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    I nearly lost consciousness at the gym once. It was actually in the faux-teak and terra-cotta-tiled "ladies' lounge" of an upscale health club a few blocks from my apartment. I'd decided to shave a few minutes off my morning routine by prepping for work at the gym instead of sprinting home right after Spin class. Big mistake. As I scampered from the shower to my locker, clutching a threadbare gym-issued towel barely wide enough to cover me, I caught sight of a doughy naked woman, her nipples the size of salami slices, holding aloft a compact as she carefully plucked her eyebrows. I was so distracted by her brazen nudity — by the boobs, folds, moles, and thatch — that I walked right into an open locker door, prompting the kind of woozy spell that, had I been a cartoon character, would have been accompanied by chirping birds.

    I am baffled, even horrified, by women who treat the locker room like their own sandalwood-scented boudoir. I've seen gals, still flushed from a workout, slather lotion on their haunches like they were being filmed for the Spice Channel.

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    Default Re: Can't believe a woman's magazine would publish this article.

    When I first read your post, Loki, I thought it was YOU writing it lol


    IDK, I'm not prudish when I change, but neither will I stretch in the locker room in the nude. I try not to flash my kitty around but otherwise I'll go around naked if I want to.

    I feel sorry for women like her. She must be so repressed.
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    Default Re: Can't believe a woman's magazine would publish this article.

    Loki, what surprises you that women are nude or that the woman mentiones how large the woman is? Personally I've always been the type that usually comes in with my workout outfit and puts it in my bag when I leave, with no shower in between (I take a shower when I get home).

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    The article is not very tastefully written, it reads like a tween's (with a body complex) diary i.e. "these rank exhibitionists", "frizzy-haired Viola Swamp type", "bare-ass grandstanding in the locker room". Perhaps these were attempts at humor (they were lost on me)? While some women do take liberties (open leg nude stretching probably isn't the most pleasant sight after all) in the DR's at gyms & swimming pools etc, it IS a Changing Room; people will be showering & dressing there so nudity at some point is unavoidable. It's great that the writer acknowledges her own insecurities, but she could have done it in a way that reflects less negatively on other women i.e. women that obviously seem more accepting of their bodies, shapes & sizes than the writer (shouldn't a gal's mag encourage such attitudes towards body image?). *Meh*
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    Default Re: Can't believe a woman's magazine would publish this article.

    Quote Originally Posted by OliveJardin View Post
    It's great that the writer acknowledges her own insecurities, but she could have done it in a way that reflects less negatively on other women i.e. women that obviously seem more accepting of their bodies, shapes & sizes than the writer (shouldn't a gal's mag encourage such attitudes towards body image?). *Meh*
    I agree. I think the article was poorly written and definitely doesn't belong in a women's magazine. That woman needs to get over herself.

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    Quote Originally Posted by papillonluvr View Post
    When I first read your post, Loki, I thought it was YOU writing it lol
    Me too, before I clicked on the article I was reading your post thinking "what is your problem?" Anyway, the women who wrote the article is awful! Oh my god, people brushing their teeth? Shocking! And I seriously doubt that she's seen women blowdrying their privates. I mean, what the f.

    After I read this post I googled the author's name which lead me to an article on this article on Jezebel. And Jezebel always leads me to watch sister wives for some reason. Oh the joys of insomnia. : /

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    Why are women so friggin scared of other women being naked?
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    Default Re: Can't believe a woman's magazine would publish this article.

    While I agree the article was poorly written, I have to admit that when I was 13 it was a bit horrifying when all the old ladies would use the "girls" locker room instead of the "womans" locker room at our local Y. Being comfortable with your body is great, that doesn't mean *i* need to be comfortable with it. Wrinkled fannys and sagging, stretched out titties are something I do not want to turn a corner and be blind sided with. And now that I think about it, I feel that way even now.

    Although i'm certainly not about to write a mean spirited article putting the women who do this on blast- I'm capable of sucking it up and dealing.
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    Default Re: Can't believe a woman's magazine would publish this article.

    i go to the ymca about four times a week. i rarely see any nudity but when i do its no biggie even if theyre big. lol. her writing style is annoying . the fact that she seems to realize shes projecting her insecurities on people (that are comfy in locker room, when shes not) and still published this crap is baffling.



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    Default Re: Can't believe a woman's magazine would publish this article.

    I read the whole article, and I think y'all are missing the point. The point is that the woman who wrote this expressing how uncomfortable she is with female nudity, as well as her own figure, and how her upbringing made her feel this way. I think it's more of a confessional article than a critique.

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    The article is poorly written & makes her sound like an ignorant child. I can see that some people have a problem w/ their own body image or others & are trying to illustrate that perhaps in this article. But the woman did not really accomplish that in this article & came across as being just blatantly judgmental of a "naked, fat woman" instead. I'm guessing if the woman would have been more visually pleasing- then her locker room nudity wouldn't have been as much of a problem than the fact that she isn't...? Way to go Lea Goldman -lets make fun of a doughy naked woman w/ large salami nipples in print?! That will show her!

    I wonder if this author realizes that this just makes her look like a bitchy, judgmental, hateful, prude instead? Probably has her nose stuck too far up in the air to realize it anyways....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vivianna View Post
    Me too, before I clicked on the article I was reading your post thinking "what is your problem?" Anyway, the women who wrote the article is awful! Oh my god, people brushing their teeth? Shocking! And I seriously doubt that she's seen women blowdrying their privates. I mean, what the f.

    After I read this post I googled the author's name which lead me to an article on this article on Jezebel. And Jezebel always leads me to watch sister wives for some reason. Oh the joys of insomnia. : /

    http://jezebel.com/5353711/marie-cla...he-locker-room
    Thank you for this link -this seems like a website that I would enjoy on the other hand. Plus, I love it that this author just blatantly tore into the other cuz of her ignorance!
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    Quote Originally Posted by mediocrity View Post
    I read the whole article, and I think y'all are missing the point. The point is that the woman who wrote this expressing how uncomfortable she is with female nudity, as well as her own figure, and how her upbringing made her feel this way. I think it's more of a confessional article than a critique.
    It's not about what she meant to say, it's about how it was delivered and thereby perceived, and a good percentage of people perceive it as a critique of women who are not like her.

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    It's one thing to be insecure with one's own body, but when you write for a magazine that is supposed to PROMOTE loving your own curves? That's what makes me sick.

    Get over yourself and get some sexual/body counseling before writing another article.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lokikola View Post
    It's not about what she meant to say, it's about how it was delivered and thereby perceived, and a good percentage of people perceive it as a critique of women who are not like her.
    Agreed. I did enjoy the comments below the article, though. It seems that nobody that commented on the article enjoyed it either. Hopefully, the author will make a follow up article analyzing her choice of writing alittle more closely. or at least some sort of apology of sorts.
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    The world can only be hopeful, but alas...
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    Quote Originally Posted by papillonluvr View Post

    I feel sorry for women like her. She must be so repressed.
    I don't think she's a prude. I too hate it when women stand naked in the changing room for overly long periods of time, or hold entire conversations while naked. Sorry but I don't want to see your naked body in my space while I'm getting ready for/ recovering from a workout. But that's just me. I'm in no way prudish, and i LOVE women's bodies, of all shapes and sizes. But there's a time and a place. I have also noticed that these women are never the super attractive types (who usually spend an hour doing their hair then get the hell out of there).

    "The locker room is no place for that kind of preening. Like Thanksgiving with the family, the rules of engagement are simple: Get in, do the deed, then get the hell out. Anyone who's ever spied me wriggling into spandex while still clad in workwear can attest to my mastery of the discreet quick-change.
    Haha,that's me! But then I am English and we are not known for public nudity. I once had an argument with a german friend over this - she insisted that public nudity is not only fine but healthy, and that anyone who thought otherwise was a prude. But then Germans are brought up with nudity and public changing rooms so maybe it's a cultural thing.

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    Default Re: Can't believe a woman's magazine would publish this article.

    the first time i was in a gym locker room, i was shocked at how comfortable women were walking around naked. i thought it was kind of beautiful that so many women were so open.

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    Default Re: Can't believe a woman's magazine would publish this article.

    As someone who ALSO wasn't raised in "one of those naked homes" ... I'd like to say that living around people who don't flaunt nudity is no excuse for a 30-something-year old woman to be so uncomfortable with her body that she changes in the handicapped stall and work and then DRIVES HOME to shower.
    That's just... ridiculous.

    Btw. I was raised in a more-modest-than-average-home and I'm STILL that naked bitch who puts on lotion and then goes and stands at the mirror in my skimpy panties and does her hair while women like her race by in fear (Because, seriously? I'm not trying to tug clothes up over damp/freshly lotioned skin... and then getting my shirt wet from my hair... and then suffering in misery while I blow dry and just end up so sweaty from the heat of the blow dryer and all that moisture on my body I need another shower.)
    Now that I know how much it upsets other people to see women in varying states of undress... I may start leaving the panties in the locker.
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    I'm surprised Marie Clare published that article. I haven't read the U.S. version but Aussie Marie Clare is all about embracing women and embracing curves and differences and this seems immature and so against the tone of the entire magazine.

    I agree to a point that some stuff probably isn't essential for public dressing rooms but at the same time there is nothing worse than seeing those women so uncomfortable with their bodies that they struggle with keeping a towel permanently around themselves as they get changed. Magazines like this should be trying to make women feel comfortable with themselves. It is sad to see that we are unable to embrace the human body.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lokikola View Post
    It's not about what she meant to say, it's about how it was delivered and thereby perceived, and a good percentage of people perceive it as a critique of women who are not like her.
    agree. instead of exploring her own issues with this she avoids them by changing at work and showering at home after her work out. the article would have had a point if she had faced her fear by *gasp* changing in a changing room. without that it seems like a pointless gripe with no lesson learned.



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    I think that this thread has been so educational for all of us. it has been an eye opener in so many different ways! Wow!
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    Wow! I was pretty appalled by this article...especially being in a women's magazine...how to foster self-hatred!!!

    Honestly, I will try to cover a little, but its a changing room, for god sake! People are SUPPOSED to be naked - they are changing!!! And like Desuvs says - I'm not going to put myself out for the sake of a couple of repressed idiots. I'm not about to NOT shower...get my street clothes all sweaty? Or not lotion - who wants scaly skin? Or desperately struggle to lotion/change/etc under a towel - cringing in fear that someone might see my naked body..oh the horror!! I will usually pull on a thong after I am dry, to avoid offending anyone who might be bothered, but I will gladly let the tits out while my lotion dries.

    Frankly, if you don't want to deal with the communal nature of changing rooms, then go running outdoors, and get some weights for home. Don't come out and play with everyone else.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mediocrity View Post
    I read the whole article, and I think y'all are missing the point. The point is that the woman who wrote this expressing how uncomfortable she is with female nudity, as well as her own figure, and how her upbringing made her feel this way. I think it's more of a confessional article than a critique.
    I did not find this article particularly offensive or upsetting. I thought it was a woman's confessional article about her own insecurities and the way they play out in public. The woman readily admitted that she is not at her ideal body type (she is clearly not stuck up as people keep saying) and that she is uncomfortable with her body.

    Also, there is a whoooole thread on this site where we talk about things we see and hear in the dressing room so I don't see how this article is that offensive.

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    ^ yes but this is SW and the line of work we perform in requires a level of fitness. This is a women's magazine and what occurred here occurred in a regular gym.

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