Since when are the opposite sex allowed in non co-ed fitting rooms?

[Castlebound]

I agree- I can't stand it when the men are standing right in the doorway to the womens dressing room, it always feels like they are some peeping pervert.
I can't imagine any normal husband going clothes shopping with his wife/girlfriend and wanting to go hang out in the fitting room with her!!!

This is at least one of the quotes that says that they think it is wrong for men to be even standing by the door to the dressing rooms. This is way over the top!
As I said before I have yet see a dressing room that says Women's only dressing room.

 

[HoneyBee06]

This is at least one of the quotes that says that they think it is wrong for men to be even standing by the door to the dressing rooms. This is way over the top!
As I said before I have yet see a dressing room that says Women's only dressing room.

Haha...I love that "normal husband" comment. Cracks me up every single time!

 

[Castlebound]

Haha...I love that "normal husband" comment. Cracks me up every single time!

I agree!

 

[Mouse House Mama]

I don't think Mouse House Mama has been talking about waiting by the door; I think she was talking mostly about men going into the dressing rooms.

If I'm mistaken about her perspective, I agree with you. No -- I MORE than agree with you: There is no possible interpretation of even an explicit "Women Only" sign at the front of a dressing room that preclude men waiting by the door. None.

That is exactly what I am saying. I am not saying you should banish your husband to the power tools department but if it says Women's fitting room - and yes- there are plenty of stores in NY that say that- then he should not be IN the dressing room, not ploppped down on the floor inside waiting for a fashion show. Sit on the chairs outside and wait for your wife etc. to come out and show you. Personally though- there are fitting rooms in just about every department of a store. I am hard pressed to see why any person with a brain in their head thinks that a man belongs in a fitting room in the evening gown department. Of course that is just my opinion. I don't really think you need a sign BUT- if there is a sign you should follow the rules. That's just how I feel. As I have stated my DH comes shopping with me all the time and has great taste and I value his opinion, however he will not be sitting in the dressing room with me. It is not my personal room.

 

[wishspirit]

So because it's your "experience", that's how it is? I have a teenage DD, so I KNOW how it is and I know how she and her friends are. They do NOT dress scantily at all. They are young girls who are very self conscious and would not be comfortable with a man in the dressing room. They NEED to come out of the stall if they want to use the three way mirror in most stores because there is not one in the individual dressing room.

I don't think it's asking too much for the men to stay out, it's as simple as that. If they really need to see what you are trying on, you should step out of the dressing area for them to see.

My experience is that i am one! I am in my very late teens and some of the stuff i have seen girls of my age and lower wearing is shameful! I dont go for flashing everything kind of stuff (probably why a woman thought i was 14 in Las Vegas over the summer ) but a lot of my friends dont seem to mind skirts that could easily be called belts or tops that leave little to the imagination.

This must be an American thing too, cause i have never seen a 3 way mirror outside of a stall! Most of the ones in the UK have one on each side but the door and some even at angles (mostly in marks and spencer), and if they dont, they wouldnt have them outside the stall anyway. So i guess thats cultural difference over anything.

Although i think if its something you are planning to wear out in public anyway, you shouldnt be upset about walking round a dressing room in it!

But i agree, if it makes people feel incomfortable, then it should be better inforced. I have never had my boyfriend go into a changing room with me, as i know it may make others feel unformfortable. I have also never really had many guys in female changing rooms anyway to deal with.

But i AGREE with you guys that guys shouldn't be there ifi it makes others uncomfortable, but its not something that particularly bothers me.

 

[bicker]

That is exactly what I am saying.

Whew!

I am hard pressed to see why any person with a brain in their head thinks that a man belongs in a fitting room in the evening gown department.

Last time I checked (and I do admit, it was a good long time ago), the majority of fitters in such departments were men. Of course, the way I remember it, fitting areas had two sections. One was just inside the threshold -- it was an area with mirrors, a pedestal, and a couch. This is a co-ed area, as far as I can tell. Then there is a hallway with changing rooms. That's the area that is off-limits to men, AFIAK.

 

[sha_lyn]

Last time I checked (and I do admit, it was a good long time ago), the majority of fitters in such departments were men.

My expereince is they are all women, even in the mens dept

 

[Castlebound]

For all of the women who are uncomfortable with men in the common area of the dressing room have you ever been fitted for anything like a wedding dress? How do you deal with strangers who actually touch you? I got my wedding gown at a long established bridal shop in downtown St. Louis. It was the same shop my grandma and several aunts got theirs from. One of the sales clerks was a man. The sales clerks go in the dressing room with you to help size the dresses to you with clips in the back. I did not have the male sales clerk but the woman who did seemed fine with it and looked like she was having a great time. He was treated as "one of the girls" and we all probably didn't have anything he wanted to look at anyway. Not only did the sales clerk see me in my bra and panties for some of the dresses she asked that I take my bra off to see the true look of the dress. I didn't have any problem with this. When it came time for the fittings the seamstress not only saw my breasts but felt them too. Since she looked closer to 70 than 60 I'm pretty sure she didn't get any thrills out of feeling me up. She was just doing her job. As she told me it was her job to make me look my best in my gown and that included making sure the girls would get the right notice without giving a show!
What is the worst that someone is actually going see? I have never gotten naked in a dressing room. If some guy happens to get a peek of me through curtain in my bra and panties more power to him.

 

[bicker]

My expereince is they are all women, even in the mens dept

Oh gosh, I feel old. Thanks.

 

[Mouse House Mama]

For all of the women who are uncomfortable with men in the common area of the dressing room have you ever been fitted for anything like a wedding dress? How do you deal with strangers who actually touch you? I got my wedding gown at a long established bridal shop in downtown St. Louis. It was the same shop my grandma and several aunts got theirs from. One of the sales clerks was a man. The sales clerks go in the dressing room with you to help size the dresses to you with clips in the back. I did not have the male sales clerk but the woman who did seemed fine with it and looked like she was having a great time. He was treated as "one of the girls" and we all probably didn't have anything he wanted to look at anyway. Not only did the sales clerk see me in my bra and panties for some of the dresses she asked that I take my bra off to see the true look of the dress. I didn't have any problem with this. When it came time for the fittings the seamstress not only saw my breasts but felt them too. Since she looked closer to 70 than 60 I'm pretty sure she didn't get any thrills out of feeling me up. She was just doing her job. As she told me it was her job to make me look my best in my gown and that included making sure the girls would get the right notice without giving a show!
What is the worst that someone is actually going see? I have never gotten naked in a dressing room. If some guy happens to get a peek of me through curtain in my bra and panties more power to him.

I can tell you that there are very few if any men working in the bridal shops here that are doing the fittings. My Mom however had her dress custom made and it was by a man. This was a person that was well known to the family and made dresses for all the ladies in the neighborhood. The difference is that you know he is a man before you go.

 

[ilisao]

For all of the women who are uncomfortable with men in the common area of the dressing room have you ever been fitted for anything like a wedding dress? How do you deal with strangers who actually touch you? I got my wedding gown at a long established bridal shop in downtown St. Louis. It was the same shop my grandma and several aunts got theirs from. One of the sales clerks was a man. The sales clerks go in the dressing room with you to help size the dresses to you with clips in the back. I did not have the male sales clerk but the woman who did seemed fine with it and looked like she was having a great time. He was treated as "one of the girls" and we all probably didn't have anything he wanted to look at anyway. Not only did the sales clerk see me in my bra and panties for some of the dresses she asked that I take my bra off to see the true look of the dress. I didn't have any problem with this. When it came time for the fittings the seamstress not only saw my breasts but felt them too. Since she looked closer to 70 than 60 I'm pretty sure she didn't get any thrills out of feeling me up. She was just doing her job. As she told me it was her job to make me look my best in my gown and that included making sure the girls would get the right notice without giving a show!
What is the worst that someone is actually going see? I have never gotten naked in a dressing room. If some guy happens to get a peek of me through curtain in my bra and panties more power to him.

My tailor, the person that does alterations for me, is a man. Actually, it's my dry cleaner. When I need something altered, I go there, get undressed in the little changing booth which is right in the front of the store (gasp, I could be taking of my pants with a man right outside!). Then I come out and let a strange man fit me. And this could mean more than just getting pants hemmed. The man altered one of my belly dance costumes.

My dad worked in the garment industry for a long time. I've have almost always known fitters and tailors to be men.

 

[bicker]

My dad worked in the garment industry for a long time. I've have almost always known fitters and tailors to be men.

Okay, I feel a bit better... it isn't just me.

 

[Planogirl]

I think a tailor or fitter who's a man is a bit different. This is a professional who's there to do a job. I don't see the correlation between someone like this and a guy who's just "hanging out".

 

[Mouse House Mama]

I think a tailor or fitter who's a man is a bit different. This is a professional who's there to do a job. I don't see the correlation between someone like this and a guy who's just "hanging out".

Exactly!

 

[mick544182]

I dont have a prooblem with coed changing rooms,and I am a guy, but I can see where it could be a problem. I was at hollister's and they have curtians but sometimes you can see through the curtian where you pull them together. I was trying on some shorts and I did not even realize that a girl was watching me the whole time. I just happend to turn around and there she was just staring at me in my undies, I was really suprised.