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b4dger
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 Posted - 01/23/2009 : 6:05:05 PM
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The camp site I went to last summer in France had urinals on the outside wall of the shower block for the men. The cubicles with the wc pan in had a lockable door. showers were unisex as were the wash basins.
Not a problem for anybody, I even shaved my pubic region at the basins with no comment or strange looks.
Spread the word.. nude is best. Bob..
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Darkhorse
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Posted - 01/28/2009 : 10:39:33 PM
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Interesting topic...
Of the 6 nudist resorts I've visited, all had co-ed showers, mostly out in the open, and none have had co-ed bathrooms.
In fact, the resort I visit most frequently now has partitions between the urnals in the men's rooms!
This is quite a contrast with many (textile) men's rooms, which have no partitions between the urnals. Some of the older ones still have the "trough" urnals for men to share!
Oddly enough, I have shared public restrooms with women and girls many times in the textile world. Sometimes I have invited them in when they were lined up outside the ladies' room, other times they have invited themselves in. I have used a ladies' room here and there when the men's was out of service. 
Frequently, men have brought their daughters into the men's room with them, and I have done the same thing. 
As far as I know, this has never been a problem...so why, as nudists, are we so hung up about it? 
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nude charles
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Posted - 01/29/2009 : 11:04:58 AM
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I don't think it's the nudists; I think it's the management.
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Little Fellow
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Posted - 02/08/2009 : 11:42:23 AM
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When i'm on the toilet, i would feel uncomfortable with people watching me, regardless of the fact i'm a naturist.
Nude or not, you should have privacy in toilets.
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ToAsTeD
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Posted - 03/03/2009 : 11:08:27 PM
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Originally posted by DrkNite
Personally, since we see people nude all day, what is the point of seperate bathrooms/showers and walls between toilets. Everybody is just doing their business
You're right... but most places I've been to have seperate "bathrooms" for men and women... although the "showers" may be co-ed.
And even the co-ed "shower houses" (where men and women can shower together) have stall doors for the toilets... I guess it's just a matter of preference... but I haven't been to a place yet that has "open" toilets for both men and women... (does that make sense?)
Hope this helps you and answers your question!
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Warmskin
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Posted - 03/04/2009 : 8:44:53 PM
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Some of us would like the comforts of home, or at least the same as you would find in large, clean public restroom. I like stalls, but am also fine with using a combined a men-women toilet facility, so long as it has stalls. We do all see each other nude all day long, so why the concern about seeing a nude member of the opposite sex.
Taking the need for sex-oriented bathroom arrangements further, would we need secret entrances to both a separate men's and women's restrooms? That does sound odd, but it does increase privacy one step more.
Think about this -- we are allowing others to see us nude at a resort, so why should we get all in a tizzy about being seen by the opposite sex in a restroom that has stalls? Sure, customs do make us conform often enough, but we are violating the customs of being covered up in public already.
What one sex does in the restroom, the other does the same, unless you're from another galaxy. As long as a stall provides privacy, and the men's urinals are screened off, why not have a combined restroom? I do admit to being more free-spirited than most folks, so maybe that explains things.
"Rock and Roll, man, on K-WASH FM, yo, raaaaap with me, mama, with 50 Cent. Git it on, Baby! "
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DaffyTaffy2
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Posted - 03/04/2009 : 9:46:22 PM
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 Warmskin u sure you have told us how u really feel?
I mean seriously naked people who at home have there bathroom doors open at least 50% of the time? The same nudist who sleeps w u when u r sick?Have u no flatulance? Snoring? Body parts exposed hopefully as much as 90% of the time?
But wait am I allowed 2 bring up those things in a forum? Admin? What do u think?
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Darkhorse
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Posted - 03/04/2009 : 10:55:31 PM
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You said it well! While I understand - and respect - those who enjoy visual privacy in restrooms, the discomfort about being seen using a toilet is almost certainly learned, especially among acquaintences. My family only closes bathroom doors when we have guests over, and family members often share bathrooms simultaneously (toilet, shower, washbowl). It seems like a small step from comfort with nudity to comfort in the bathrooms, but the "discomfort" factor appears to be high, even among people of the same sex.
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Charged
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Posted - 08/18/2009 : 10:44:57 PM
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I don't understand what's so private about bathroom stalls. If you take a number 2 (to be polite) and it smells, those dividers won't help. You can normally see the person who made such a bad smell or sound once they leave the stall. Personally, I have no problem with open, co-ed stalls. It's natural, why should we be ashamed of it. Most nudist resorts say that nobody will judge you for your body, so why should people judge you for one of your body's most important and common functions?
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rooftopwilly
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Posted - 08/20/2009 : 2:46:13 PM
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Hmm, interesting point, but one I'm not sure many will agree on. When I was in the Army, I got used to doing a #2 as you politely put it, in front of other guys all the time. In Saudi Arabia, we had these outhouses built that had 4 toilet seats next to one another. It was a daily thing to be sitting on the throne right next to another soldier. As for the opposite sex though, the only woman I've ever gone #2 in front of is my wife. Don't know if I'd want to go in front of another woman or not. While I personally wouldn't have a problem with it, I'd be thinking they would, so it would bug me.
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Warmskin
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Posted - 08/29/2009 : 02:22:22 AM
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There is no privacy in a public restroom, per se, except when you close the stall door. I have no idea who is in a stall, and it's none of my business. If a woman were in that stall, how would that affect me? She can't see me, and I can't see her. I don't even know if it is a "her." The only thing I could see is a woman entering or leaving a stall. Not very exciting or embarrassing. Of course, if woman and I are using adjacent wash basins, that is not uncomfortable, as we can do the same at home, possibly.
So, we have the opposite sexes seeing each other entering a restroom. Not really remarkable at all. Now push it just a bit further. You go into a mixed gender restroom, and you see both sexes washing their hands. You might notice that a couple of stall doors are closed. You don't know who is using them, man or woman. No big deal so far. Then you see the opposite sex leaving a stall and heading over toward the wash basin. Is that embarrassing for either sex?
As I have mentioned before, you could have a men only portion for urinals, that can't be seen from the main part of the restroom.
I guess I don't see the violation of decency in that arrangement. Most textile people would think we are going over the top with communal mixed nudity. It's all a matter of adjusting to new situations. The textile person would get used to public nudity, and the nudist can get used to mixed gender restrooms. For both types of people, it's simply one step forward in total acceptance of all people.
I wouldn't recommend mixed gender restrooms in the textile world, though.Yikes!! That notwithstanding, we always have room for personal growth and acceptance.
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Warmskin
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Posted - 08/29/2009 : 02:27:55 AM
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RoofTopWilly said,
"When I was in the Army, I got used to doing a #2 as you politely put it, in front of other guys all the time. In Saudi Arabia, we had these outhouses built that had 4 toilet seats next to one another. It was a daily thing to be sitting on the throne right next to another soldier. As for the opposite sex though, the only woman I've ever gone #2 in front of is my wife. Don't know if I'd want to go in front of another woman or not. While I personally wouldn't have a problem with it, I'd be thinking they would, so it would bug me."
Alas, Willy, you should have joined the Air Force, they have separate stalls in all their latrines. There may be a few exceptions, In basic training, the restrooms we used looked like those of a fine hotel. I guess we airmen were spoiled and pampered.
"The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home."
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simplebob26
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Posted - 08/29/2009 : 2:38:46 PM
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I personally don't have a problem with going to the bathroom in front of others. I was raised this way, since we only had once bathroom...the doors really never got locked, and we would go in, do our business, and leave, even if someone else was in there showering or shaving or getting ready for school / work. There were very few secrets in our house growing up.
As an avid camper/backpacker, I can tell you that I've used "mom and pop" type toilets in the backcountry. And yes, there out in the middle of it all, no shelter at all. So you're in plain view of everyone, male / female, old/young, whatever. No big deal. In Japan, the public restrooms in the parks have the urinals right by the "door"...in quotes because it's really just a threshold, there's no actual door that you open or close. The group I was with was really freaked out about it...I didn't think twice about dropping my zipper and doing my business. No big deal.
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rooftopwilly
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Posted - 08/29/2009 : 7:11:56 PM
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Warmskin,
For the most part, we had separate stalls as well. This was in Saudi Arabia, where they had to build some outhouses to accommodate all of the troops. The only other time we didn't have privacy was in basic training, we had 2 weeks of training out in the desert in New Mexico, and the bathroom had 4 toilets all in the open.
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