[Jan Fisher]

A New South Wales surf club has banned its members from being nude in the changerooms.

The decision was made to protect the large number of younger people at the club.

Not surprisingly, the person disciplined about the supposed offence was left a tad gobsmacked by the warning.

I can see both sides of the argument, on one side, it’s difficult not to be nude when changing out of your bathers, on the other hand, children under 16 might find it a bit awkward being exposed to adult nudity.

I’m reminded of the time when I used to take my infant daughter to a swimming pool popular with older European women. Those ladies had no shame and clearly being nude in front of strangers was next to no issue for them. Much to my embarrassment, my then-toddler found it endlessly fascinating.

Should we ban nudity in pool and beach changerooms? Is it even feasible?

[Janelle Ward]

There are ways to be discreet. But admittedly that’s hard to police. No nudity in a changeroom though seems imnpossible!

[Rod63]

Impossible – and ridiculous.

[Ronin]

We have enough crazy rules. Just make sure the men and women are in the correct changing room for their sex. Their real sex, not their magical thinking one!

[Alan]

It is past time that younger people were taught that there is nothing inherently shameful about the human body. All females have the same body parts and all males have the same body parts as each other.

Being without clothes when you are showering and changing into other clothes should be considered normal. I have lost track of the number of males I have seen without clothes and I could not identify any of them after the event. For me it is a total non issue.

[KSS]

It’s only an issue because confused ADULTS are making it so.

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