Ladies: Modesty during diving or technical diving

[Peter Guy]

liger -- you need to call Lynne or Laura and talk!

 

[tasdiver]

Modesty and technical diving . . . wish it were possible. I echo the sentiments of the previous posters, I use a car door to change behind or a towel or boat coat, but even these have not been 100% effective. The worst case of lack of modesty I have ever experienced was a dive buddy doning his condom cathetar in front of me while continuing his conversation about the dive plan. :shocked2: Talk about TMI

 

[princessaprilia]

 

[Sas]

Modesty and technical diving . . . wish it were possible. I echo the sentiments of the previous posters, I use a car door to change behind or a towel or boat coat, but even these have not been 100% effective. The worst case of lack of modesty I have ever experienced was a dive buddy doning his condom cathetar in front of me while continuing his conversation about the dive plan. :shocked2: Talk about TMI

One buddy got a size too small with his caths and got it really badly stuck on. He said he was one second away from asking me for help getting it off but quickly decided that would be pushing the bounderies of buddy relationships. Close call...

 

[Ayisha]

Maybe it just got too snug all of a sudden...

 

[Grover48]

Modesty and technical diving . . . wish it were possible. I echo the sentiments of the previous posters, I use a car door to change behind or a towel or boat coat, but even these have not been 100% effective. The worst case of lack of modesty I have ever experienced was a dive buddy doning his condom cathetar in front of me while continuing his conversation about the dive plan. :shocked2: Talk about TMI

Did you point and laugh at his short comings?

 

[kanonfodr]

I was raised to be a gentleman and it occasionally works. Working in job that highly stresses EO and severely penalizes sexual harassment does as well. I'm more than willing to assist my female dive buddies in any way to include helping gear up (just like I would do with any male), pulling guard while they are changing or answering nature's call.

If I see something wrong with their gear I'm more likely to say "Hold on a minute, something is wrong" and wait for them to either fix it themselves or ask me to help whereas most of my male dive buddies I will probably just give them a quick heads up and fix it right there since guys typically aren't very concerned about that kind of stuff.

In the end it's about thinking of others and showing them a bit of respect, regardless of gender.

Peace,
Greg

 

[luckydays]

Wow, the few times you've had leaks???

I'm batting 100% on leaks (or entire failures). I want to like my she-p and p-valve, but so far I'm really not a big fan. The boat this weekend doesn't have a head, so I'm really hoping for only minor failures...

Initially, I had a few issues as well. I practiced at home while I was waiting for dive season to start, every thing seemed ok. I would wear it around the house and try it out when the urge would strike. Its really a unique feeling to pee while standing after all these years of squatting. Having the she pee in place was not as weird as I thought it would be on uncomfortable. The first dive with it was a complete success and I got over confident. I had bought some Poise pads to collect anything just in case I had a leak. The next dive day with it was an absolute failure. Because of my over confidnece I did not wear the pads since I thought I had it down pat. Big mistake. I realized that it failed because of not enough glue on the back side of it. The second time I had a failure, I had way, way to much glue and the body parts stuck together. The flow had no where to go but out the side I think.

I practiced at home a few more times and so far, its been great. It takes practice though. I try to only pee when I am on the SI so I can "get comfy". I do think that the she pee is one of the best investment that I have in my dry suit diving. Right up there with the Hot Socks from Fourth Element. I would not dry suit dive without my she-pee unless I knew for sure, it was going to be one dive only.

As for other modesty issues when at the dive site. I have the attitude that the guys can be guys and will be. I hope they are having fun and so long as their comments are not directed toward me in a nasty way, I dont care. If I got offended, I would have nobody to dive with. I am not willing to risk that. Lucky for me, my regular dive buddy is a minister so I dont have to deal with anything crazy for to long or to often.

I will change clothes where there is some privacy if it is available or I will come to site with a base layer already on so I just pull on the undies and go. I think diving dry helps that since the goal is to keep the under clothes dry. When diving wet, I will wear my bathing suit to the site, and put the wetsuit on over that. After the dive, I will use a towel to maintain some privacy but I really dont feel awkward if some skin shows. Its part of the cost to dive.

 

[ligersandtions]

I'm pretty sure I would have had success today....but I chickened out! Thinking of putting the drysuit on and testing it out before I rinse gear now

 

[Ber Rabbit]

I like diving with tech diving men. They are so wrapped up in the gear conversations that they don't notice a naked woman standing next to them. I stand behind them and quickly strip and change while they fiddle with their gear. I have stood so close to them while dressing I had to be careful not to bump them while getting changed. Actually had them ask when I went to change because they didn't see me leave. Recreational divers aren't that focused. They were pretty bummed to find out I had been buck naked an elbow distance from them and they missed it. Sometimes out in the open is the discreet approach.
Ber