So I’m quite new to saunas but don’t really feel any discomfort naked but I had a relatively bad experience and wanted to know if this is the norm. I’m not new to Switzerland, but sauna culture. I’m 20 F and felt stared at - not nicely - by many men, mostly older ones. One incident especially stood out to me. I initially went to the sauna with my mother, who later left to go find my dad. As she left, I took off my towel and laid on it. An older man who was already in the sauna immediately sat where my mother had been seated and stayed there at my feet… I didn’t dare look in his direction. After a while he moved to the highest bench right above me, still uncomfortably close - I almost assumed he did it to “get a better view” 🤢 but this could also be a wild assumption, I don’t know. When my parents came back he immediately left and went to talk to a woman of his age who I assume must have been his wife. (Not sure what other kind of woman he would go to a sauna with) In general I feel incredibly violated and am unsure how to process this or if I should alert the authorities at this point. I feel it is too late, but I don’t know. Is this normal here? submitted by /u/AtesSouhait
Originally posted by u/AtesSouhait on r/Switzerland