oggbashan
Dying Truth seeker
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The differences between countries is part of what makes me question whether we can make a generalization about men being more uncomfortable with showing their penises than before. Is swimwear for me in Australia and the UK more conservative than it was in the 1970s? As an American, I don't know.
Competition swimwear is more conservative because some technical fabrics have less drag than human skin.
In the UK? Many men are still wearing the swimwear they bought in the 1980s.
Seriously - swimwear for men is what you are comfortable wearing. Because the sea temperature in the UK is rarely warm enough to stay in long in minimal swimwear, wet or dry suits are common. But when we go to Spain, Cyprus, Turkey? The minimum to protect our modesty OR floppy shorts. European nudist beaches are popular with British males - for the views.