Wearing "fancy" underwear to a physical

If I were a student athlete back in the days where everyone was lined up out in the open, with zero respect or regard for our privacy, I'd make sure that I wore some extra fancy kit just for the occasion.

I'm sure that some of you guys and gals have seen those really fancy, high-end men's fashion briefs in fancy fashion colors like sky blue, canary yellow, dayglow green, camo, paisley, flame red, etc., usually with the waistband, fly, and leg holes in black or some contrasting color. The material looks fairly thick and the overall construction quite high quality.

If I knew that I was going to be standing around in my underduds for a decent amount of time, and there were possibly going to be some ladies around, I'd definitely rock a pair of THOSE instead of basic, thin Hanes. Even in my skivvies, I'd make sure I looked extra good.

It's like a male bird flashing its plumage during mating season. I'd do everything I could to stand out.

I had big group physicals for sports in high school but I never had fancy underwear. It was the 1980s and I was still in plain tighty whities - but pretty much everyone else was, too.

I wore fancy underwear in High School. My daily was some sort of bikini panty, usually colored. I like blues and peach. We never had group exams or anything close to that but we did have to change for gym. I did have some girlfriends ask why I bothered to wear 'nice' underwear on just a regular day (most either didn't have any or saved them for 'date night') and I'd tell them I did it for me. I liked the way I looked in them. They made me feel pretty and more confident.

In the 70s and 80s all I remember being available were white briefs which we were all wearing while waiting ten at at time in the outer nurses office. Now I typically wear boxer briefs that still tend to show everything.

Yes I made sure I wore one of my best pairs of boxers for my physicals at school.

After being seen in the corridor by girls whilst stripped down on the way to my exam - with my boxers rapidly tenting! - one if them said to me after that she'd loved my red Calvin's that showed me off nicely but would have loved to see what was inside them even more. 😉

After being seen in the corridor by girls whilst stripped down on the way to my exam - with my boxers rapidly tenting! - one if them said to me after that she'd loved my red Calvin's that showed me off nicely but would have loved to see what was inside them even more. 😉

@scotty95 Did you offer to show her? If not, why not? 😄😕😄

When I go to the doctor I choose my best boxer briefs.

When young all that was available was white briefs. A more childish looking piece of apparel for boys and men I could not think of. I found them embarrassing to wear during a medical exam or whatever.

But thankfully, someone in the fashion industry finally realized that underpants don't have to be white. They can be any color, though black and dark blue, sometimes red seem to be the most popular colors. And the odd thing is that while they may have the same shape and size as the old white briefs, they simply don't feel and look so childishly infantile.

Btw: for viewers of the Big Bang Theory, you may have noticed that Sheldon and Leonard often enough end up in situations where they are pantsed by someone stronger and larger (usually one of Penny's ex-boyfriends) and that they are always shown in white briefs/tighty-whiteys. This is of course for comical effect and emphasizes their physical, emotional immaturity and general nerdiness.

Having them wear boxers for such scenes just wouldn't be as funny.

@scotty95 Did you offer to show her? If not, why not? 😄😕😄

Well she did become my girlfriend later and got to see to see it in action. 😀😉

Well she did become my girlfriend later and got to see to see it in action. 😀😉

Scotty- and just like that, you proved my mating ritual theory! A poster who went by the username Odd Job on a now defunct Voy message boards even CALLED those nude male swim meets and open male physical exams impromptu mating rituals.

I have to wonder if the adults in charge had any idea or inkling of the sexual tension that would inevitably result from situations like yours.

I have to wonder if the adults in charge had any idea or inkling of the sexual tension that would inevitably result from situations like yours.

I would hope so. They probably experienced the same when they were young.

I would hope so. They probably experienced the same when they were young.

It makes you wonder what was the REAL root cause for such a drastic shift in attitudes between the 1960s and the 1980s regarding such things. Something that was once viewed as completely normal, natural, logical, and no big deal suddenly becomes vulgar, offensive, and even "traumatizing" to both participants and observers alike. WTF happened???

It makes you wonder what was the REAL root cause for such a drastic shift in attitudes between the 1960s and the 1980s regarding such things. Something that was once viewed as completely normal, natural, logical, and no big deal suddenly becomes vulgar, offensive, and even "traumatizing" to both participants and observers alike. WTF happened???

Things, thoughts and opinions have changed, and will be change daily in our curious world, in what we live !!

And in my honest opinion for sure not in a better direction !!!!!

Things, thoughts and opinions have changed, and will be change daily in our curious world, in what we live !!

And in my honest opinion for sure not in a better direction !!!!!

That’s exactly what my parents said about our generation, and what I say about the next generation. It repeats!

We swam naked at the Y until they built a new facility that was both YMCA and YWCA

It makes you wonder what was the REAL root cause for such a drastic shift in attitudes between the 1960s and the 1980s regarding such things. Something that was once viewed as completely normal, natural, logical, and no big deal suddenly becomes vulgar, offensive, and even "traumatizing" to both participants and observers alike. WTF happened???

Such shifts often happen in history. And there is often much debate about the causes.

For instance right now I just finished a recent book on the history of early Christianity in the Roman and it tells of the enormous changes that occurred in the Roman world in some 50-60 years after Constantine granted Christianity sole supremacy in the empire. From a world of many faiths and beliefs to a new world with only one tolerated and with many new laws to make it so.

Then there are wars and economic crises and downturns that can cause great changes in public mores and alongside that there is the usual oscillation from one extreme to the other: prudish disapproval of pleasure to an anything goes attitude.

Such shifts often happen in history. And there is often much debate about the causes.

For instance right now I just finished a recent book on the history of early Christianity in the Roman and it tells of the enormous changes that occurred in the Roman world in some 50-60 years after Constantine granted Christianity sole supremacy in the empire. From a world of many faiths and beliefs to a new world with only one tolerated and with many new laws to make it so.

Then there are wars and economic crises and downturns that can cause great changes in public mores and alongside that there is the usual oscillation from one extreme to the other: prudish disapproval of pleasure to an anything goes attitude.

I've always been deeply confused by Christianity's hypocritical and duplicitous attitudes regarding the human body.

On the one hand, we're supposed to be made in God's image, and everything that God made is supposed to be good. On the other hand, it's supposedly wicked and sinful for anyone other than your lawfully wedded spouse to gaze upon and admire your uncovered form.

How in God's name ( no pun intended ) can you say that something is GOOD, and then insist that it be kept hidden from everyone? What the FUCK are we doing???

It makes you wonder what was the REAL root cause for such a drastic shift in attitudes between the 1960s and the 1980s regarding such things. Something that was once viewed as completely normal, natural, logical, and no big deal suddenly becomes vulgar, offensive, and even "traumatizing" to both participants and observers alike. WTF happened???

The traditional Puritanism that has always had a certain grasp over American culture met the sexual revolution and found out not only that people enjoy sex, but that gay people exist. What had previously only had the power to do things like Prohibition now had a talking point to root out acceptance of nudity in appropriate situations. Add that to the decrease in public trust of government and government-adjacent institutions during the Cold War and Vietnam eras that left more people questioning authority, and it becomes harder for those appropriate situations to remain in face. Whereas before, a gym coach ordering kids to shower after PE or a doctor saying to remove their underwear for a routine exam has a lot less power compared to the students who are self-conscious about their bodies and parents who are afraid seeing another boy's dick will turn their son gay.

Then we have a society of people becoming so hyper-aware about how they and others feel that things which were once just par for the course — a little embarrassing but not the end of the world — are now "traumatic" and everyone is expected to cater to everyone else's feelings, regardless of whether they're rational or even reasonable. [/rant]

All that aside, I yearn for the days when men had spaces to just exist naked. I would have loved being able to swim naked at the YMCA as a kid! I'm on the spectrum and wet clothes are extremely irritating for my sensory issues, but I bet I would have gladly learned to swim had trunks not been a non-negotiable part of it. And as far as the medical stuff goes, I have no hangups about what happens below the belt. It's the face and neck area I don't want people touching if it can be avoided 😂

Scotty- and just like that, you proved my mating ritual theory! A poster who went by the username Odd Job on a now defunct Voy message boards even CALLED those nude male swim meets and open male physical exams impromptu mating rituals.

I have to wonder if the adults in charge had any idea or inkling of the sexual tension that would inevitably result from situations like yours.

It is normal for horny teens, with hormones going wild, to want to show their bodies off to girls (or boys if they're gay). The teachers I'm sure would have known the amount of sexual tension in the air without needing to take a glance at our expanding pants!

It is normal for horny teens, with hormones going wild, to want to show their bodies off to girls (or boys if they're gay). The teachers I'm sure would have known the amount of sexual tension in the air without needing to take a glance at our expanding pants!

Yep!

And those swim meets and open physicals provided those boys with a safe, secure, and legal venue in which to strut their stuff for the ladies' approval. Keeping boys and girls hidden from each other serves no real purpose and has ultimately done more harm than good in my opinion.

I may have sported "fancy" underwear during my physical exams while in my 20s-30s. However, as I matured I, began to switch over to boxer briefs. Now, I find myself donned in the simple ... yet hot ... tighty-whities! I like the fact that there is no hiding of anything ... arousal and precum stains ... in white briefs!

I've always been deeply confused by Christianity's hypocritical and duplicitous attitudes regarding the human body.

On the one hand, we're supposed to be made in God's image, and everything that God made is supposed to be good. On the other hand, it's supposedly wicked and sinful for anyone other than your lawfully wedded spouse to gaze upon and admire your uncovered form.

How in God's name ( no pun intended ) can you say that something is GOOD, and then insist that it be kept hidden from everyone? What the FUCK are we doing???

There's a lot to unpack with this question. You need to remember that Christianity started as an offshoot of Judaism and while Roman and Greek mores of the time found nothing really wrong with nudity, the Jews of the time DID have a big problem with it.

Now the 'made in God's image' refers to the soul/spirit vs the body. Further, Paul wrote extensively in his letters about overcoming our 'animal nature' and aspiring to the 'higher gifts'. Paul was very anti-sex and there's a heavy Pauline influence in contemporary Christianity, which I find to be extremely ironic given Paul/Saul's association with the early church.

All of which is off topic for the OP, but since we went to nude swimming, yet again, let me just say the 2 main drivers are 1) improvements in swimsuit fabric and pool filters and 2) Title 9.

Re the former: Who remembers swimming in cutoffs? Remember the fringe? Trashed pool filters of the time. Regular bathingsuits were cotton as well and just as bad. The fibers would wear and come off and clog the filter. Same reason women used to be forced to wear bathing caps. Long hair clogging filters. Lycra doesn't wear like cotton and it doesn't matter anyway as modern filters can handle a lot more than filters from the 70's and earlier.

As to the latter: Men may have swum naked, but women didn't. Once Title 9 required schools to have the same programs for girls as for boys it became easier and cheaper to do co-ed swimming and that, coupled with improved filtration, killed the reason for nude swimming.

It was never overtly sexual. I'm sure there was plenty of covert sexuality going on, but it was always about dollars vs sex.

Really? I came in here because I saw nurse phillips posted last and I wanted to know what kind of panties she wore to the doctor, but here we are back on nude swimming. What in the blue hell is the fascination with nude swimming? How do so many threads end up beating this dead horse??? People don't swim naked anymore, whoooooo cares?

@Nurse_Phillips -

You're right about it not being OVERTLY sexual, because that was never its intended purpose. Even so- when you have a bunch of scantily clad or completely naked young males brimming with testosterone, surrounded by a bunch of admiring and approving girls and women, there was bound to be a fair amount of sexual energy / tension brewing just beneath the surface, even though everyone tried to pretend otherwise.

The boys' throbbing erections and red faces, as well as the girls' ear to ear grins and the womens' warm smiles, told the real truth.

@matt83

Clean ones 😉

I answered in more detail further back in the thread

We are all different, but I'm not too sure if I completely concur with 'Hairy chest' because I used to wear blue Y Fronts from my early teens up until I started going out with my first boyfriend; I often found that when hugging each other etc apart from getting horny, I'd ooze pre-cum into my underpants. If we were going out after kissing/hugging etc, it could be a couple of hours before removing the Y fronts and then noticing these white dry patches. Because of this, I changed from wearing blue Y Fronts to wearing white!

We are all different, but I'm not too sure if I completely concur with 'Hairy chest' because I used to wear blue Y Fronts from my early teens up until I started going out with my first boyfriend; I often found that when hugging each other etc apart from getting horny, I'd ooze pre-cum into my underpants. If we were going out after kissing/hugging etc, it could be a couple of hours before removing the Y fronts and then noticing these white dry patches. Because of this, I changed from wearing blue Y Fronts to wearing white!

What year or decade was this? I remember back when I was growing up in the 70s and 80s, boys' and mens' underwear in cool looking fashion colors wasn't really a big thing yet.

I find it rather ironic that by the time clothing manufacturers got smart and started making male underwear that was not only functional but attractive and stylish as well, the practice of casually and openly parading young men in their skivvies in an institutional setting was OUT of style.

I wear nice underwear because it makes me feel confident about myself. It’s not for other people. Other than maybe my husband. And the doctor I guess. I’m not going to show up wearing some sort of lingerie. And I’m also not going to wear some tattered old granny panties. Just some nice ones.

I have a friend that caries around a plastic bag in her purse with a new pair of panties in them, just in case she has to change before a doctors appointment. She will not accidentally wind up there with a half day warn pair on.

I wear my daily underwear, nothing special. Dark blue or black New Balance microfiber athletic boxer briefs. They are designed for comfort although my GF says I look good in them. I am not going to the doctor to somehow impress her. I am going for a physical to make sure I am healthy.

I continue to wear white briefs for my physicals. Honestly, I think they add to the sense of embarrassment which is a big part of my medfet. I think if I wore boxers or even boxer briefs the experience wouldn't be the same.

The decade I was alluding to was the 1960's........for me it was the mid to late 60's. The company that made them was I believe Scottish; they produced quality Y Fronts in a light blue cotton fabric, although other colours were available!