Why Americans do not men wear speedo ?

[Byron]

There is little in what you say that has not been said a thousand times already.
The adult male who is content with wearing his speedo today will often be quite sanguine because of memories of regularly doing so as a kid - it being an accepted and unremarkable garment and the norm to wear in his era for the beach and pool - and for any other recreational activity in hot weather for that matter.

The who, what, why, where, and when of a change to disgust and/or shame now seemingly surrounding it all *has never been definitively resolved to my knowledge - though I guess the search for an answer will forever be filling forums such as this (though even Sigmund might remain baffled).


*good point was made earlier that sales continue - new brands continually pop up and the world list on wiki amazed me in its length - so maybe a lot gets seen nowhere beyond the bedroom mirror?

[LeanHunk]

Let's face it: Sebbie has already addressed practically every facet of this question.

[knikon]

Pretty much...

Blaming the media is a sloppy argument because while it is true that they perpetuate certain ideas as social norms, they do it because it works and sells. It is like with the teenage girl body issue that feminists are attacking. If you show a look that is real and easy to acquire why would anybody buy the product? You want them to chase after the impossible because that means the customer will continuously keep coming back to get more in the hopes she may someday become "that".

[Byron]

If only your validation of the media applied solely to silly teenagers - unfortunately the adults fall for it all too.

[knikon]

Very true Byron, very true

[thisweirdthing1985]

nice thread. what really amazes me , as someone wrote above, is why when you go to the beach you never seen guys in speedos, or very short swim suits, but this kind of swimming garments are still being sold in internet, and not only a few. not all the buyers are swimmers. so I have to think, that maybe there are lot of men like me who buy it but have never the chance/ the courage to wear them?
so another question would be: why many americans buy speedos, but you'll never see wearing them?!

[Torchwatch]

Guys are buying speedos, thongs and jockstraps in UK and America at the moment but you never see them wear them in public because they get put in bottom drawers and taken out only for dressing up.
Sports wear is actually better made and more imaginative than the stuff you can buy in sex shops.

For those of us that wear speedos in the pool and bikinis on the beach, taking them into the bedroom to play is no big deal, but for guys that only wear brief stuff in the bedroom actually wearing them in public might seem rather daring, perhaps indecent. What for a team swimmer is just training kit is for someone else their ultimate fantasy and they daren't wear it in public.