Suzette Annan
It's quite funny how any mention of summer holidays make women want to rush to the gym. Around this time of year gyms everywhere are packed with deluded women who think that two weeks on the treadmill will result in them looking like Kelly Brooke in a bikini.
I have no problem with my gym being a little more cramped at present; people want to look good on the beach and I don't blame them. However, my problem lies with their changing room etiquette; the way they insist on parading around their naked bodies for the whole world to see.
Now, I'm not an uptight person who gets nervous at the sight of nudity, but some women take it too far. Picture this, I recently had this woman get changed at the locker opposite me when the whole aisle was free. She left the shower completely naked with the towel draped over her shoulder. When she returned to her locker she discovered she had forgotten her moisturiser, and that's when she thought I could be of assistance.
She turned around to face me and said in a slightly cockney accent: "Sorry babe, you got any cream on you?" My eyes were immediately drawn to her droopy breasts and overgrown pubes; there really was nowhere else for me to look. I politely said no, continued to go about my business, hoping she'd put some clothes on. Come on now, this is a stranger, stark naked, casually asking to borrow moisturiser? What the f**ck?
I get the impression that some of these women enjoy being naked. The one above seemed to draw out her nakedness for as long as possible and appeared to like me seeing her nude. It is a plausible explanation that these women are liberated by exposing themselves. The media throws endless images of the body beautiful at women, suggesting what they are 'supposed' to look like. It's refreshing to see women that are proud of their bodies, any shape or size. They must possessa high level of self-esteem to be able to dislay their bodies; stretch marks, cellulite and all.
Don't get me wrong, I'm glad these women are confident and high in self-esteem, still there is a limit and I've been way over-exposed to nipples and pubic hair. I'm thinking of taking a break from the women's changing room and exploring the men's. I don't think muscular guys walking around naked would bother me as much...
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