Do some straight guys like being naked with their male friends

1. Historical and cultural context: nakedness as social practice

Histories of social nudity show that male communal nudity has long precedents and that public practices changed dramatically over the past two centuries; contemporary commentators note that male-only spaces once accepted nudity (ancient Greece/Rome analogies and public bathing) and that the 19th-century introduction of bathing costumes began a shift toward mixed-gender modesty that continues to reshape norms today ^{[4] [5]}.

2. Where straight men are still naked together: clubs, beaches and locker rooms

Examples in reporting and community descriptions show straight men participating in clubs and naturist spaces—The Olympians explicitly includes straight members in an all-male social club that celebrates nudity, and naturist advocacy discusses organized nude hangouts as sites where men gather non-sexually ^{[1] [3]}; likewise, accounts of locker-room and sauna cultures describe routine, non-sexual nudity among men in certain regions or generations ^{[4] [5]}.

3. Personal testimony and online community evidence

Message-board threads and personal essays capture straight-identified men describing comfort with friends’ nudity—users recount skinny-dipping, communal showers and casual undressing as “no big deal” and sometimes as an expression of trust—evidence that non-sexual male nudity persists in private and semi-public settings ^{[2] [7]}.

4. Motivations: trust, body acceptance and ritual, not always sexuality

Pro-nudity outlets and naturist writing argue that being nude with friends fosters vulnerability, deeper connections, and improved body image; pieces about the “benefits” of nude hangouts emphasize non-sexual intimacy, self-acceptance and norm-challenging as common reasons straight men might choose this practice ^{[8] [3]}. These motivations align with qualitative accounts by men who describe routine, non-sexual nudity in team or gym settings ^{[2] [7]}.

5. Stigma, policing and generational change that reduces visibility

Multiple sources point out a growing “extreme modesty” and self-policing of male nudity in contemporary Western contexts, with locker rooms becoming more clothed and interactions more distanced; this trend is partly driven by a stigma that equates male nudity with homosexuality and by broader shifts in masculinity norms, which suppresses some men’s willingness to be openly nude with other men ^{[4] [5]}.

6. The thin line between non-sexual nudity and sexualization or exploitation

While ethnographic and advocacy sources describe consensual, non-sexual nude socializing, other content online treats male nudity as sexual spectacle—spycam or fetish sites and explicit amateur galleries portray or exploit male nudity in ways that are sexual, performative, or non-consensual; those materials are distinct from the social-nudity practices described by naturists and forum posters and remind readers that context matters enormously ^{[9] [6]}.

7. What the reporting does not say and limits of the evidence

The available sources provide qualitative examples and advocacy arguments but do not offer representative surveys quantifying how many straight men enjoy nudity with male friends across cultures or age groups; it is therefore not possible from these materials alone to estimate prevalence or to definitively separate the motives of every participant beyond the reported anecdotes and organizational claims ^{[1] [2] [3]}.

8. Bottom line

The documented record across naturist writing, personal testimony and cultural history is clear: some men who identify as straight do enjoy being naked with their male friends for reasons of camaraderie, body acceptance, convenience or tradition, even as modern modesty norms and stigmas reduce the practice’s public visibility and create friction about how male nudity is perceived ^{[1] [2] [4] [5]}.