First, Speedo is a brand and not a style, much like Kleenex is a brand and not a generic name for tissue. I do think a big segment of society sees a guy on a beach in a brief or less cut swimsuit and they leap to gay. I bet most posters on this board make the same leap. It is easy to understand, go to any beach with a gay section and suddenly you start to see swimwear that is smaller and tighter. Nothing wrong with that, but lets be realistic, outside of swimming sport use, the outward wearing of small cut suits is far more common in gay arenas. Heck, some gay guys choose not to wear them out of a desire not to look gay. I do not like broad generalizations and do not agee with it.
I think the move back to shorter cuts will help lift some of the association. However, I do not see the day where brief cut swimwear is the majority, except at the local team pool.
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