• Today@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      Swim shorts and tank are so easy! You can swim, or walk along the beach and you’re covered enough to stop in a beach bar and dry enough to get in your car.

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      1 month ago

      A one piece suit is still very form fitting and skimpy.

      How often do you consider what your crotch and butt folds look like when getting dressed?

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        1 month ago

        I think this is a fair point. People keep talking about skirts and things but the reality is if you go to a store, 98% of the bathing suits will be like this.

        That being said, in a lot of the world, men’s bathing suits are like that too. So it’s sort of an American dilemma

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          1 month ago

          Oh. A skirt that goes slightly below the crotch? And is still skin tight?

          And what about the rest of the bathing suit?

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            1 month ago

            These are designed to be worn in the water so more fabric is just more wet material to carry around. Also, anything extra just floats and/or sticks to you. Have you worn a T-shirt in the water? When wet it’s only hiding skin, not shape.

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              1 month ago

              Yes. I’m a very fat man. I wear a shirt. I have the option to flick it once or twice and suddenly the world isn’t looking at every fold of my man boobs.

              If I were wearing the spandex material of a woman’s bathing suit on as my top, everyone would see my man boobs all the time, dry or wet.