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HeavenLeigh Mon 26-Sept-22 12:11:57

Would you feel comfortable trying on clothes in a unisex changing room, while I’m quite a confident person and happy in my own skin, I wouldn’t be happy using one, I like to look at myself in all angles to see if things fit and the thought of a man coming in and stripping off few feet from me is a big no no. What do you all think !

Allsorts Wed 28-Sept-22 13:58:21

No way, I would find another shop. Daft idea like mixed wards.

Ali08 Wed 28-Sept-22 13:57:02

I'm actually very pleased that they dumped the group changing rooms from the 80s and went back to single cubicles!
If I want to change in front of a man, I have my own at home to change in front of. I really do not want, nor approve of, mixed changing rooms!!!

Blossoming Tue 27-Sept-22 14:33:06

Lucca my various impairments mean I need a lot of space to get in and out of clothes and I wriggle myself into various strange positions. That’s why I want privacy.

icanhandthemback Tue 27-Sept-22 13:13:19

They have unisex changing rooms at the local swimming pool does not bother me, but if it was just a curtain, that’s not on, it needs a solid partition.

Katie59, that's what I was trying to say in my earlier post but somehow it got scrambled. We have used bigger cubicles for family changing for years with no bother. I am only concerned that if cubicles have curtains, somebody can open them pretty easily so I'd want a proper door. Other than that, provided you can't be seen changing by male or female, I can't see a problem. ]

Lucca Tue 27-Sept-22 09:01:51

Blossoming

I wouldn’t use any communal changing room. I’m very slow and have to sit down and it’s not easy at the best of times.

I don’t think they are communal. Individual cubicles BUT only a curtain so,not acceptable. But why ???

Jaxjacky Tue 27-Sept-22 08:43:52

I’ve ordered online for probably seven years Mollygo I just don’t like shopping.
HeavenLeigh is this something that exists now, or is it being proposed?

Gala Tue 27-Sept-22 08:36:26

I haven't seen a communal changing room in decades. Do they still exist? Surely not. Every clothing store that I have used have had separate cubicles with locking doors. Can't see the problem.

Grannybags Mon 26-Sept-22 21:54:01

Not for me either

I pity anyone that would have to witness me in my underwear!!

Mollygo Mon 26-Sept-22 21:36:44

A plus of ordering online, but feeling compelled to do that because single sex changing rooms have been withdrawn is not a good idea.
They don’t have unisex changing rooms at our pool DG.

Jaxjacky Mon 26-Sept-22 20:54:15

Another plus of ordering online only.

Shinamae Mon 26-Sept-22 20:27:00

Absolutely not

Blossoming Mon 26-Sept-22 20:24:48

I wouldn’t use any communal changing room. I’m very slow and have to sit down and it’s not easy at the best of times.

karmalady Mon 26-Sept-22 19:46:18

not a cat in hells chance, either mixed sex or unisex. Another good reason to make all my own clothes grin

sodapop Mon 26-Sept-22 19:32:19

grin MissA

MissAdventure Mon 26-Sept-22 15:50:12

Absolutely no way!
I don't even like getting undressed in my own company, let alone anyone else's.

Katie59 Mon 26-Sept-22 15:36:05

They have unisex changing rooms at the local swimming pool does not bother me, but if it was just a curtain, that’s not on, it needs a solid partition.

Septimia Mon 26-Sept-22 15:34:16

And if there are cubicles in unisex changing rooms, they need solid walls and doors, not curtains...

Still don't fancy them.

eazybee Mon 26-Sept-22 14:27:02

No. Absolutely not.

Aveline Mon 26-Sept-22 14:26:56

I'd give those shops a miss. Hit them in their pockets.

Joy241 Mon 26-Sept-22 14:20:43

icanhandthemback

Kalu

I wouldn’t go into a store which had same sex changing rooms never mind mixed sex. I like time to try on clothes, scrutinise how they look at every angle privately, without an audience.

I am assuming that the mixed sexed changing rooms are individual cubicles. Obviously an open, mixed sex, changing room would be a no-no, just as it was open, same sex, changing rooms. I prefer not to display my stretch marks to anyone!

icangivethemback and Kalu I so agree with both of you. It is bad enough up having to use a same sex shared area to change, let alone a mixed sex room, regardless of there being cubicles.

This also brings up the question of ‘self identifying female’ males in the same area, but this has been discussed at length on here I seem to remember

icanhandthemback Mon 26-Sept-22 13:56:44

Kalu

I wouldn’t go into a store which had same sex changing rooms never mind mixed sex. I like time to try on clothes, scrutinise how they look at every angle privately, without an audience.

I am assuming that the mixed sexed changing rooms are individual cubicles. Obviously an open, mixed sex, changing room would be a no-no, just as it was open, same sex, changing rooms. I prefer not to display my stretch marks to anyone!

nanna8 Mon 26-Sept-22 13:54:34

No way. Hope they never bring it here.

Kalu Mon 26-Sept-22 13:49:11

I wouldn’t go into a store which had same sex changing rooms never mind mixed sex. I like time to try on clothes, scrutinise how they look at every angle privately, without an audience.

MerylStreep Mon 26-Sept-22 13:37:30

I watched this video last night.
In it you will hear her say she was in favour of mixed sex changing room.
Primarks reply could be their Ratnor moment.

twitter.com/MForstater/status/1573703132646969344

Mollygo Mon 26-Sept-22 13:32:28

No thanks. I prefer single cubicles even when it’s all single sex as well.
* lovebeigecardigans1955* that would certainly get the message across.