I have three younger brothers. I'm nineteen (just barely), the twins are seventeen, and our the youngest is just fifteen. We all grew up swimming in the country club/swim club teams from the Guppy Team age. Speedos were the norm, and we thought nothing about it. I know I loved wearing tight swimsuits, even though I only sported a peanut and two little marbles inside. We shared all the locker and shower spaces with all the older boys, and I knew from looking at them, and from looking at my dad, grandfathers, older cousins, and all the other older males that "my time would come!" Eventually I'd have pubic hair, larger hydraulic equipment, and bigger muscles.
Boys do go through a period of being self-conscious at the onset of puberty, but when a guy is surrounded by other boys in the same condition, and older boys and men as examples of where puberty is leading, it really isn't a big deal. Erections in swimsuits aren't "dirty" or "abnormal." They just happen. Big deal.
Now, if a boy goes into swimming at puberty, then I can understand some trepidation at wearing Speedos! It's much easier to "grow into them" starting as a little boy.
I was shaved once, and then refused to ever shave again. Sometimes that was way more an issue than wearing the swimsuits.
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