Thongs

[Umbran]

Thongs are popular and mainstream now so I guess they are at least moderately comfortable.

Popularity has virtually nothing to do with comfort. Polyester isn't a comfortable fabric, but people wore it en masse in the 1970s. Some people blame that on the.. recreational pharmaceuticals.

Or, look back at Victorian Era women's fashions. Ye gods, that couldn't have been comfortable. Any clothing that enduces swooning isn't comfortable.

Now, in a vain effort to steer this back to the supposed "science", I suggest folks go and read, "A Stress Analysis of a Strapless Evening Gown" by Charles E Siem. The essay is available online, and the book (ed by Robert Baker) is available at Amazon. No link because some folks might not feel the structural diagrams are work-safe.

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

I would much rather wear a thong than flip-flops.

Oh, how I hate them...*mutters quietly*

 

[diaglo]

i like women to go commando. Equal Opportunity

i had to when my wife and i were trying to have kids. boxers didn't do it for me.

diaglo "who is a butt man" Ooi

 

[Desdichado]

I've only ever gone commando when in the midst of a "laundry emergency" and been out of clean underwear, so not very often. Having my tip bang up against the inside of the zipper was no fun, let me tell you. And the rest of "the equipment" swinging back and forth against my thighs wasn't exactly comfortable either.

So I would have thought women going commando wouldn't be all that bad, as they don't have the same level of external equipment to worry about.

Oh, and I am paranoid about the frank and beans accident when commando, too. Every time I take a leak, I make sure to be extra especially careful when zipping back up.

 

[reveal]

I've only ever gone commando when in the midst of a "laundry emergency" and been out of clean underwear, so not very often. Having my tip bang up against the inside of the zipper was no fun, let me tell you. And the rest of "the equipment" swinging back and forth against my thighs wasn't exactly comfortable either.

So I would have thought women going commando wouldn't be all that bad, as they don't have the same level of external equipment to worry about.

Oh, and I am paranoid about the frank and beans accident when commando, too. Every time I take a leak, I make sure to be extra especially careful when zipping back up.

 

[der_kluge]

 

[Rel]

I love ENWorld.

 

[mac1504]

I went commando a lot while in the army. Changing underwear every day while out in the field for 20 days is just another hassle (and I can't even imagine packing 20 pairs of underwear to the field!), so I got pretty used to it. IIRC, many Vietnam vets went commando to avoid jungle rot in the crotch region.

The army must have known about it, because all the uniform pants had buttons and not zippers

 

[Rel]

I went commando a lot while in the army.

I just wanted to say that this struck me as somehow funny.

 

[Desdichado]

Oh, and I am paranoid about the frank and beans accident when commando, too. Every time I take a leak, I make sure to be extra especially careful when zipping back up.

Come to think of it, that may be a reaction to my extreme "well-endowedness" though.