[quote author=emilywee link=board=clothing;num=1034391585;start=30#44 date=03/13/03 at 12:56:35]
"...I...go to the gym 5 days a week. i notice a lot of guys who look like they're freeballing, and the interesting thing is none of the ones I notice are wearing shorts, but they wear long athletic sweatpants or track pants. i've been gone to a few different gyms the last 5 or 6 years and notice this trend more and more. it's pretty outrageous, these guys have to know they are swinging around all over the place."
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Well, emilywee, I suppose I could simply say here: "guys will be guys" but, that probably wouldn't suffice would it?
I am more comfortable with the premise that guys can "freeball" in a gym setting more so than in say "other" public settings. As men, however, I think we do have to be mindful, considerate and respectful (even in a gym), that our "bulging and swinging" may indeed be offensive to some...women and even certain "fellow" men as well! Whatever their reasons, these other people DO deserve respect. As men, it's going to be OUR judgment call, really.
As to "other" public settings (i.e. workplace, school, shopping malls, stores, arenas, etc .) I believe discretion MUST rule the decision, especially. There are certain standards and codes of decency that have been in place for years. Circumventing those is almost certainly asking for trouble, invariably. So, guys-- is showing off REALLY worth those risks we might be taking? --even perhaps LEGAL ones at that! (Recall the previous thread on indecency charges being levied against a few of our members for seemingly the most innocent of actions and situations in simply showing a bulge) Archaic laws and codes? Yes. But, they DO exist regionally across the U.S.....seldom known and publicized ones at that.
"Freeballing" for the sake of comfort is one thing....doing it for other reasons as "exhibiting and flaunting".....that's quite another.