Quote Originally Posted by lph View Post
It really depends what you're used to. I can feel a bit self-conscious if it's been a long time since I've been in a common shower, but next visit I'm wandering around forgetting that I'm not wearing anything.


PS. That was an interesting comment about maybe a "random older person". Was nudity more common and accepted before than it is now? Otherwise I'd think older people to be more conservative in their ways and dress rather than less.
lph, I can't speak for the poster who commented about "random older person" but when I was in high school our swim class had communal showers and no place for private changing back into clothes from swimsuits. You just did it in infront of your locker in the locker room. I don't have kids in the school system but my thoughts are that much more privacy is offered these days. I can't really explain why when morals seem to be so much more lax today than they were in the 1960-1970's. There are probably those who would take exception to the term "lax" and identify or label current standards with the term diversity or tolerance and maybe lax is not the best word but it is the one that comes to mind.

For certain, there is a more rigid standard in the USA than abroad, when it comes to nudity.