Speedos
My opinion is it is entirely peer pressure - if they don't see their friends wearing a speedo they don't want to wear one (at least in public). Those with a home swimming pool might be a little more daring at home.
Plus as boys start puberty and their bodies change, there are certain natural fears that creep in. But for boys who have been on a swim team since a younger age, this is a little bit less and they may continue (but some boys quit swimming as they enter their teens because of this).
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