Gym Steam Room Culture
Who knew there was so very much to say about what goes on in the steam room at the gym?
Gym culture is now such an ingrained part of the gay world in major cities that it is tempting to see all of this as much ado about nothing. Boys will be boys, and we’ve all seen enough wedding bands on the hands groping at us to think that even straight men aren’t completely immune to the siren song of misty sexual encounters. There is an undeniable and potent veil of anonymity drawn when we enter the small wooden rooms that smell of toasted flesh. Furtive glances size up the room’s inhabitants as your hands hover close to the opening in your towel, just waiting for the right signals from the others present to cross the line from socially acceptable to indecent. [continued...]