Co-ed changing rooms: Briefs vs Boxers

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Flopotomist you have some valor to the point that there should be a neutral environment for this female student to get to class.

Unfortunately, as DickyV and Law2Doc have started pointing out she really burned herself by requesting another type of underwear. So she didn't find the changing offensive but the type of clothing. Since you seem to enjoy analogies, lets try this. Suppose the female wheres a V-neck shirt one day and the guy finds it "harassing" (somehow.) Is it ok for him to request for her to wear different attire everyday because of the way it looks.

I am sure you are going to say that is totally different, but it is the same feel as all the examples you have provided. Yes, if she really had an issue with just changing then all the boys and girls should respect that. However, just because he lags in trendiness doesn't constitute harassment of any sort. If it was me I would appease her and buy boxer shorts, but buy them sized for a 4 year old, see how she digs that look.

 

[deleted77919]

That's what I plan on doing. Besides, scrubs are much more comfortable than, say, jeans. If we have stuff after anatomy lab, I might then change into something less smelly but other than that, I find changing at school much more cumbersome than changing before class starts.

Keep in mind even if you change, you will still smell. Do you really want to put on jeans, etc without taking a shower?

 

[45408]

What I do not get here is why on earth is everyone changing at medical school? I (and everyone else) just wore scrubs to school the days we had anatomy lab and went home in them at the end of the day.

uh, because I think jeans are more comfortable (plus the pockets are better), and I don't want to wear scrubs three days a week. Plus, you try walking from the student parking lot to the school in a Wisconsin winter wearing scrub pants. You'd be in tears.

 

[sebsvenmdc]

i'm wearing small tighty whities...chicks are going to dig it! 😉

 

[Law2Doc]

uh, because I think jeans are more comfortable (plus the pockets are better), and I don't want to wear scrubs three days a week. Plus, you try walking from the student parking lot to the school in a Wisconsin winter wearing scrub pants. You'd be in tears.

Also many schools have "unwritten policies" prohibiting wearing your scrubs to class. Equally important is the fact that the scrubs will smell pretty vile after a few sessions (even with regular cleaning -- and who has time for that) and most classmates and travel companions would prefer not to sit next to you in them.

 

[deleted77919]

Equally important is the fact that the scrubs will smell pretty vile after a few sessions (even with regular cleaning -- and who has time for that) and most classmates and travel companions would prefer not to sit next to you in them.

This is why every student should campaign that their school get a scrub exchange machine that is serviced by the hospital laundry service. We have this at NYU and I don't know how anyone makes it without one of these. Dirty scrubs go in and clean ones come out. It's like magic.

 

[Law2Doc]

Dirty scrubs go in and clean ones come out. It's like magic.

Well, with a locker, dirty scrubs go in and dirty scrubs come out. Not so magical. But at least they stay out of the classroom.

 

[Final]

yawn

 

[mm3781]

Honestly, this girl needs to get over it. So she saw a side profile, big deal. One thing left out by a previous member discussing NYU was that we have co-ed BATHROOMS in the dorms! You want to talk about awkward situations.....

And before anyone points out a discrepancy, I was any NYU student but no longer am.

 

[alwaysaangel]

One thing left out by a previous member discussing NYU was that we have co-ed BATHROOMS in the dorms! You want to talk about awkward situations.....

I think a good number of schools have this now adays. We had it at UC Berkeley.

Never really bothered anyone I knew. It was actually pretty nice for me since all my friends were guys - I would chitchat with them while I was showering in the morning while they were doing their morning routine (shave, etc)

 

[MasterMD]

i agree with everyone who has said this girl needs to get over it (and i am female)... seriously, isn't a swimsuit the same thing? just because it is given the title "underwear" or "bra" it suddenly becomes this huge taboo issue. i understand being offended by someone else's nudity but you DO have the option to look away...and he wasn't even nude! there is NO indecent exposure involved!! all his inappropriates are covered up! so there was a slight glance through the side, oh well! what about girls with excessive cleavage? and she would have to seriously be LOOKING to see something. i have been changing in a women's locker room for over nine years and women do walk around baring it all, and even THEN you can easily avoid seeing anything major. so the real question should be, why was she looking that long and hard at him to even notice a side-peek if his family jewels?

Cal also has co-ed bathrooms in the dorms so maybe im just not as easily offended...

 

[josehernandez94]

Coed bathrooms? I think I'd clench up if I knew a chick was in an adjacent stall while I was trying to drop a deuce... plus, it would ruin the whole magical notion that women don't actually poop. I mean, imagine walking into a bathroom, seeing a cute girl washing her hands, before quickly being overwhelmed by an awful stench... yikes! That would be disappointing and awkward. And what if it were the other way around? Sounds like a no-win situation to me.

 

[jae9970]

Coed bathrooms? I think I'd clench up if I knew a chick was in an adjacent stall while I was trying to drop a deuce... plus, it would ruin the whole magical notion that women don't actually poop. I mean, imagine walking into a bathroom, seeing a cute girl washing her hands, before quickly being overwhelmed by an awful stench... yikes! That would be disappointing and awkward. And what if it were the other way around? Sounds like a no-win situation to me.

haha

truth hurts, sorry you had to learn it the hard way

 

[45408]

It was actually pretty nice for me since all my friends were guys - I would chitchat with them while I was showering in the morning while they were doing their morning routine (shave, etc)

It was probably pretty nice for them as they peeked behind the curtain.

 

[Law2Doc]

It was probably pretty nice for them as they peeked behind the curtain.

Also gave them lots of content for their website.

 

[alwaysaangel]

It was probably pretty nice for them as they peeked behind the curtain.

I dunno what you guys' dorms looked like. But our showers were closed doored stalls. No opening in the bottom.

But ok.

I have friends at other colleges that also had coed bathrooms. It can't be that unusual and I don't see how its any big deal.

 

[Hurricane95]

Just wear boxer briefs. They give you support AND leave nothing hanging out. Bam, best of both worlds. If you insist on wearing briefs though...couldn't you...get something else besides tighty whities? Something, more...um...mature? I have yet to meet a girl who would find those sexy. Tell your friend to ditch the whities before he decides to grow up and start getting his thing on with girls, or it's probably not going to happen. Seriously.

 

[MattD]

I passed on some of the suggestions. He had a pair of boxer briefs, and she was ok with that. The problem is he doesn't have time to wash them again for tomorrow.
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Does anyone think that this might be sexual harassment in the other direction? The girl is obviously looking at my friend's groin and demanding that he change his underwear to her liking. My friend now feels that the environment has become quite hostile and feels uncomfortable.

There is absolutely no substance to an allegation of harassment on the part of the guy in this case. Quite the contrary. As has been made obvious in this thread as well as by the above quote, SHE has harassed HIM by singling him out on the basis of what clothes he chooses to wear. She expresses no discomfort from all the other men and women changing in front of her, but is complaining because he in particular wears an item of clothing she doesn't find appealing. It's actually pretty offensive to me (on his behalf) that she has made him feel uncomfortable changing (apparently an accepted behavior in their school's culture), that she has made him feel embarrassed by his style of underwear (IMAGINE if it was a guy telling some girl in the hallway "I'd really prefer if you wore a more attractive bra/panties, thanks!"), and that she has actually humiliated him to the point that he ASKED HER APPROVAL OF HIS NEW UNDERWEAR, which she was oh so gracious to give an ok on. This chick has crossed the line.

Hawk, do you happen to know if SHE changes in the hall herself, and this is how she saw him in his tighties?????? LOL

 

[trichomoniasis]

What do you all think about women wearing thongs changing in front of everyone?

it should happen more often?

in fact... it should never stop.

we should be in a continual state of thonged-girl-changing 24x7

 

[45408]

I dunno what you guys' dorms looked like. But our showers were closed doored stalls. No opening in the bottom.

But ok.

I have friends at other colleges that also had coed bathrooms. It can't be that unusual and I don't see how its any big deal.

I've never been in any kind of co-ed locker room, so I wouldn't know, although I guess yours pre-empted the old mirror on the floor trick. The only reason it would be a big deal is that most men have a thing for being in close proximity with naked college-aged women. I could be wrong though...

 

[Sartre79]

Adult Underoos anyone?

 

[xcel]

It was probably addressed on page 2 of this thread, but why don't people wear scrubs to class? About 90% of my class at 8am is in scrubs on lab days. Most "rent" scrubs from the hospital for a $10 deposit and they do the laundry for you so there are no "smelly" issues. I guess different schools have different policies. Some would rather have people changing in the hallways instead of wearing scrubs to class.

 

[vize]

From my experience, the females love the boxer briefs. They love to see that bulge.

 

[Law2Doc]

It was probably addressed on page 2 of this thread, but why don't people wear scrubs to class?

Many schools ask you not to.

 

[samenewme]

It was probably addressed on page 2 of this thread, but why don't people wear scrubs to class? About 90% of my class at 8am is in scrubs on lab days. Most "rent" scrubs from the hospital for a $10 deposit and they do the laundry for you so there are no "smelly" issues. I guess different schools have different policies. Some would rather have people changing in the hallways instead of wearing scrubs to class.

Our school doesn't offer that service, so there ARE the smelly issues, or else you have to do a lot of laundry. I always liked getting those lab clothes off me the first chance I could. I did have several sets of clothing to wear to labs, but they were 50-cent garage-sale finds that didn't necessarily fit that well, so I didn't want to wear them all day long.

 

[Law2Doc]

Most "rent" scrubs from the hospital for a $10 deposit and they do the laundry for you so there are no "smelly" issues.

This kind of program is a rarity. Most schools expect you to provide your own anatomy scrubs, and clean them, or not, on your own dime. And formalin soaked scrubs have been known to "taint" a washing machine for months, so it's often not a good idea to clean it in your own -- find a coin laundry if you can.

 

[samenewme]

This kind of program is a rarity. Most schools expect you to provide your own anatomy scrubs, and clean them, or not, on your own dime. And formalin soaked scrubs have been known to "taint" a washing machine for months, so it's often not a good idea to clean it in your own -- find a coin laundry if you can.

I think if you have several sets and wash them every week, rather than wearing them for an extended period before washing, you're unlikely to taint your washer with your scrubs. Again, I recommend not fixating on scrubs but getting any old cheap clothes, ideally at rummage sale prices.

I did manage at a school with very sparse changing facilities to get through the semester without showing my underwear (or what's under it) in the hallways. It's just changing your clothes, not one of the trials of Hercules.