After watching BuzzFeed’s video of women trying on men’s underwear for the first time, Sarafina Bianco has a pressing question.
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Women are often pictured wearing men’s clothing, such as flannel shirts or work boots. But what happens when women explore the world of men’s underwear?
In a nutshell (so to speak):
The women in the video are so interested in the front flap and its purported purpose, that they don’t talk about much else … until they try on boxers. Then, they’re all lovey-dovey … until it comes to adding pants over them.
The whole thing left this woman with a question (and hoping for answers in the comments):
How many men actually use the underwear flap and, if it’s rarely used, why does it still exist?
Photo—BuzzFeedVideo/YouTube
I don’t think a lot of men use it for an ‘easy’ pee, but I love the fly in their underwear. To be honest: I just love it when he ‘frees’ his erection through it…
Oops, I just said it!
A got a 3 pack of Frute Of The Loom for my Chinese girlfriend and talked her into putting a pair on for saturday, around the house. When we got dressed for church on sunday morning, she came out the bathroom with another pair on after taking a shower. I quized her about it and she said the *IT* wore better than pantties. After church, we went to Wal-Mart to get more for her. lol
My theory on the flap on briefs and boxer briefs is to allow the underwear to stretch when you get an erection. It’s actually kind of a nifty design. 🙂
Yes, I use the fly. It is easier. If it is harder for a guy, his underwear is a size too small.
Come on gentlemen. Let’s not give the lady a hard time for asking a question about men’s biology and how it relates to their clothing choices. Somebody from our community asked a question. We should try to answer it.
Fair enough, John! I will give it a go then. I use briefs and boxer briefs at about 80/20% ratio, rarely if ever boxers, because it just allows for too much movement and chafing for me. The undies I use rarely have the open fly or “flap”, and even if they do, I don’t use it. If I need to go, I pull down the zipper, hook the undies down with my right thumb, pull out whatever there is to grab with left hand, release, shake, wipe, and tuck in. Unbuckling and unbuttoning the pants is required when the zipper’s… Read more »
@ FlyingKal
“TMI??”
Not for me to answer. I had a friend who was throwing a party for her brother and wanted my help hiring a stripper. Another female friend asked her why she was getting her brother a stripper. Her response was, “HE (emphasis mine) likes girls.” Hopefully it helps Sarafina understand.
Hi John,
The “TMI?” was a general question, not directed at you personally. 🙂
I’ve never used the fly. It was too much work trying to work my junk through and what happens if you get caught in the zipper?
“An estimated 17,616 men went to the emergency room for “trouser zip injuries to the genitals” between 2002 and 2010, according to an article published this week in the Journal of the British Association of Urological Surgeons. Almost all of them had their penises stuck in their zippers, the paper found. ”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/19/penis-caught-in-zipper_n_2907556.html
Another video with ‘hip’ young women ridiculing something about men (in this case, how they urinate). Hey, how about this, unless you feel like giving me a detailed description of your intimate actions in the toilet, you leave mine alone. By the way, while were on the subject of ‘why’, why are stripper thongs so popular with women? I mean, does that cord of fabric jammed up your crack really feel comfortable?
Just shaking my head
Don’t, just don’t, try to rationalise and lecture people what you don’t have the physiology or common basics to understand yourself.
Imagine a group of men trying on bras and being like, “Hey, what’s with all this extra fabric? Do people actually USE this??”
Considering that the fly isn’t something that exists on all men’s underwear, I think that’s a perfectly reasonable question for them to ask. American boxers will have the opening, but boxers for European men traditionally won’t have that opening. Personally, when I was wearing tighty-whities, I wouldn’t use it, because it was just painful to try and weave it through that. But, with boxers and boxer-briefs I usually will. I think the equivalent question would be asking about why that stupid clasp is in the back rather than the front where you can see it. I’m sure there’s a reason… Read more »
Exactly! It’s like ‘Hey, I don’t understand the use for this so it’s stupid!’ I mean, I don’t understand thongs. You mean that seam wedged in your crack is comfortable?
if you’re wearing a tucked in dress shirt and a belt, it’s far, far easier to unzip the fly and poke it out the hole in the boxers than it is to undo your belt, button and zip, wee with one hand, while holding up your pants with the other, or risk having your dress pants drop to the floor and get soaked in urine, then do it all back up again, and tuck your shirt back in again
I’ve tried on men’s briefs…and I think they’re SUPER comfy! I wish women’s underwear were half as comfy.
You should just wear men’s underwear if that’s more comfortable. Chances are good that your boyfriend isn’t going to have an issue with it anyways. Who knows, it might even heat things up a bit.
Personally, I don’t really get guys that wear women’s underwear. It seems like that would be terribly uncomfortable and or damaging to be wearing something that constricting. Pants are bad enough, but binding it with panties seems like it would do serious damage.
I am a guy and I wear women’s underwear I find panties to be vey comfortable.
Of course I use it every day (I think). It saves me time, except for those boxers with miniscule openings. And those that trick me into putting them on backwards.
Oh well, far better than living with heels. Or monstrous makeup….
The question is why men don’t wear women’s style underwear? Other than the space may be a bit small, the fabrics are so much better and nobody uses the fly an more anyway.
The main reason is that there’s no room for the testes, even in tighty whities, there isn’t sufficient room to allow the testes to properly cool.
As for fabrics, I have no idea. I’m guessing it’s in large part due to the lack of variety in the underwear that most men wear. It’s tighty whities, boxers or perhaps boxer-briefs for most guys. Or some version of those, just like how there’s relatively little choice for facial products for men, I think there’s not many companies trying to convince men to try other underwear.