My thoughts
I'm convinced that a lot of guys are afraid to wear Speedos because they hae a long-time fear that something like this could inadvertently happen to them. This stems from what they experienced near or at puberty, maybe at age 11 or 12, when erections were hapening seemingly for no apparent reason at unexpected times and places...I used to get them just riding 20 miles on a school bus, which I meekly attributed to the poor-riding school bus and the vibration from the rough roads. Worse, this on occasion led to a full-scale ejaculation a nice oval wet spot on my jeans. Now THAT was tough to hide! But EVERY guy has embarrasing memories of things that happened to him like this around puberty.
Anyhow, a guy around puberty is usually really bashful about other peers knowing or observing, male or female, that he has somehow managed to become a man, and this sets up situations whereby young guys will do everything to avoid any situation that might lead to that conclusion, even if this should happen inadvertently.
Worse, kids that age and into high school can be really mean. They are discovering their own sexuality, and for the straight guys part of this means making certain that everyone far and wide knows that they aren't gay. This can lead to gay bullying--after all, any guy with an unexpected erection around other guys is clear evidence that the guy is gay. This is even more complex in budding male/female relationships, always a cause for angst for guys young and old. Lets avoid any situation whereby a similar-age girl might observe that a guy has an erection. Even worse if the guy is even slightly attracted to the girl. What in the world is she going to think? The sex education course is probably saying something about the notion that if a guy has an erection in front of a girl, that is clear evidence that he is sexually attracted to her. But what if this is a girl that he doesn't particuilarly like, and this happens anyway? Now teen life gets really complicated, with all sorts of feelings that are at once terrific, but scare the socks off of teen boys. can something so exciting and fun cause so much angst?
One of the things I like about those photos of UNI High school water polo team is how much at peace everyone seemed to be with their own bodies and with being around other teens who were also completely at ease with their bodies. This is light years beyond where 99 % of other high school teens are around the US, straight or gay.
SwimTeamSpeedo, you are al grown up and worn tight fitting Speedos for a long time, and you still seem to be showing some of the angst of a 12-year old over all of this and what happened. The difference is that now you can enjoy yourself and finally kick back and laugh about the entire sequence of events, without any fear of being teased or bullied by your peers.
Sebbie
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