is wearing a jockstrap at gym "gay"?

I had to wear a jock strap for 2 weeks after my vasectomy. It was a bad two weeks. Way too constrictive uncomfortable and it rubbed my groin raw. Plus after wearing it for hours at a time when I took it off my balls were killing me. Prolly had something to do with the needle I took in the sac.

Posts like this make me wish that LPSG had a "like" button like facebook.

Wearing a jock strap in the gym: Not gay. It's a functional and traditional undergarment that is designed specifically to be worn during athletic activities. I wear one myself, and it's the only way I can be comfortable while working out.

Prancing around, openly, in a jock strap: Probably gay. But it's the prancing, not the jock strap itself, which would be the determining factor.

I doubt anyone, for example, would assume that Arnold Schwarzenegger was gay, just because he was wearing a jockstrap.

The original question was a little different, though. It did not ask whether wearing a jock at a gym was appropriate, but whether it was a commonly accepted signal that someone is gay or otherwise looking for action. It's actually a rather interesting question.

Reminds me of the days of "correct earlobe" earrings in the 1980s.

No wearing jock strap at gym is ceryainly noy gay, and more men even more so the younger guys should consider the jock strap whengoing to work out.

Why would an athletic supporter being worn in the gym be considered gay?

If anything, the not-wearing a jock issue has a lot to do with perceptions - even in SF, I'd assume. American men are so self conscious and even the hint of "gay" in anything they wear/eat/do makes them all oogy.

Same with speedos vs board shorts. Many men who would do a Speedo proud wear baggy shorts b/c Speedo wearing is seen as "gay". Where in Europe a dude wearing board shorts would be an anomaly, dudes pack it into Speedos all the time there.

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I wear a Jock to workout. I have only seen one other guy wear one. He is older than me. I don't care what anyone thinks it makes my workouts better

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I wear one when I do legs. It seems to help with doing squats.

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I know I have said it before somewhere on this site...try running ten miles w/out one...then tell me how gay it is. The ball ache from the bouncing sucks.

Jock up men!

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The real question is, why are so many men obsessed with what seems gay or not gay?

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Srdude...well said. You tell em..you go girl.

It's naive, in my opinion, to ask how jockstraps could be conceived as gay, as some posters have written. It's a piece of clothing ( and could we stop using "undergarment" as a term to describe a jock? It's not ANY kind of "garment." There's not enough of it to be a garment!... plus "undergarment" is kinda sissy!)
that brings your cock and balls into focus and has an open ass. Of COURSE many guys will perceive it as gay... at least nowadays.
Like several posters here, I grew up in the 70's when ALL guys wore jocks. gayness had nothing to do with is (except for guys like me who were gay and who swiped jocks because of our obsession.. but the clothing itself wasn't "gay'). It became a gay thing in the late 70's and into the 80's as gay men were more open to it.
I agree with posters who deplore the complete lack of jockstrap usage among younger guys, and esp with the poster who described it as a 'rite of passage." That's exactly what it was for many of us. Hanging in your jock in the locker room provided more male bonding than anything.
As for our Irish friend... jocks don't prevent ball injuries. CUPS do that. And in answer to his query, even ONE time in the nuts is too many, so that's why smart Americans (yes, there are some) wear a CUP JOCKS.

In short, JOCKS RULE.

Read the entire thread, surprised that some have perceived wearing jockstraps at the gym as "gay"?

If you're an athlete [baller, footballer, baseball, track, etc.] you've worn the jockstrap or have had teammates that have done so. Not because of "fashion" or aesthetics, but because of functionality.

In fact, I had resisted wearing jocks when I was younger because I thought they would "reveal" my liking of seeing guys in jocks when I was younger. Until I had some serious fatigue issues after playing sports for extended periods with no breaks. I then, gave in and bought the jockstraps - the white ones where the bands show through the shorts, lol. And my 'fatigue' was instantly gone!

I never had that issue of fatigue ever again when using them in cardio-heavy activities. I then experimented using plain regular underwear instead. The fatigue and exhaustion returned. At that point, I knew jockstraps "gay" or not would be my thing. My friends never cared nor did any think of me gay - not that there's anything wrong, obviously.

Now returning to this topic of being "in the gym" with a jockstrap. I can understand having the "cup" being a bit too much indoors. It's function isn't necessary while training.

However, for cardio heavy activities where "the boys" can move up and down and all around...I need my jock. One day, I believe I miscalculated my washing and had to use my boxer/brief CKs instead. And it was the most uncomfortable cardio day I remembered! It was like I was extremely self-conscious with the amount of movement and motion.

It can be debated you don't need jocks on chest/back/shoulder [any upper body part] days of your training. I wear them out of habit; so bite me! lol

And nowadays, there are different colors that if you're indeed worried others checking out your ass - which is kinda "gay" ...the irony of it all - you can wear dark colored jocks to match your gear [ie. black jocks for black shorts/track suit].

To me, if a dude is scoping out your athletic supporter; then that might be a hint that he is on the lookout for that.

Consider this, as long as I've went to gyms to workout and been in the lockers to change...I never spent time checking out other guys in the locker room to see their "stuff".

And I've been with MEN before, lol. So this is all quite comical & ironic to me

Maybe I should have?!

The jock strap has become more of a gay fashion thing if you are talking about the N2N, 2xist, and Diesel type jocks compared to the traditional (and more functional) Bike or Adams sport jock straps.

If you wear a jock like this one to the gym.....yeah I think it would be percieved as gay:
http://www.internationaljock.com/act...hite,1711.html

I wear a jock when I work out because it's more comfortable. I HATE wearing boxers or boxer briefs in the gym because they make my junk sweaty. With a jock everything stays dry and cool. I primarily lift when I'm at the gym, too (but pretty heavy shit).

I've never seen another guy wearing one that I can remember - at least since HS football when we all wore jocks with cups (over our boxers...we were all so young and shy back then).