The obese man in the photo in the article above actually has good legs and an acceptable loin area. The problem is the overhanging belly. If he was wearing boardshorts down to his ankles his belly would still hang over the waistband just as much. He has gone to the beach presumably to swim and sunbathe, which are legitimate pursuits (even in speedos).
So why attack him for wearing speedos when it is his exposed belly that is the issue and would remain the issue whatever swimwear he chose, unless the public were to demand that obese men and women wear singlets/vests to hide their excessive chests and bellies?
Since the average man in the West is slightly overweight these days such demands would result in nearly all men wearing vests and baggy shorts for swimming, a return to Victorian values perhaps.
We should give moral support to the older and bigger men who choose to wear brief swimwear not because we lust after them but because depriving them of their freedom to choose their own swimwear ultimately deprives everyone else of their right too.
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