{"id":87790,"date":"2018-06-08T13:44:54","date_gmt":"2018-06-08T11:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=87790"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:23:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:23:01","slug":"durf-jij-nog-in-je-blootje-onder-de-douche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2018\/06\/08\/durf-jij-nog-in-je-blootje-onder-de-douche\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you OK with using communal showers after your workout?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once Erasmus Sport\u2019s new sports centre is completed, you will no longer be able to have a nice group shower. Starting from 2020, you will only be able to rinse off the post-workout sweat in individual cubicles. Students, and more particularly, members of staff, do not want to use communal showers, Erasmus Sport Director Jon de Ruijter recently said<\/a>.\u00a0Is he right about that? Have students stopped enjoying showers together after working out?<\/p>\n

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\u201cFrankly, I don\u2019t care all that much,\u201d says Bas, a 21-year-old med school student. \u201cI often use the communal showers. I also go to saunas, where you don\u2019t wear an awful lot, either. All that matters when taking a shower is that you\u2019re clean afterwards. I prefer working out in the morning, before my lectures, and this way I can ensure that I don\u2019t smell of BO for the rest of the day. I do try to be somewhat discreet, so as not to embarrass others. For instance, I do not walk around the changing room butt naked. I think it\u2019s mostly overseas students who opt for the shower cubicles. Most Dutch people are probably too down to earth to care.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Are you OK using communal shower?<\/span><\/p>

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Rows in front of the cubicles<\/h2>

Italian exchange student Chiara, 24, who is taking a Master\u2019s degree in\u00a0Sociology of Culture, Media and the Arts, says that does not apply to her. \u201cI tend to work out in the evening, and it gets pretty crowded here then. The gym will be packed, and so will the showers. There\u2019s always a queue for the shower cubicles, but I never join that queue. If I have to wait for a cubicle to become available, I will simply use the communal showers, stark naked and everything. If there\u2019s a cubicle available, though, I will take it. I like that you can hang up your towel there so that you can keep it ready to hand.\u201d<\/p>\n

'I highly value my privacy'<\/h2>

20-year-old Paula, an International Business Administration student, absolutely refuses to take showers in public, where people can see her naked body. \u201cI don\u2019t like it, so I will always opt for a cubicle. I highly value my privacy.\u201d<\/p>\n

For his part, Alexander, 24,\u00a0who is taking a Master\u2019s degree in Management, has found the perfect solution. He always takes his showers at home. \u201cI live near Oostplein, which is really close to here. I generally work out after my seminars, so I can afford to wait until I get home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Who uses the showers more: men or women?<\/h2>

It is clear to receptionist Ali who are the biggest users of the showers: men. \u201cIt\u2019s pretty obvious when it\u2019s your job to lock the building at night and inspect all the rooms. I\u2019ve noticed the male showers smell considerably worse than the women\u2019s. I\u2019m not sure why that is. I guess it helps that women spray on a lot of deodorant.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t

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