Changing Room Proxemics: ‘Territories Of The Self’ ViolationsBy Amanda Luchento

The ‘Bare’ Truth

FeelingCrowded?

PERSONAL SPACE

VIOLATION

Offended?Feeling

STALLVIOLATION

USESPACE

VIOLATION

Impaired?Feeling

TURNVIOLATION

FeelingImpatient?

FeelingExposed?

SHEATHVIOLATION

In the Old Days…

Possession Territory(Cigarettes)

Conservation Preserve(No Twitter Updates)

Information Preserve(Less People To Steal Purse)

Uncensored

Feeling…

Defensive

Closed In

VIOLATED?!

The Model Sacrifice“Back in the days when I

started, we had our separate

room and there was some kind

of wall that separated us… Now…we have to change with

1,000 other people

around.” – Ania Rubik

Voyeurism

VS.Surveillance

“Peeping Tom”

Police Surveillance for “shop lifting”

‘PRIVACY’ VIOLATIONS

Reasonable Expectation of Privacy

Typically, by going behind

the closed doors of a

bathroom or dressing room, an individual

may reasonably

expect not to be observed by others.

Stay in your space. In any changing room, space is at a premium with cubbies or

lockers in close proximity to one another. Try to keep your body and all of your stuff in front of your space only and not spread

out in front of your neighbors. You wouldn’t want to violate their personal space.

Read more: How to Practice Changing-Room Etiquette | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_2249666_practice-changing-room-etiquette.html#ixzz1cJepAjfJ

TheEnd

‘Bare’

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