[sebbie]

Will that one fit tight enough for you?

I learned that wearing clothing that fit very snug in the groin at a very early age, and as I grew older my fascination with the idea only increased. I soon began wondering if other guys my age were experiencing some of the same, but was too shy to ever raise the subject.

Lots of things have changed over a long period of time. Tight-fitting swim briefs have gone in and out of fashion and then back in again with American guys and to a perhaps lesser degree even with guys in Europe. The Asian guys seem to have never gone through these changes at all. For most Asian males, this never really happened, and a skimpy swim brief has consistently been the go-to swimwear for lots of Asian guys. I do not think there was ever a point when Asian guys believed that wearing a swim brief was somehow only linked to being gay. Instead, even a very skimpy brief was just ordinary swimwear.

There have been some developments in recent years that are important. Tik Tok occurred and attracted a lot of guys who got to see firsthand over and over what the Asian guys are wearing. The cell phone- style videos frequently show guys in swim briefs or even skimpier swimwear, and the American guys watching these videos are starting to say that since this is just normal swimwear for these Asians not some “clue” that the guy is gay, why should the US be different in that regard. Females too are seeing that the swim brief clad guys in the videos are not concerned with the whole idea that they may somehow “look” gay, and it is perfectly OK for a to admire not get upset seeing a guy wearing a swim brief. This to a certain degree means that the anger some women traditionally have shown on seeing a guy in a swim brief is, quite frankly, silly. If Asian women are comfortable seeing a guy in a swim brief why should American women be completely OK with the same thing?

In short, these Reels-style videos have become really popular with both American guys and women watching them, and the earth has not quit spinning on its axis.

I am seeing more and more swim teams at the high school and college level wearing swim briefs in competition, a trend that accelerated starting only a few years ago. What is often now the case, the coach gives each swimmer the opportunity to wear either a jammer or a brief, and increasing numbers of these swimmers are now again choosing a brief, and not fearing the idea that because a brief is chosen, someone will tease them for being gay. This is just normal swimwear.

Serious competitive male swimmers have long worn briefs since Speedo “invented” the style. Mark Spitz wore the style of the times which was a brief with wide sides. Then in the 70s, the serious swimmers seemed to be vying for a suit that fit the tightest and had the narrowest sides possible, but in particular the European swimmers in the big international competitions.

Then all of that “downsizing” suddenly stopped, and the guys started wearing much longer but still snug-fitting jammers as the manufacturers started claiming that cloth was slicker than skin. This ended up with the full body suits that fit so tight they took great effort to get into and lots if time before the swim as well.

Then all of that was made illegal by the competitive swim organizations, and guys went back to conventional jammers as the “universal” swimwear for men, perhaps made from a slick, super expensive cloth costing $500 for a suit that worn only a few times.

Now we are back to a situation whereby if you watch any competition taking place in the US you currently will see a mix of jammers and briefs on the male swimmers. I sense that the really expensive slick cloth jammers have not reduced times for most swimmers in a significant way.

But the Tik Tok and other reels-style videos are having a big impact in the US, where the guys see that wearing a swim brief is just the normal thing for the Asian guys to do, not any “statement” of any sort with respect to the guy’s sexuality.

I only hope this newfound trend will continue. I still “enjoy” wearing a swim brief even though I have never been a competitive swimmer. A snug-fitting fit always feels good and I recommend this experience highly.