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Ever notice that unless you're gay, a smokin' hot celebrity, or not from North America, then as a man you can't wear speedo beachwear without getting looks. You can travel around the Mediterranean and see speedos galore; you can't lay in the sun in Latin America without having a banana hammock or a hundred walking and laying around; yet in North America all you see is board shorts. Is it that the board short is used to hide much of a less than flattering body in a society plagued with obesity? Or is it that Europe is so fashion focused that they admire the male physique more while displaying designer swim briefs or trunks,
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and Latin America is submerged in sun so they mind as well stay cool with the least amount of clothing possible? Even hetero guys who fake-n'-bake (often nude or in briefs) wouldn't be caught dead with anything shorter than their gym shorts while chilling under the sun at the beach; especially if with their buddies. Celebrities and models are constantly in tabloids for looking hot while not wearing a lot, yet for some reason this still is borderline taboo in North American beaches. Why is it that in the States or Canada a guy's automatically identified at a homo just cause he wants to wear briefs or trunks at the beach? Especially when a guy has worked hard to develop a good physique, why not be able to show your ripped body
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since your body will attract more attention if you lose the board shorts (and even more so if you don't replace them with another type of swimwear!) Wearing a board short at the beach in Latin America or Europe (except for mostly American tourist resorts) is to them an awkward clothing choice as speedos are here. I think that if it's good enough for celebrities and models, and it's good enough for the Europeans and the Latin Americans, then I think it's about time that prudy North America break down their stereotypes and follow suit....or speedo.
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