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Is it alright to hit the Beach in a Speedo?
- By Coby DuBose
- Published 05/12/2007
- Bikinis and beach wear
Going to the beach is an opportunity to pick up some rays, check out some ladies, and make an impressive statement about your fashion sense. Sometimes, people try to do a little too much with this statement and it fails miserably. If you are a guy around the ages of 18-24, wearing a Speedo to the beach is just a little bit ambitious.
Avoid the faux pas
Any man who wears a Speedo to the beach is going to draw attention from intrigued onlookers. It’s not the kind of attention that you want, though. Those people who are looking at you now will probably be talking how bad your Speedo was when they sit down to dinner. Younger men should be especially careful to avoid this fashion faux pas.
Why shouldn’t I wear a Speedo?
The main reason why you shouldn’t wear a Speedo to the beach is because of courtesy to other folks. They came to the beach to enjoy the sun, sand, and water. They didn’t come to get an eyeful of your wildly exposed body. American beach goers recognize the stigma associated with the Speedo and most of them will not be shy to make fun of you. It doesn’t even matter what your body looks like, either. Even a man with well sculpted abdominal muscles will have trouble pulling off the Speedo look.
Is it ever acceptable?
The only place where wearing a Speedo might be acceptable is if you are in Europe. European beaches are much different than the beaches in the United States and the people there are much more open to things like Speedo wear. After all, there are beaches in Europe where people don’t have to wear clothes at all. If you are looking to make a statement, do it with your sculpted body or a colorful bathing suit. Keep yourself covered up, though.
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32 Responses to "Is it alright to hit the Beach in a Speedo?" 
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said this on 12 May 2007 5:00:08 PM EDT
Americans should get over it. The only problem I have wearing a speedo on the beach is I have more of a spare tire than I like. A pair of baggy shorts isn't gonna cover that up.
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said this on 13 May 2007 6:57:08 AM EDT
Indeed comment #1.
Americans, get over it! I still am an European at heart even after being in the USA for over 30 years. Men (any age!) in a Speedo on the beach look great. Americans, instead of all this fuss, pay the extra attention on your eating habits! Female in Pa. |
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said this on 16 May 2007 2:33:22 PM EDT
I agree with previous comments. Just goes to show how Americans are ignorant and childish. It's perfectly ok that women in America can be gawked at by guys staring at their boobs and their camel toes but guys can't strut their stuff. Americans need to get over it and grow up.
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said this on 28 May 2007 1:57:19 AM EDT
I have no problem looking at a hot guy in a speedo, but a ginormous guy in a speedo will be a little weird. Just like I'm sure guys would have no problem checking out a slender pretty girl in a bikini and trying not to stare and laugh at a fat one in the same bikini.
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said this on 16 Jul 2007 12:41:12 AM EDT
How many tubby women flaunt their goods in bikinis that are way to revealing that beach - tons! If you want to wear your speedo to the beach guys, go right ahead. Maybe a lot of American guys don't wear them because they're so fat from eating junk food all day!
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said this on 04 Sep 2007 12:04:00 AM EDT
the good old days when men were men and didnt give it a second thought what they put on, if you had a problem with that a real man would just break your face, nowdays too many metro sexual reading girly fashion magazines on how to be accepted and bla bla bla bla bla
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said this on 06 Sep 2007 9:48:12 AM EDT
These days, Speedos are a problem everywhere. The Americas, Europe, Australia or Asia - it doesn't matter. Please have some consideration for people who are there to relax, enjoy nature and show their children a good time, not to have them marked for life!
http://www.planetbangkok.com/weblog/expat_issues/further-to-the-speedo-menace.php |
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said this on 29 Sep 2007 1:09:16 AM EDT
you need to get over yourself. muscular guys look hot in a speedo. and if anyone who sees a guy in a speedo at the beach during the day and is still talking about it at dinner time ... well then they need to get a life. the problem is not the guy in the speedo, the problem is petty, boring people who have no life and have to contrive drama by poking fun at something so inconsequential as a guy's choice of swimsuit.
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said this on 20 Nov 2007 11:31:20 AM EDT
I wear Spedo only and don't have a perfect body. I think that if American men wear Speedo they will pay more attention what they eat and how they look. I vacated on USA east coast last summer with my family and naturally wear my Sppedos and I was pleasantly surprised that nobody really cares, or at least I didn't notice. That is the way it should be. By the way I was born and lived in Europe until my 32. I hope Americans will grow up. Guys you have potentials, just be careful with that junk food
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said this on 09 Dec 2007 8:47:33 PM EDT
I am 15 and Speedos are now the new in thing! All my friends and I wear them now at beaches, they are starting to become very popular, espiecelly those fluro colours. They go with the fluro singlets.
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said this on 26 May 2009 4:55:39 AM EDT
where do you wear your speedo (?country?)
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said this on 20 Dec 2007 4:48:31 PM EDT
Why is it that people always post a picture of a not-so-attractive man wearing a speedo when writing anti-speedo? But getting back to the article, maybe if I were to wear a speedo, it would be more comfortable to me, which is more than likely the original reason i went to the beach in the first place. And if people have a problem with it, they can just look away. I agree with every one of these comments (unless of course one is anti-speedo), it just makes perfect sense to wear a speedo instead of clown pants.
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said this on 28 Dec 2007 8:29:55 PM EDT
As a European, I have never visited a beach in the US. You will see some speedos on the beaches here, but most guys wear speedo shorts (fitted square cuts) nobody wears the long US style baggy bloomers. You would stand out quiet a bit if you wore those as nobody else does. I havent seen them for sale in shops. Maybe its a cultural thing as well as fashion, I don't know. A recent news article I saw condemed those baggy shorts as dangerous especially for childeren unless they are strong swimmers. In most public swimming pools here, fitted shorts or speedos are necessary to go in otherwise you are not allowed in the pool. It's for mostly hygiene and safety reasons. Remember pool water does go in your mouth, up nose etc. On the nudist beaches here nobody wears anything. I havent been to a nudist beach but I know they are popular and been going for thousands of years so they wont change. In normal regular beaches here, you will see quiet a lot of women topless so thats where my eyes tend to glance to, and not to my speedos or other guys speedos and I think most guys are the same. I suppose girls like to check out guys as much as we check them out!
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said this on 03 Jun 2008 4:46:48 PM EDT
I have always worn speedos or bikinis while at the beach or pool. I am in excellent shape , well-groomed, and I am confident that I look good while wearing them. I am aware of the stigma attached to the speedo , but I have had nothing but favorable experiences while wearing them (honest!) I've met numerous attractive females (dated a few of them) and received many compliments,smiles and stares. I'm sure some folks have objected , but hey, if you do not have the "rocks" to tell me "face to face" that you object , well than it doesn't bother me. I think men (of any fitness level or age) should wear speedos if they so desire. You only live once , and God knows we've all seen some women in "unflattering" beach attire , and didly squat is ever said about it.
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said this on 20 Jul 2008 9:12:08 PM EDT
I actually worked in the Orlando area a few years ago, and was housed at a hotel. I actually felt kinda out of place when I went to the pool in typical American swim trunks, as the main clientelle of the hotel were from Australia and Europe. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to find something more appropriate (a speedo) to wear around the hotel pool. (84 hour work weeks are a killer.)
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said this on 12 Aug 2008 7:02:53 AM EDT
I've been wearing speedos for about eight years now. Outside of a negative comment from some teenager, all the rest were flattering. Every girlfriend I've had likes the look and I've had a few compliments from ladies on the beach and one to take a few photos.
Now, I'm not muscular, nor am I fat. I'm in my upper forties and probably could stand to do a few stomach crunches. Still, I've had good experiences. In fact, I've got a week long vacation planned in a townhouse with a lady who has already picked out her favorite swimsuit. :) Anyway men, wear them. You'll be glad you did. |
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said this on 16 Aug 2008 8:38:07 PM EDT
I don't wear a Speedo, per se. I wear much briefer swimsuits than that! The typical suit has string sides, and a narrow front and rear, though I don't wear a thong to the beach. I don't have a "perfect" body, but I am in excellent shape, especially considering that I'm over 50. I'd go as far to say that I have a better physique than 90% of guys under 30 years of age.
However, I doubt that I would be comfortable wearing such "revealing" swimsuits if I was overweight, or had a less than nice physique. Frankly, like with women, I believe that with a less than decent body, minimal swimwear wearing it is difficult to "pull it off", figuratively speaking. that said, I believe that people are free to wear them if they want to, but should consider how unflattering it may be if they don't have "the body for it". Just my own opinion. |
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said this on 16 Aug 2008 11:51:53 PM EDT
I completely disagree with article. I"m an aussie male, 25 y.o. I think speedos are hot and very comfortable. They're far cooler than those "man-bloomers" ) i.e. ill-fitting, excessively baggy, girlish-looking board-shorts). Even men with average bodies look fine in speedos and plenty of people go to the beach to cop an eyeful (women especially). I just think Americans are comically and hilariously threatened by any sign of male sexuality. It's their loss.
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said this on 07 Dec 2008 2:49:46 AM EDT
Guys should definitely wear Speedos. Was Queen Victoria your sister? Sheesh. If girls can wear bikinis without shame, then guys can wear Speedos without shame. What a sexist and bigoted feminist entitlement that only women should flaunt it. How about a little equality for guys for a change. Any girls who say they don't like hot guys in Speedos are either lesbian or lying or just hate the way guys look. Fine. If you girls don't like them, then you try swimming and sunning in baggy pants that go down to your ankles and see how you like it.
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said this on 16 Mar 2009 4:15:21 AM EDT
I Wear a Speedo all the time, & I'm not ashamed to admit I'm endowed like a horse. Laugh it up Speedo haters. Your little weenies belong in shorts anyway – LOL.
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said this on 17 Mar 2009 3:38:42 AM EDT
I don't wear speedos only because of what others would think, but would like to because i'd love to have a sexier tan than tan lines half way down my legs from swim trunks! How stupid does that look, really. At home I do suntan in my bikini underwear, so that's ok, but ya, let's get over it. I know other guys who would die laughing or make jokes if I wore a speedo, but honestly I think it's just all that male bravado crap. I have a fit body and look great tanned. I think I'll find a sexy speedo with narrow sides and revealing backside! There, I feel better already. LOL.
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said this on 05 Aug 2009 10:33:53 AM EDT
I've worn speedos when I go for recreational swims at times, depending on my mood and how I feel I look in them. I agree with the people here: why should we let the cultural "fashion police" tell us not to wear speedos? I've tried doing it at the beach as well and will probably do so more often. It's so much more natural than wearing long shorts that get in the way of free movement -- even if they are the shorter variety, they impede swimming movements to some degree. Who cares about how you look? Women don't care how they look in their one-piece or two-piece suits no matter how slim or how fat they are. Why should we?
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said this on 11 Apr 2009 6:04:42 AM EDT
I am 17 years old and have a slim build. I live in California and wear speedos. I wear them to the pool, beach,waterpark and even on vaction. I won't go back to boardshorts. I don't care what anyone thinks of me. I enjoy myself. My parents are fine with it to. More guys in the U.S should tr them.
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said this on 27 May 2009 5:54:39 PM EDT
Who was the idiot who wrote this? There is nothing hotter than a fit guy in a skimpy swimsuit, and unless you are grossly obese a well fitted bikini can actually make you look better than a huge pair of DorkShorts. The only thing that makes sense is that the author has such a small unit that he might get mistaken for a topless girl if he did wear something sexy. Get over your fear of the male body. Women stand up to your coward men and make them wear the kind of thing they force you to.
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said this on 28 May 2009 2:41:40 AM EDT
I think that the person who wrote this anti-speedo article is a 19th century person, so shame for people who thinking in that way, thats it.
maybe have mental problems with mens in speedos and others things |
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said this on 20 Jun 2009 2:58:56 PM EDT
This article contradicts itself. Fail. Speedos can be just fine in North America now. It's not 1994 any more.
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said this on 30 Jul 2009 7:45:47 PM EDT
I just recently started wearing speedos, like a month ago. I love them (so does my wife) and dont want to wear board shorts anymore, however I hate the bad vibe i get from people staring. Im 21 and slim and a father two boys, I'm going to keep wearing them and hope the bad vibe will go away. Did anyone else feel this way at first? By the way I think the speedo flipturns are awesome!
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said this on 18 Aug 2009 9:47:23 PM EDT
I am 54 years old and have now worn a speedo since I was 18.Most women that have talked to me while I'm wearing one usually compliment me.My wife is comfortable with me wearing one.I wear them in front of friends and neighbors at the pool. I just got back from South Carolina and had alot of young ladies checking me out.Guys,don't knock 'em till you try 'em
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said this on 25 Aug 2009 5:38:30 PM EDT
10 Reasons Men Should Wear Speedos
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said this on 11 Sep 2009 11:59:21 AM EDT
I think a part of the problem is the peer pressure. To stand out and be yourself is not the in-thing. If three people showed up wearing dork-shorts to a crowded pool with men in bikini cut briefs with their wives and girlfriends, they would be embarrassed at standing out.
I standout in my daily life anyway. I'm as far away from "typical" as one can get. So why do I wear a speedo/bikini cut swimsuit? Because I like it regardless of what people might think. By the way, every woman I've dated has preferred the speedo. :) |
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said this on 03 Nov 2009 7:32:16 PM EDT
I was laughing so hard while i was reading this article. people are really stupid nowadays.....why should it matter what you wear whether is be boardshorts, a speedo, or bikini. We are all born naked and have the same bits and pieces according to our sex. I cant even comprehend why these people like that......
I recently was at the pool with some of my friend, im 16 btw, and they all started snickering that i was wearing a speedo, i asked them why and then simply replied, i dont know, you are almost naked..... They did not even know the reason for their laughter............It was surpising, I was the only fit person there and the rest were fat or obese (including the people i was with), and they were laughing at me..... A lot of people think (especially in the US) that if a guy wears speedos he is automatically gay. HOW THE HELL IS WEARING A SPEEDO OR ANYTHING FOR THAT MATTER RELATED TO YOUR SEXUAL ORIENTATION! Sorry for getting so mad, its just some people are so stupid, and believe what is written all over these stupid magazines. One of the major statements that i hear regarding speedos is that they leave nothing to the imagination..........WHAT!?!!??! I remember the first time i heard that, it was probably the dumbest thing i ever heard.... If ur a guy most likely you will have a penis........so what the hell is there to leave to the imagination....... People these days just cant think for themselves and listen to what the media and others around them say...... w.e...... they are all ignorant and if they cant think for themselves they stupid also..... |
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said this on 23 Jan 2010 12:43:01 PM EDT
"...If you are a guy around the ages of 18-24, wearing a Speedo to the beach is just a little bit ambitious. ..."
LOLOLOLOLOLOL! So, if you're over 24, it's okay? C'mon, the Americans should really look around and realize what century it is. I hope to visit the US someday, but I'm afraid I'll spend a lot of time looking for a normal, topless or nudist beach. ::rolls eyes:: |