Scared of school showers?

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I knew someone who had been sexually abused, for whom nudity was therefore always bad. He saw a picture in an art book, a painting representing heaven, and couldn't understand how people could be naked in heaven.

In reply to: I knew someone who had been sexually abused, for whom nudity was therefore always bad. He saw a picture in an art book, a painting representing heaven, and couldn't understand how people could be naked in heaven. That's a good point, I hadn't thought much about. I suppose people could be naked in heaven, because there would be neither shame nor sin, and people would once again be innocent and rather unaware or uncaring about their nakedness, as Adam and Eve were in the Garden of Eden, before they sinned.I thinked nakedness often represents vunerability and openness and exposure, something that makes us feel uncomfortable if we are around people who we don't trust. A sinful perverted society would also tend to make more people uneasy about being naked around strangers. Also, since people become as the angels in heaven, not given in marriage (and no longer able to reproduce?), there wouldn't be any of the arousal issues anymore.I thought it a little strange when I saw in the movie, Left Behind, that the people who were raptured off to heaven suddenly, had left their clothes lying behind. Some woman was worried about where her husband had gone, and thought he was naked, because his clothes had collapsed onto his airplane seat. Then after a few minutes, a mass panic broke out when it dawned on people that a bunch of people on the airplane, had mysterious gone missing. On the ground cars crashed, after suddenly having no drivers. The world tried to explain it away with bizarre theories about alien abductions or some ecology thing or something. But I thought this interesting movie, a fictional account of how future Biblical endtimes might play out, was on track, as I read in the Bible that when Jesus was resurected, he left his burial clothes behind. And clothes are a rather artificial covering, and not really part of us.So it seems about right, that people could be naked in heaven. And imagine if you were the only one to show up in clothes? Now wouldn't that be strange?

i hate having school showers because it always seems like the bigger, more athletic kids would always pick on us smaller, not as athletic people. most the time, the guys wanted to secure their masculinity, so they would joke about us, and snap their towels. it did not make for a good enviroment

School locker rooms are one of the main places bullying happens. I don't think that showering at school should be banned, but I do believe there should be better supervision.Anyone remember the movie 'Carrie'? That crap really happens.

. . . I wish we had to shower at our school

And then there's that... :smirk:

better supervision? easier said than done...No matter how good the intention, no matter how good the person, it wouldn't work. Theres just no way to make it easier for people.

I used to hate P.E. showers because I suffered many embrassing times at the hands of these boys because most of them already shown signs of puberty when I was not there at this point. But I went through with my wits. They would jeer at my private area, how bald it was, how small it was, and etc... I had to use my wits by saying, "Well, it seems that you all are jealous of my private areas." They eventually backed off after seeing me standing up for myself showing that I would not cower down and hide behind the door. Well, one year after this, I was already showing the signs of puberty. These "friends" who mocked me became my good friends!

In reply to: better supervision? easier said than done...No matter how good the intention, no matter how good the person, it wouldn't work. Theres just no way to make it easier for people. I wasn't saying it would make it easier for the kids to shower together. I was saying better supervision would alleviate bullying in those areas. I've seen enough research that shows that to be the case.Or am I totally misunderstanding your post?

In reply to: I knew someone who had been sexually abused, for whom nudity was therefore always bad. He saw a picture in an art book, a painting representing heaven, and couldn't understand how people could be naked in heaven. I recall something about somebody said we would be wearing white robes. So maybe people won't be "naked" in heaven after all?

lol, i dont like going to school showers, that isnt cuz of the size of my flaccid penis.. but i just get erect by every thing a person can think of which, as some might know, is quite embarassing sometimes

I think you did exactly the right thing, Deafvols. By showing confidence you negated the teasing and showed that it isn't necessary to be hung and hairy to be worthy of respect.

I am also glad that you didn't spurn those guys later. Bullies and teasers are often insecure people themselves, who need friends.

hahaha yea kinda lol. I'm not saying that it wouldn't stop bullying, i believe it would completely...well with the exception of some gym teachers who enjoy picking on the kids as much as the kids themselves. but anways, what i was saying is that its impossible to have someone supervise it. All it would take is one kid who didn't like the teacher and that teacher would be fired in seconds.

this is a lil off subject.... but once in my freshman year in college I went to take a shower ( in a communal shower) and once I got in there the only other guy in there was jacking off. i stopped in awe of catching some one else masterbating. he simply replied, "it's better to do it here than in my bed and have to change sheets" I simply agreed and continued to shower. so erections, dick size and everything else is just irrelivant in a communal shower. i'm there to get clean anything else is not my concern!

Yeah...gotcha. I see what you're saying. That whole liability thing is crazy. Especially in a situation like that. A grown man "supervising" a bunch of naked boys is almost just asking for it. I'm a counselor at a Catholic school and I have to be very careful. And the sad thing is, I would NEVER think of hurting any of the kids at school, but my concern is making sure I'm not in a position where I can be accused of something I didn't do.

It's a crazy world...

That's just screwed up! Not that he was jacking off in the shower, or even that he got caught. But that he casually continued while you were in there. That boy has some serious boundary issues.Did you not think that you should come back later? Didn't it feel wierd showering with a guy beating off next to you? You KNOW he was looking at you!

in our school its not required, but i still do anyways. And i was a little shy about it tho at first since im a freshmen and everyone around me was a junioir and senior, lol.

wow tho. a guy wackin off next to you in the shower? that would make me a little uneasy. But whatever floats ur boat.

In PE or gym, they only make us change into a uniform so we only see each others boxers. But you make a good point, in my summer school we had to change to go swimming and many people covered their dicks, including me. Some didnt but now I am old enough to realze its not a big deal.

We had to take showers from 7th grade on. I was just almost always the only uncut guy in the locker room and I got teased. I also played team sports and i was alot more comfortable showering with my teammates.