Are you ashamed of your speedo fetish

[Byron]

Also on that site (tag- red) is a good looking guy with dog tags and wearing a sexy brief red/black swirl pattern suit.
(Seems familiar however - has it been posted previously ?)

[Byron]

Those who do think something about it are often guys with a faith conflict - but good to see that the APA shows some common sense on associated issues:

http://turnipstyle.com/psychologists...aight-therapy/

[SwimTeamSpeedo]

What? Not sure what the point is of the APA post, but the picture is pretty nice.

[Byron]

Good - the pic is your compensation for having a post where you would inevitably not see the point * - which is that the APA are thankfully expressing a contemporary view on "deviant" behaviour.

Fetishes and sexual orientation are associated issues as I said and cause guilt and shame to some according to the severity of a religious faith or other beliefs in which they may have been brought up.

The abhorrences of an earlier generation resulted in some pretty awful "cures" being administered for unacceptable "diseases" and so the proclamation of some corrective professional philosophy has been
long overdue to replace the inhumane and senseless strictures which belong in the past - but which can be found all too often in the present unfortunately (the mere fact of Louis asking in a post "are you ashamed?" surely proves the point).

*as with Torchwatch

[SwimTeamSpeedo]

Agree Byron. Ill informed often results in illogical conclusions. Like linking one thing to another to which it does not belong. Guys in brief swimsuits being gay is a good example, and the least adverse of these linkings from a gay standpoint. Often it comes from taking some situation and spreading it across an entire spectrum. A guy who was exploring his sexuality (as many young men do) might well have been "cured" by the actions the APA is denouncing. However, the reality is he was probably going to become straight anyway, but then the focus became the "cure."

Back to Louis's point. There are lots of things that people do that one could call fetishes or any other lable. I think liking Speedos or brief swimwear is a pretty harmless affliction (if it even gets to that). You're right, the fact that the question even comes up is a statement.

In the event it is a fetish....I will continue to battle my so called "fetish" by buying as many hot suits as I want, and by swimming, running, cycling,and crunchng the abs so I can keep up with my collection. I think the healthy benefits far outweigh the risks.

[Byron]

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fetish

The UD is entertaining as usual and comes up with 14 answers (no.2 of which is quite revolting).