Schools are full of bullies who tend towards homophobia and hate crime. The repress their own gay side in order to appear normal and straight while subjecting vulnerable boys to abuse. The alpha males in a school class are above the bullies who being cowards leave them alone, but anyone else who fails to conform and is vulnerable may be a victim. Tom Daley was subjected to bullying at school for wearing speedos and being assumed to be gay despite being the best diver in the country and later the world, his pencil case etc being repeatedly taken and hidden so he couldn't work.
A few years ago a fashion started in which trousers (pants) were worn low revealing the top of underwear which was almost universally accepted, the winter before last skinny jeans and even skinny school trousers became the norm. These fashions started or were at least accepted among the alpha males. For speedos to become the norm for school swimming the alpha males need to adopt them as their choice I swimwear, then the herd will follow.
One of the bullies at my school was somewhat shorter than me, he turned up at the local swimming pool one day when I was there, each time he approached me I simply ducked him while he swam and I stood on the bottom. It felt good for a change.
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