When going regimental isn't an option

[Jeremiah]

Try microfiber shorts. Cotton boxers seemed to cause chafing and accumulate sweat when I wear a kilt, but wearing microfiber hiking shorts seems to solve the problem, and it has a delightfully smooth feel.

[Robin]

I like these...


Btw...It's pretty hard to find a decent picture of men wearing underwear


*disclaimer: This isn't me

[Kilteado]

Why do we feel so unconfortable watching a man's body?

In this case, what I feel is a deep and unhealthy envy.

[HansRotterdam]

I like these...
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Btw...It's pretty hard to find a decent picture of men wearing underwear


*disclaimer: This isn't me

Mail me. I got the perfect store for things like this.

[furrycelt]

Mail me. I got the perfect store for things like this.

A store that sells "decent picture[s] of men wearing underwear"?

LOL... I crack myself up. Sorry, couldn't resist. I gotta do something to cheer myself up at work.

Why do we feel so unconfortable watching a man's body?

Short answer: most of occidental society is pathetically homophobic.

...or more to the point (long answer), the average male is insecure about his sense of masculinity. What fragile self-visage he does hold onto is guarded jealously. I feel this is due to the fact that men are not given any solid foundation upon which to base their masculinity. Women define femininity on all things that are female, things that are womenly. They learn femininity from sisters, mothers, aunts, daughters, girlfriends, etc. Men base their masculinity simply on that which is not feminine. Men are constantly fending off feminine perceptions. Therefore Women's sense of gender is independent of men; yet men's sense of gender is dependent on women. For example: Pick any average American playground. If you see a girl put down her dolls to play with trucks, she will be encouraged to continue by her peers, parents, and teachers. In doing so, her "girlness" is never questioned, and she is praised for expanding her horizons. However, if you see a boy put down his truck and pick up a doll, he is instantly labeled as a "nancy", a "sissy", as "girly". His peers and parents will be sure to quickly point this out and "correct" his "mistake".

Ok, I'll step down off my soap box. Pardon the hijack. This is a hot topic for me.

-ian

[Nick]

When I'm dancing, I have bikini briefs. Perhaps the most uncomfortable things I've ever worn, but I don't want to wear boxers under the kilt.

[furrycelt]

When I'm dancing, I have bikini briefs. Perhaps the most uncomfortable things I've ever worn, but I don't want to wear boxers under the kilt.

Shop around, you would be surprised. There are actually briefs and such out there that are indeed comfortable. It took the garment industry years to figure out just how men are "shaped". And it is that "shape" reason why kilts are so logical for men to wear.

Pants are for girls.

-ian

[auld argonian]

Who gets uncomfortable looking at mens' bodies? Don't turn it into a whole lot of stuff that it's not....I just have problems with guys who are in better shape than I am. I worked as a director of photography on a film once and one of the actors (who was slightly older than me) took off his shirt while waiting to shoot (hot day)...I looked at him and said, "Buzz, do me a favor...when you die, leave me your abs."

Is there a male counterpart of that recent Dove series of ads where they got women to model who looked more like the women that I've known than the ones that they usually get? (For those outside the US or who might have missed these ads: women with butts and thighs and "imperfect" proportions...but undeniably attractive nonetheless.)

Was it Andrew Dice Clay who did the joke about the guy who walks into a barber shop with a picture from a magazine and says to the barber, "I wanna look like this guy." to which the barber says, "Get real...that guy's a twenty three year old male model...it'd take a miracle for you to look like that." Hey...I used to weigh a trim 145 but that was may beers....I mean years ago. I've tried to adapt to dress and act my age...a lot of guys don't.

And just look at the photos that get used for mens' underwear ads...I don't stand around like that, do you? That would get my wife crazy..."What are you doing?" "Standing around like the guy on the underwear package." "Well, knock it off...it's creeping me out!".

There's a lot less homophobia out there than you think...not that there's anything wrong with that.

Best

AA

[Hamish]

If and when anything has to be worn under the kilt, it's best kept brief. Any garment with legs (such as boxers, cycling/athletic shorts, etc.) looks so wrong when glimpsed beneath the kilt.

When giving public dance displays, sometimes on raised platforms, back in the 60s, 70s and early 80s, I wore Speedo-style briefs, often in black but sometimes in a colour to match the base colour of the tartan I was wearing. I once found a pair in a perfect skin tone which were much envied by fellow male dancers - they were also the most comfortable that I'd ever worn (if that's possible of briefs) and I was sorry that I could never find another pair to replace them!