# all about my panties **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 6, 2003, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822 "2003-10-06T04:47:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![dublos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f08c70/32.png) [@dublos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dublos)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822/61 "2004-03-09T21:10:15Z")
> [@SimonMoon5](#): > > But I value the genital support that a good pair of briefs (or bikini briefs or whatever) can give. Boxers are totally useless, and I can’t understand why anyone wears them. They do nothing (except protect your pants from your ass). It’s as if women were wearing T-shirts instead of bras. I’ve heard some rather fat guys say that briefs are “too tight” and since I’ve only heard fat guys say this, I’ve wondered if they were just too fat to wear underwear. Supportive bras are a good thing as they help combat the downward trend that gravity creates. Supportive men’s underwear??? Boxers are more comfortable, offer more freedom and unlike the closest approximation of going commando, they protect your pants from your ass. And possibly more imporant than any other factor. More women like the way men look in boxers than any other form of male undergarment. If you’re playing a sport where protection is needed then by all means wear protection/support, but otherwise, who needs it? ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822/62 "2004-03-09T21:44:26Z")
> [@sj2](#): > > first off, I hate the word panties. It seems so sexual. When someone refers to little girl panties, it creeps the fuck out of me. They are Underwear, underpants, undies for the kidlets. Panties is just so vile, unless you are talking in an adult sexual manner. Huh, I’m just the opposite. I hate, Hate, HATE the word Underwear. It sounds so adolescent male jockey shorts Hardware storish to me. Panties, sounds fresh and lighthearted to me, clean (not that adolescent boys are dirty), freshly pressed and feminine. > [@](#): > > Extra smalls and size 5…they are still too damn big for me. What the hell did women wear in the 70’s with the last low-rider look?? I’m sure you’re aware of this, but panty (or underwear if you INSIST) sizes do NOT correlate with jeans sizes. I’ve worn between size 8 and size 12 jeans for most of my adult life (depending upon how gym rattish and a GOOD girlish I’m being at the time :D), and when a size 8, I ususally wear a size 5 panty. Size 12 jeans result in me having to move up to 6 or 7s in panty sizes. To tell you the truth, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a panty under size 4. You may have to resort to preteen girl sizes, if you’re as tiny as you describe. And they aren’t all frilly and covered with princess jasmine either, there are some really nice looking plain ones. I’ve never had a problem with panties not fitting well. My mom and sister however, are always griping about how they creep and bind and never stay put. I usually stick with briefs. Oh, and I was a teen in the 70s and did occasionally wear hip huggers and didn’t have a problem with briefs showing. Lycra is a wonderful thing. MY problems with underwear (still makes me think of red longjohns or underoos or something) is on the TOP half. Oh JOY though, I FINALLY found a store, and outlet mall, where apparently a 34 DDD slipped through the manufactering lines at a bra factory (where apparently the designers have it carved in stone that "large cup size = large band size). Oh yeah, you could FIND DDDs but only ones with 38 or above band sizes (the part that goes around your rib cage for guys without girlfriends, wives or sisters to teach them about boob/bra measurements :D). Anyway, it appears that the outlet stores in Texas really have such a size, it’s not just a myth (and this at a small town a little over an hour from Dallas, boy, I can’t WAIT to shop in the big town). ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822/63 "2004-03-09T21:57:54Z")
> [@tremorviolet](#): > > They’re cut high up on the butt but generally don’t have any elastic in the legs so you don’t get a line. Kinda like an “almost” thong but I think they’re a lot more comfortable. Here’s a beautiful yet horrendously expensive [pair](http://www.herroom.com/Chantelle,Cha001-2199,4.cfm). > > Maideform still makes a couple of decently priced pairs I could buy online but I have this pathetic phobia that I’m becoming uncool (nevermind that I wasn’t particularly cool inthe first place, I think I’m panicking ‘cause I’m approaching forty in a few years :eek: ) and dont’ want to get stuck wearing panties that label me as an “old lady”… I hate to say this, but as a ‘younger man’, those that you linked to look really old-fashioned. High-cut can be sexy, but not when it’s also frilly. Opposing this is low-cut hipsters, which I luurve when they’re lacy. Something to do with accentuating the hips, I guess 😕 Oh, and on the subject of men’s ‘support’ - leave me out of it. I prefer to hang free and let it do what it wants. Cuts down on sweatiness in hot weather, too, which is always a bonus. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822/64 "2004-03-09T22:10:19Z")
> [@GorillaMan](#): > > I hate to say this, but as a ‘younger man’, those that you linked to look really old-fashioned. High-cut can be sexy, but not when it’s also frilly. Opposing this is low-cut hipsters, which I luurve when they’re lacy. Something to do with accentuating the hips, I guess 😕 That’s exactly what I was afraid of. ARGH. I noticed even Kim Cattrall on _Sex and the City_ was wearing the boy cut shorts. So I’m just gonna have to get used to them and maybe I’ll even come to like them. (hey, it only took me two years to learn to like boot-cut jeans…) ---
**Author:** ![Yamirskoonir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/c0e974/32.png) [@Yamirskoonir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yamirskoonir)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822/65 "2004-03-09T22:15:28Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by sj2: > \*First off, I hate the word panties. It seems so sexual. When someone refers to little girl panties, it creeps the fuck out of me. They are Underwear, underpants, undies for the kidlets. Panties is just so vile, unless you are talking in an adult sexual manner. \* Hmmmm. Most of the respondents in this thread are using the very word **sj2** destests so strongly in her OP. Anyone else find this absolutely hilarious? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822/66 "2004-03-09T22:17:34Z")
Don’t worry, **tremorviolet** , give it a few decades, and they’ll be back in fashion…and then you’ll be able to strut your septuagenarian stuff with pride!! 😛 😛 ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822/67 "2004-03-09T22:27:13Z")
> [@GorillaMan](#): > > Don’t worry, **tremorviolet** , give it a few decades, and they’ll be back in fashion…and then you’ll be able to strut your septuagenarian stuff with pride!! 😛 😛 Geez, could you make me feel older? 🙂 Dammit, I’m still sorta cool. I still listen to college rock (granted I buy CDs instead of downloading which makes me a dinosaur right there) and go to clubs. I have tattoos and piercings. I wear pants cut down to my butt crack (and get compliments still). I have a 23-year old chasing me (OK, I’m gonna ignore his older woman fetish for now). ARGH, aging former trendsters are soooo pathetic. OK, ignore this rant… ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822/68 "2004-03-10T03:28:54Z")
> [@Brutus](#): > > Why do you think Rummy is grimacing all of the time? Getting the ol’ Mk.82s caught in a zipper every now and again makes a man out of you, right quick… I beg to differ; when my then-significant-other snagged a major portion of dearly beloved personal property in his jeans zipper, he screamed like a little girl. your humble TubaDiva A very loud little girl, but. ---
**Author:** ![Phedre\_no\_Delaunay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/839c29/32.png) [@Phedre\_no\_Delaunay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phedre_no_Delaunay)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822/69 "2004-03-10T04:01:23Z")
> [@dublos](#): > > More women like the way men look in boxers than any other form of male undergarment. Sorry, but I for one find that boxers are the male equivalent to granny panties. They just look so “old man-ish” to me. Ick. As for my own under garment needs, I’m in a pickle. I found some fabulous all-cotton bikini panties at Sam’s a couple of years ago. The one good thing is that I bought several packages of them, because now they don’t have them anymore. ARRRRGGGG! Why do they do that? Have something wonderful and when you go back, they don’t have them anymore. I’ve tried to find similar styles elsewhere, but to no avail. Wow, for such a long time lurker, I’ve really come out of my shell the last few days! ---
**Author:** ![Zjestika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8edcca/32.png) [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822/70 "2004-03-10T04:03:24Z")
I’d like to throw in my girl vote that “panties” are disgusting. I like undies, it sounds playful, and underpants (20% funnier than underwear!) is best. Someone mentioned knickers, but here in the U.S. that tends to get confusing. My cousin and I were on a bus and she was telling a long story that invoved her new favorite underpants euphamism, “knickers.” When we got off the bus two black girls followed us and offered to kick our asses. Oops. ZJ ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822/71 "2004-03-10T04:16:07Z")
> [@Phèdre nó Delaunay](#): > > Sorry, but I for one find that boxers are the male equivalent to granny panties. They just look so “old man-ish” to me. Ick. Oh, HEAR HEAR, those things look not only “old mannish” but creepy old mannish. Ugh, ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822/72 "2004-03-10T04:50:36Z")
:shrug: Y’all don’t like boxers, you obviously ain’t seen me in 'em. But after that, you never will. (Hahahahaha! Burn!) ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822/73 "2004-03-10T05:30:10Z")
's ok. I think tighty-whities look so dirty old mannish. All you need is the knee length black socks. ---
**Author:** ![What\_s\_That\_Smell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3bc359/32.png) [@What\_s\_That\_Smell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_s_That_Smell)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822/74 "2004-03-10T07:29:13Z")
> [@Zjestika](#): > > My cousin and I were on a bus and she was telling a long story that invoved her new favorite underpants euphamism, “knickers.” > > When we got off the bus two black girls followed us and offered to kick our asses. Oops. > > ZJ I have no idea what this means. Could someone please explain? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822/75 "2004-03-10T07:52:28Z")
> [@What's That Smell?](#): > > I have no idea what this means. Could someone please explain? They thought she was saying “niggers.” ---
**Author:** ![What\_s\_That\_Smell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3bc359/32.png) [@What\_s\_That\_Smell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_s_That_Smell)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822/76 "2004-03-10T08:08:29Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > They thought she was saying “niggers.” Ohhhhhhh… Duh! Stupid me. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![zephyrine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/35a633/32.png) [@zephyrine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zephyrine)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822/77 "2004-03-10T09:07:02Z")
The only um… undergarments… I have ever had a problem with are the ones that hold your tummy in. First of all, they never come in small sizes. What, just because I’ve got small bones and my hips aren’t that big, I haven’t got a tummy? I beg to differ. A size too big does no good at all because it’s TOO BIG. I might as well wear normal knickers (one of my favorite words). Secondly, they look matronly, and scream “LOOK! FAT BELLY SQUASHING PANEL HERE!” (OK, some of them look fairly normal. The drawback in this case is that they are so understated that their tummy retaining abilities are understated as well). If they do work, despite their hideousness, they make me feel as if all my internal organs are being compressed, and I have to pee every five minutes. As if that wasn’t enough, all the fat that I am trying to disguise, and which my insides are convinced is being vacuum packed into any available internal space, is then deposited OVER THE WAISTBAND! So I’ve given up. I don’t wear anything which requires me to have a tummy like an ironing board, and I think my tummy and I are the happier for it. ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822/78 "2004-03-11T02:39:40Z")
_shrugs_ underwear is underwear. It’s just there to protect your pants from your ass. nuff said ---
**Author:** ![Time\_Like\_Tears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@Time\_Like\_Tears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Like_Tears)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822/79 "2004-03-11T11:35:36Z")
My favorite form of undies, and no one has mentioned them. I am not a little girl, maybe a size 12, but I have a big belly that’s still distended from pregnancy. Now, I am not making any claims about the way they look (IMO cute on thinner girls, horrid on larger ones), but as for comfort I think they’re the way to go. Low cut, stay put because the strings rest on the hips, full back ( I cannot _stand_ buttfloss), and generally sexy materials and colors. Oh, and I adore Fruit of the Loom lately for _painting_ the tags in rather than sewing them. Hurrah! ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822/80 "2004-03-11T23:49:56Z")
I’m with **_Deva_**. Hate butt-floss. Hate, hate, hate it. Tried every type of butt-floss ever made, and it’s all miserable shit. Regular briefs are either too tight at the legs or flapping loose around the belly and butt. Hi-cut briefs creep and ride and simply won’t stay put. Bikini briefs are okay, I suppose, but they tend a bit toward the slip-and-slide side of things, too. String bikinis, though, are wonderful. I put 'em on, and they stay where they belong no matter what. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822.md?page=3)