Speedomania! The Swimsuit Gay Men Love

Not only does the LZR Racer desexualize Michael Phelps (not that I ever found him particularly sexy anyway), but it does so in an ultimate way: it turns him into a Ken doll. (Compare his junk with Ken's -- you know you have one lying around, or displayed, somewhere -- and you'll see what I mean.)

My love of the speedo I think stems not so much from the revealing of the junkage issue as it is the exposure of the male form. Who can't revel in looking at long, sinewy muscles, and seeing how they work in tandem? The body is like a machine and seeing its parts work together is a reminder of that. I like checking out hot guys as much as the next gay dude I suspect, and lord knows I could give a trainer a workout as I've gone to pot. But seeing guys with beautiful bodies can also prompt me into know "what lies beneath" my fleshy parts.

Guys with all-over tans, meh. Guys with a Speedo tan-line, hubba. I don't know, it's crazy, but it drives me mad with passion!

Great and informative article. It's sad that American men feel that way about a product but it's homophobia at work again. I'm willing to bet that if Ultimate Fighting was suddenly popular with gay men, I can imagine the throngs of straight guys suddenly losing interest in it. Ah well.

And it wasn’t just heterosexual men making the association; straight women began to think of Speedos as gay too, sometimes complaining that they were “too much information.” Interestingly, this has never been a problem for the gay and bisexual suit enthusiast.

Well, some straight women are also less pleased by the baggy shorts many guys wear at the beach nowadays. I personally don't care if a cute guy wears trunks or briefs, but when it gets to the point where a guy looks like he's wearing capris, that's just not fair. Straight guys get to oggle at women wearing half a handkerchief and some string. Men ought to be objectified too.

OMG what happened to Arnold.  Who can forget the iconic portrait of him by Robert Mapplethorpe.  He is definitely a gone to pot Republican.  There is some justice in the world afterall, even for body Nazis.

I know it's always nice to throw a picture of Daniel Craig in his skimpies into an article, but those aren't Speedo-like trunks he's wearing. Those are square-cut, and the classic Speedo style is most definitely and definitively not square-cut. (I will happily take my Daniel Craig served either way, mind you.)

Brazilian men where "sungas" not the skimpier Speedo. Sungas are much more forgiving . NYTimes Magazine just did an artical on them:

http://tinyurl.com/5d8z5l

speaking as someone who has worn the darned things in races in his younger years (7-15), they are just fine they do tend to ride up a bit! when i hit that wonderful age between 12-13, they came out with jammers, which were skin tight trucks, which i would recomend! practical AND comfortable. then they came out with the pants, which, if you have ever worn them, you wonder how the heck your supposed to put them on (think about the size of a 5-year old's pants and wearing them. We called them our superman pants (they were blue). and the wonderful thing about them (swim wise), i wouldnt cut myself trying to shave my legs to lose the drag from the hair (seriously pitty women who shave their legs...).