Has anyone ever commented on your swimwear?

[Bede735]

What I mean by that has anyone ever made derogatory comments or gave you funny looks while you are wearing briefs? I've noticed that for American guys that seems to be their biggest fear. And of course if nobody does appear to notice they'll obviously be thinking that (wish I could mind read).

I can honestly say that in 23 years of swimming in briefs in England and on holiday all over the world this has never happened to me.

Actually, the nearest to that happening was at a local pool last year. There was a group of 3 boys and one of them said 'Speedo' to me.
I was tempted to say back to him 'well done for reading my label!'.

[Byron]

I can only say me too on your second para. (though Tom Daley moved secondary school in Plymouth because of constant 'speedoboy' taunts).

[Bede735]

Talking about school, we had swimming up to the age of 13 (which would have been 1977) and all the lads wore briefs. I think if anyone wore long shorts back then he would have been the subject of ridicule.

But, as I say, today's lads are repressed. They just don't realise it.

[Torchwatch]

Watching BBC News 24 the other night I heard that there are moves afoot in Japan to make images of boys in tiny swimsuits become pornographic. The claim is that many of these photographs are in erotic poses and should be banned although the Japanese public have not complained up until now. Once images of boys in brief low cut bikinis is considered indecent and pornographic it will be more difficult for Japanese boys and men to wear them in public just because they like them.

It happened that way in Britain some years ago, naked images of children became pornographic, images of boys in speedos and short shorts became erotic and then pornographic and banned. Then boys stopped wearing speedos and short shorts. In they name of child protection they moved the goal posts and tried to make the everyday indecent.

[Byron]

....thin end of the wedge for Japan (no more Waterboys?)

[Bede735]

But still okay for girls to appear in brief bikinis?

[eschnitger]

I was at a Waterpark in Spearfish, South Dakota 3 years ago. a girl about 8 years old started telling men shouldn't wear speedos, I responded "What about Michael Phelps? He wears speedos." she replied "Well that's different.". to which I replied "how is that different?" to which she just walked off...

[Byron]

Agree post#8 and others - and as for boring 'porno' manga I just can't see what they get out of it.

[louis]

Not speedos but close, very early in the morning at the saw grass mills shopping mall at Fort Lauderdale FL. It was to early for the stores to be open yet so I decided to enjoy a coffee meanwhile the boutiques open, I was wearing very short shorts and two men started to whissle at me in a manner meaning oh your so sexy (TEASING) AnywaY IN A HARSH TONE VOICE I ASKED THEM IF THEY WANTED TO TAKE MY PICTURE, THEY JUST TURNED AROUND AND THE CASE WAS CLOSED
At the beach at Old Orchard Beach in Maine a friend and I were walking around in short short tennis shorts (not vintage at the time) peaple where looking at us as if we had just landed from Mars. Perhaps O O B IN IN WHAT IS CALLED THE BIBLE BELT WHERE WEARING SKIMPY APPAREL IS A SIGN OF NON BORN AGAIN UNSAVED PEOPLE (PRAISE THE LORD) We felt very incomfortable indeed.
BTW to make things worst Mrs. Grundy was attending a anti apeedo crusade in the area.
For those that dont know Mrs Grundy is a well known caracter talked about on the old speedo fantasy board messages link that became this one. known to hate speedos.

[SwimTeamSpeedo]

Louis, as a Mainer I am sorry to hear about your OOB incident. Maine is really a very accepting place, and I am sorry about what happened to you. By the way, if you want to go to a great beach where you will see a diverse selection of swimsuits and a more diverse population, check out Ogunquit, just a little south of OOB. Either way, I hope you don't give up on Maine... STS