in HS, played sports all three seasons. I think showering at the gym was maybe less common for non-athletes.
Side note: Showering at the office gym is 100% normal and I wish it weren’t. Lots of very old, very naked men with low hanging fruit just chatting away.
We had showers but didn’t use them in public MS. At private HS (boarding) we used group showers after athletics… weird for a couple days freshman year but then you’re totally used to it. I remember one guy on the football team always ran back to his dorm to shower instead of at the gym and he was mocked relentlessly.
I didn’t really take a PE class in HS, played sports all three seasons. I think showering at the gym was maybe less common for non-athletes.
Side note: Showering at the office gym is 100% normal and I wish it weren’t. Lots of very old, very naked men with low hanging fruit just chatting away.
Anonymous
07/28/2021 15:35
Subject: Re:Showering after middle/high school gym class
I graduated high school in the late 90s and no one showered after gym in middle school or high school. We were required to change clothes.
Anonymous
07/28/2021 15:31
Subject: Re:Showering after middle/high school gym class
Graduated in 1997. We had to swim in PE our freshman year so we could at least "shower" with bathing suits on and then we all ran around trying to get our hair dried on time and we shared the 3 bathroom stalls to change so we didn't have to get naked in front of everyone. Also, our pool was shared with the community so there were lots of adult women letting it all hang out in our locker room. I don't think that would happen today. I can't imagine adults being allowed to shower with minors these days...
There were definitely showers in middle school but I honestly can't remember being forced to shower.
There were definitely showers in middle school but I honestly can't remember being forced to shower.
Anonymous
07/28/2021 15:19
Subject: Showering after middle/high school gym class
I graduated in the late 80's, and nobody showered after gym class. In fact, IIRC we weren't allowed to use the showers even if we wanted to (which no one did...they were definitely not clean and there wasn't enough time anyway).
Anonymous
07/28/2021 14:28
Subject: Showering after middle/high school gym class
Anonymous wrote:I graduated in 2006 and we never used the showers. I never got sweaty enough to need to.
+1
Anonymous
07/28/2021 14:10
Subject: Showering after middle/high school gym class
PE in school is a joke. No one is breaking a sweat. No showers needed.
Anonymous
07/28/2021 11:33
Subject: Showering after middle/high school gym class
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I'm guessing most of the posters here are women.
Guys, was the experience different for you?
Guy. Graduated high school late 90s. Middle and high school locker rooms had showers, but I don't remember anyone ever using them. I would have been mortified in middle school.
None of us ever showered after cross country practice in high school, even though we were sweaty. We just went home and showered. By then, it would not have been a problem for me, because I was a lot more confident.
When I shower at the gym now, I have no qualms about baring it all in the group shower rooms (older facility). But there are a number of guys up into their mid-20s, I'm guessing, who are showering in their underwear. It's weird. There's a group of them, they drive modified BMW M's, they're very much into themselves in the weight room, always flexing in the mirrors and admiring each others' biceps and pecs, but they're apparently terrified to let anyone see their penises in the locker room.
Np. Why do you need to see their penises?
Anonymous
07/28/2021 11:27
Subject: Re:Showering after middle/high school gym class
It was optional, and our showers had privacy.
There was enough time for a shower if you were quick about it, which I was.
Not everyone used the showers.
There was enough time for a shower if you were quick about it, which I was.
Not everyone used the showers.
Anonymous
07/28/2021 10:25
Subject: Showering after middle/high school gym class
nude high school girls
Anonymous
10/23/2020 05:08
Subject: Showering after middle/high school gym class
Class of 2004. The only time I showered was when we had swimming. It was such a pain - I was always late to my next class, and I hated walking around with wet hair in the middle of winter. My sister was smart, she refused to swim and didn’t care if she got in trouble. In retrospect I should have refused too, lol.