Are boxer panties sexy? Gay Twitter™ is enthralled in debate

Hmmm these are kinda a slay

— ⟭⟬ Tacarie👨🏼‍🔬 (@tacarie_turtle) July 7, 2023

These are so unserious

— A sassy man (@OneBaddDude) July 7, 2023

Underwear holds a special place in gay fashion. Beginning in the 1920s, jockstraps became popular among gay men who enjoyed erotic Tom of Finland drawings and softcore male “fitness” magazines (filled with photos of bodybuilders in jockstraps along with what surely were important workout tips).

Over the last couple of decades, gay-affiliated fashion brands–Andrew Christian, AussieBum, etc—and mainstream brands like Calvin Klein and Versace have all incorporated more erotic offerings into their underwear designs.

With that said, thongs and panties remain a little risqué. Unlike jockstraps and even singlets, they’re not appropriated from sports culture. They’re subversive, buried away in gay and queer subculture.

That’s not to say it was always that way. In fact, cavemen wore little g-strings…made of animal hides and barkcloth. Comfy! (No wonder why male underwear didn’t become normalized until the late 19th century. Too many bad memories.)

Boxers, meanwhile, emerged in the early 20th century. Then briefs were introduced in the 1930s-50s.

Throughout the rest of the 1990s, and well into the 2000s, the boxer brief was a classic male, All-American look. Just take a peek at old Calvin Klein and Abercrombie ads.

Boxer panties combine that cologne-infused heteronormativity with sexual decadence. As gays, we like to bend the rules. And they certainly do that.

So in conclusion, boxer panties are…brilliant?

Or maybe they’re unnecessary?

The tea is endless.

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