Where has the common decency gone from swim school change rooms?
I am not talking about the local health centre or even the local swimming pool, this is purely about the dedicated swim centres that specialise in teaching children to swim. From many a discussion with other parents and from my own personal experience, the topic of change rooms has come up in recent times, quite a lot. It seems these rooms are causing quite the headache for many parents and children for a few reasons.
I’d like to start with my main gripe, the difference between the male and the female change rooms, and more specifically the behaviour that goes on in there.
As a woman who visits these change rooms often with my two daughters, I can say with certain authority that 99 per cent of women are pretty modest in these environments. They seek some sort of privacy – whether it is their towel, using clothing as a screen or even if it is just turning to face toward the wall to get dressed.
If they shower they do it in their bathers, and they are quick, in and out. This isn’t because we are all self-conscious, rather because we are respectful of others around us and where we actually are. We are in there with purpose, to get ourselves changed and our kids changed and to get the hell out.
But from a few sources it seems that this is not often replicated next door in the male change rooms. Apparently in there, it is more like a nudist colony, where your birthday suit is the outfit choice of many and the outfit they seem very proud to show off.
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We use the family change room all the time and it's quite common to see a mom or dad naked in the shower with their kids. More modest than a men's or womans change room since genitals are covered when walking around. I've since started showering naked as well just facing the wall. I don't think a bum is of any concern to anyone. Just be respectful of who is around
I work in two large retail clothing stores. I can you women are the biggest offenders of everything. The sit and stand around inside the mens' changing rooms like it is an ice cream social. They are also the sloppiest shoppers, even sloppier than children and teens. They leave clothes all over the place, except for where the items belong. I'm just calling it as I see it.