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From: Panurge <panurge@mindspring.com>
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Subject: Re: Only Lycra (Speedo type) swimming trunks for men
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ADrewnowski@gmail.com wrote:
> <story> ...Now is it that we in the US don't care about our
> cleanliness (hygiene) or it's just not moral enough for our standards
Sorry for the delay--I haven't looked in here in months...
Anyway, I'll cast my vote for the latter, but I'll also add that it also
has to do with (1) the forced re-segregation of the sexes that's been
taking place over the last dozen years *and* with (2) a certain
misplaced cultural populism that's been going on for the last three
decades. The new big shorts look ugly *on purpose*, because *real men
aren't pretty* and because *real people know what's important*. (You'll
notice that even lots of swimsuits for *girls* go out of their way to
avoid being "too beautiful".)
--
"There is no excellent beauty which hath not some
strangeness in the proportion." --Sir Francis Bacon
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