<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Why Are Old Men Always Naked In The Locker Room?&nbsp;Ctd]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><iframe frameborder="0" height="410" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/oeikk3sXlvo" width="515"></iframe></p> <p>The caption from the above YouTube reads, &quot;A surreal expression of male bonding, troubling yet comforting in the almost innocent charm that shines through.&quot; A reader writes:</p> <blockquote> <p>I used to subscribe to a&#0160;news group about male&#0160;locker&#0160;room nudity that spilled a lot of ink on this subject.&#0160; One of its recurring themes, echoed in the comments to Trevor Macomber&#39;s <a href="http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2011/11/why-are-old-men-always-naked-in-the-locker-room-ctd.html" target="_self">post</a>, was that there is something&#0160;neurotic about the younger generation&#39;s relationship with their bodies and being naked among other men and that younger men have no sense of male bonding and camaraderie through nudity.&#0160;&#0160;Most of the posts in that group were by men who had grown up with male&#0160;locker&#0160;room nudity as the norm, but were also gay. What I considered to be intellectually dishonest about most of the posts in that news group, as well as Macomber&#39;s commenters, is that no one seemed to acknowledge the most obvious change between the previous era and today that would account for the younger generation&#39;s different attitude: an awareness that&#0160;there are&#0160;gay men&#0160;in the&#0160;locker&#0160;room&#0160;deriving sexual pleasure from seeing their fellow&#0160;locker&#0160;room occupants naked.</p> </blockquote>]]></html></oembed>