There is so much more sensitivity to being naked now - I understand that these days kids have to grow up with "stranger danger" but being afraid to change in front of a buddy?
Sure it was a bit scary the first day of 7th grade gym class - the 9th graders looked so big and hairy compared to us - but you got over it. Thankfully constant masturbation and fear kept anyone from getting fully hard - but it was something you had no choice in.
And in some ways it was educational - you realized that there were all sizes and shapes - and for most of us we accepted that we were not the biggest - but we also were not the smallest.
There was lots of non-sexual nudity - showers - skinny dipping - changing - if you got to a friends house and he was not ready to go you would just sit in his room and chat while he showered and got dressed - you saw him - he had seen you - life went on.
The almost fear in some of the younger guys about being seen - I do wonder if all the porn they grew up with have made them feel like they will never "measure up".
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