Unhygienic?

fischerspooner · 05-09-2005 02:37PM

you don't think there's a link between someone being paranoid/ashamed of their body and being crap in bed? I certainly do.

azezil · 05-09-2005 02:44PM

mmm comunal showers

jester77 · 05-09-2005 03:14PM

Irish girls in general are very conservative and uncomfortable with nudity in front of others. I don't think it's because they are unhygenic because I haven't met too many.

I live in Germany now and all of the places I've been to that involves nudity, ie. gyms, saunas, pools etc have shower cubicles. Some of the places even have communal changing rooms. Everyone walks around naked in the saunas, men, women, young and old, fat and skinny plus everyone uses a towel when in the sauna. You would actually get thrown out for wearing swimgear there.

So it's really just the Irish conservatism and maybe embarassment at being naked.

Tar.Aldarion · 05-09-2005 03:21PM

having lived with these 'irish girls',they are quite hygenic.well my friends are anyway.

vector · 05-09-2005 04:07PM

fischerspooner wrote:

sick because they haven't showered the sweat offa them.

ok its not nice, but don't use the word sick, its too powerful, it should be reserved for incest, the word you want here is "nasty"

Shrimp · 05-09-2005 04:30PM

We aren't talking bout nudity here. All thats required is that u shower and get dressed. It's not that hard. Wash yourself everyday, otherwise that horrible.

DjDangerousDave · 05-09-2005 04:51PM

-Off Topic-

nesf wrote:

Next person who brings up the topic of sex gets banned.

Read the charter, or just take me at my word/whim. Whichever really

3 Posts Later........

Thaed wrote:

Maybe those girls were going home to have sweaty sex that they could not have in the ladies locker room.
Shame they wasted all that time changing they could have went straight
home in thier sweats.

Bening naked infront of people who are also naked and changing is not such
a big deal everyone justs gets on with what ever they are doing.
Not like your the only naked semi naked person in the room.

Dave.

Dave! · 05-09-2005 05:08PM

Shrimp wrote:

We aren't talking bout nudity here. All thats required is that u shower and get dressed. It's not that hard. Wash yourself everyday, otherwise that horrible.

...people still seem to be *skipping over* the notion that the girls were "crazy" enough to go home and shower there...

Dades · 05-09-2005 05:41PM

I think the pertinent question here is how these sweaty ladies are getting home.
In a car or on a bike - kool and the gang.

Squashed beside me on a train or a bus - eh no thanks.

OLDYELLAR · 05-09-2005 05:44PM

ah who cares really though.
If there smelly thats their loss , who the hell would go near someone that reeks ??NOT ME ANYWAY
aN if they went home to shower who cares I do the same .

Aisling(",) · 05-09-2005 05:58PM

Girls will always be more critical of their own body and the bodies of others.If i'm swimming then I have ashower in my togs.

jamiecake · 05-09-2005 06:24PM

wold their hair not be all wet anyways from the sweat?? gross

Right_Side · 05-09-2005 07:50PM

fly_agaric wrote:

LOL. Are you a pest controller or work in a sewer or something! Yeah, you can never waste enough water and electricity/gas having showers. Yet another stupid fad we've imported from across the atlantic now we have enough money to pay for it.

Shower 1: First thing I do in the morning. Can't function without it. Feel dirty for the entire day if I don't have it. (Every day).

Shower 2: After the gym. (Most days).

Shower 3: Before I go out. (Once or twice a week).

Doesn't seem that "stupid" to me.

larryone · 05-09-2005 08:08PM

Seems a bit excessive.
3 showers in one day.

Son_of_Belial · 05-09-2005 08:19PM

Keyser Soze 69 wrote:

I'd have to agree with this comment, I don't think they'd be as open as males would be with regards to the whole communal shower situation.

Yeah, that's what I think as well.

05-09-2005 08:22PM

i always jump into the pool straight after working out in the gym!

jellybaby21 · 06-09-2005 12:24AM

women are to conscious of their bodies to shower together they are afraid someone will pass a comment on their bodies and anyway there is only a few gaa clubs with decent facilities where you can actually shower in wicklow anyway alot are gross

nesf · 06-09-2005 12:34AM

DjDangerousDave wrote:

-Off Topic-
3 Posts Later........
Dave.

PM mods, don't bring it up in threads, it clutters the place.

She was pm'd etc, matter dealt with.

Victor · 07-09-2005 11:41PM

jellybaby21 wrote:

women are to conscious of their bodies to shower together they are afraid someone will pass a comment on their bodies

But this never, ever happens in mens communal showers.

Ann Elk · 08-09-2005 12:10AM

Victor wrote:

But this never, ever happens in mens communal showers.

It does too, I saw it in Schindler's List

U$ername · 08-09-2005 01:22AM

How is not wanting to have a shower in a shower that has been used by countless other people considered unhygienic? At least swimming pools are chlorinated to kill bacteria etc

iceman_2001_ie · 09-09-2005 12:40PM

What's wrong with sweat? Its perfectly natural. I accept that body odour as a result of sweat is unappealing, but it is a natural thing that everybody has to deal with - in varying degrees obviously.

As for underarm hair - I don't like it, but again, it normal.

I think we're conditioned to be repelled by these things, not because there is anything wrong with or unhygenic about them, but because they are seen as being imperfections, according to the unattainable standards of hollywood and the fashion industry.

I've heard it siad that having no underarm hair is more hygenic, bacteria have less to hang onto, lice and nits don't have an off-head colony to occupy etc etc. But if a person showers regularly, then these things don't even matter.
If it is so hygenic, why aren't men advised to shave underarm as well?

I'm not saying that those girls shouldn't have showered before going home, but you can't judge the situation based on the facts at hand - they may have lived close by, they may not have had a change of clothes, they may have been conscious of their bodies, they may have been concerned about communal showers etc etc as opposed to being, supposedly, unhygenic.

One thing, if they were conscious of their bodies, then what were they doing in the steam room/sauna???

irlirishkev · 09-09-2005 01:51PM

The only time I ever don't shower after being in the gym, is if I'm cycling, in which case it's a bit pointless as I'll probably sweat while cycling home.

While I can understand how some people prefer to shower at home, I think what's gross is those who work out, sweat like mad, and then get into their car like that. Sweaty seats. And when that dries, it's gonna stink.

K.

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