No nudity in changing rooms

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I read an article in the newspaper this morning about a surfing club in Australia that has banned nudity in their changing rooms. Apparently surfers have to shower in their costumes and then change using a towel. To be clear, this is in single sex changing rooms, not mixed changing rooms.

Apparently to “protect the children”. Personally I would think it as a good way of giving some children a completely messed up relationship with their own bodies.

I was a bit surprised as even in the UK growing up in the 70s we had to shower naked after sport. Is this of nonsense spreading to the U.K. too?

Having lived in countries where mixed naked saunas are not unusual it does seem a bit baffling.

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hyperblue said:

bhstewie said:

This I guess?

Swimmer 'body shamed' in surf club nudity row

Attention grabbing headline and sounds a bit silly on the face of it, but the quote from the CEO adds more detail and sounds reasonable enough.

the article said:

Surf Life Saving New South Wales CEO Steve Pearce said the signage "probably could have been done better", but was only done as an interim measure until the changing rooms are renovated.

"We're aware the facilities are inadequate," he told the BBC. "But [the club] received complaints from some junior members about being intimidated and uncomfortable".

"Instead of just putting a blanket "no nudity", if the signs explained why people should refrain from being nude while children were in the change room, it would have been better received, and we wouldn't be having this conversation."

How is that reasonable? If children are getting “intimidated and uncomfortable” at the sight of a naked person of the same sex then the problem that needs to be addressed is why they have that feeling, not stopping people being naked.