I'm just curious how many of you guys have to take showers after gym class or sports practice? At my school were all required to take showers,because it's a private school. In fact at back to school orientation all parents and students are informed about the rule. It's about having good body hygiene. Well it's been a full week of school and it's funny how the freshman and transfer students are real shy about other guys seeing them naked in the shower. Why do guys have a hangup about showing their dicks? I mean whats the problem? Some guys have big dicks,short dicks,long dicks,fat dicks and small dicks, just like some people are fat,tall,skinny,short. So why be ashamed. My dick is real small when soft, but when I pop a boner it gets just as big. I know my friend has a fat dick when it's soft and when he saw how my boner grew as big as his, he couldnt beleive it. So what I'm trying to say guys be proud of your dick,because it's yours and as long as it makes you feel good,don't worry about it. If any of you are ashamed of showering, don't worry about it. Be proud of your body. Maybe the guy staring at you wishes he had a body part like yours. Maybe this dosen't make sense,but this is the way I feel. Today one freshman was trying so hard to cover himself,while he was changing. His dick was as small as mine,and after he saw how small my dick was,he didn't try to cover himself up anymore. I think he didn't feel ashamed anymore. So this is why I'm curious if any of you other guys are embarrased about showering in gym class.
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Scared of school showers?
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I hated group showers after PE in high school. I did everything I could to avoid it but it was part of our grade and required. So I did it like the rest but hated every minute of it. I had some real issues with body image and the size of my flaccid penis and was totally embarassed. I sure wish I had your attitude back then! I do now and go to the gym regularly and shower like its no big deal (no pun intended!) It just took a long time for me to be able to do that. I want to encourage other guys that have to do this to forget about all that stuff, you deserve the shower just as much as anyone else! Forget about other guys looking, and if they do they may just be surprised!
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I think anyone has a natural tendancy to feel uncomfortable about nakedness with members of the same sex. It's something that you have to overcome. Clearly you have as your post was well thought out and makes a good case.
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I was scared to death in my first couple of years in high school a long time ago, mainly because I was somewhat late into puberty and took a lot of BS from the other boys in the lockerroom for my little-boy penis and my couple of wisps of pubic hair. (It was frequently called to my attention that I was one of the only boys there who didn't wear or need a jock for phys-ed.) But once it started, my coming-of-age happened pretty quickly, and when I got my big-boy equipment, I lost my terror. Modesty is pretty hard to sustain in a locker room or a communal shower, and checking out the other guys to see how you compare is just a silly but natural part of being a male. Remember, the guy casing your penis is probably worrying that it's bigger than his, whether it is or not. My wife and I have three teen-age kids, two boys and a girl, and we've tried to raise them not to be ashamed of their bodies, clothed or bare. That doesn't mean we all run around our apartment in the nude--in fact, my wife and I are pretty careful to cover up except with same-sex kids. We have only two bathrooms, so, as the children approached puberty, we decided to divvy them up male/female rather than parents/kids. That means the boys and I are around each other naked every morning, taking turns in the shower, and it's the same with our girl and her mom. We've encouraged the kids to be open with us about anything sexual that's on their minds. They are, and getting naked for gym class or for getting in and out of swim suits at the pool has never come up. I assume that means it's a non-issue for any of them.
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they dont make us as im only in middle school but if they did I wouldnt care, ive been on a team before (football & basketball) where everyone was REQUIRED to take showers after practice and games
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I was the same as you, lance. I always avoided it whenever possible. But it seems that most schools now have individual showers, or don't make it compulsory at all.
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in our school, we have about fifteen 3 wall showers so you can see into the stall across from you. it is not required to take showers but some kids do when needed, myself included. i am not insecure about my penis at all and me and my friends have been naked in front of eachother. some kids are very self concious about this, especially the 7th graders and they change into their gym clothes in the bathroom stalls which i always thought was ridiculous because you dont have to change out of your boxers. those who havent finished puberty, its obvious that they dont want anybody else to see that their penises are small so shy around changing but i dont mind seeing other mens penises or them seeing mine.
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Fortunately, I do not have to take showers after gym or pe etc. But if i did, then i wouldn't be ashamed take take one because I would be exposed. I would be more ashamed of the fact that I am a little larger than most people, so I am trying to cut back on the Twinky's and other snacks. Not going too well, though.
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I too went to a private school where the guys all had to shower together. I hated it for the fact that so many of them thought that they were such "hot stuff" and that other guys were either a wimp, or gay -less then them. And this was a Christian school! I wasn't really ever embarassed by my size or how I looked below, for I am just at or more than normal and I know I look like model pics I've seen; but I did have an overall body image that was inferior at the time. Taking showers with others guys isn't the problem, it's how they/we act with others in such a condesending (sp.?) way. It's hard enough for guys to just be buddies, open, etc., only to turn on each other physically and/or relationally. I am straight and have been joyfully married for years but I have yet to find another dude who can be an honest friend in every way. There's always a game to be played. Recently I had a guy who I thought would be a friend share that he struggled with masterbation, ok, I can relate, etc. -but when I wanted to talk, he clammed and dropped me. Does any of this make sense? Anyone experience any of this?
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Totally, been there and done that. Had that happen to me before. However, I have been blessed with several truly committed male friends who are able to be totally honest, share intensenly personal and private thoughts, goals and dreams and allow me to do the same thing. Those friendships are the best, hopefully someday you'll find a buddy that can have that type of relationship with you...one that isn't shallow or full of macho type BS.
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Some cultures, and some times, are more competitive than others. My school, in the 1970s, wasn't very competitive, but apparently became much more so in the 1990s. I think it is stupid when people think that everything is a competition.
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i think though if you really do have to take one put your foot down and wear boxer shorts or something its not law or rules to not wear them isit? i remeber when i was at school and we had to have a shower it was the other way round we all wore swim suits but then this chick came in with nothing on and she got so bullied for being a lesbian which i thought was very cruel but i guess things are diffrent all over the place aint they
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It is difficult to find the kind of friend Lance describes, but the loneliness of wanting more honesty is a higher kind of loneliness than the kind most cowardly live with day in and day out. Be glad you are man enough to be open. Our job is to gradually make the other guys "envy" our freedom until they get the nerve to be real about themselves.
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i ve got one real good freind like that. i was there when h was born his mom is freinds with my moim his sis is freinds with my sisters and my whole family dont like his brother. hahah but hes about half a year younger than me but we can talk but ne thing and somtimes he can be an asshole but were still real good frinds there is another one who i can trust w/ almost anything but im not sure yet if you have only one freind like that ytou are doing very good im alwas afraid (since are gyms have boys and gyrls) that i might pop a boner right before pe gets out and have one in tha shower it hasent happened yet but im still fearful of it but i am very proud of my dick size but i have had to build a reputation from being a freak to being on top in a few weeks and suprisingly enough it worked and i dont need it all crashing down cuz ppl think im gay
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Please don't larf but I have a birthmark on my manhood I don't think I will ever take a shower at school what does every1 else think do you think i will get bs?
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I'm not bothered about what anyone thinks of my size/shape etc. but always worry about what would happen if I got an erection during showers. Has this ever happened to anyone?
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One time in college it did, no big deal (no pun intended) those sorta things just happen to us from time to time. It usually has nothing to do with sexual thoughts, just happens and its tough to predict or control. If it happens, ignore it and hopefully it'll go away. If anyone says anything, ask them why they are looking anyway!
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I am in the uk in high school and the school i go to used to have a swimming pool so we had to shower then. Not a single one of us ever took our swim shorts off because we didn't have to as the teachers understood how we would feel, but recently we had a new school built with no swimming pool! There's still showers there but we choose to use them or not and I don't think anyone (except perhaps the teachers at the end of the day) has ever used them! And when we were getting changed there were only like 4 or 5 people that we ever saw there dick (this was by accident of them) and me not being 1 of them! So basically my point is......................................I don't have one and just wanted to tell this story! :smile: thanks for your time g'bye
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Some cultures, and some times, are more competitive than others. My school, in the 1970s, wasn't very competitive, but apparently became much more so in the 1990s. I think it is stupid when people think that everything is a competition
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yeah it can be pretty stupid but what can be more annoying is all the stupid "you're all winners!" sports where they dont keep score and give out trophies just for the hell of it,i mean i know its to try and spare kids feelings but well one some of even all of the kids still keep score and two sometimes they need to lose to learn and to also better themselves at what they're doing or if they completely suck they should find something new but now for the original part, at my old school it wasn't required to shower in gym but when we did the part on swimming you had to have swim trunks on you could wear gym shorts over if u didnt have your own or forgot and had to wear speedoes but those times that i did forget i wouldnt wear the shorts because it was to annoying but after because of the chlorine and other sanitarial chemicals in the pool you had to take a real shower which was strange at first but now at my new school u have to take a shower after P.E. and im perfectly fine with it. Im not ashamed at all in fact i love my package and my body.
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In reply to: Scared of school showers i was attacked by a shower once. i simply changed after gym class and walked into the shower and bang! it attacked me. i ended up w 2 broken ribs, a fractured sternum and a black eye. quite the ordeal.
