# Are male Underwear models Gay? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 3, 2003, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-male-underwear-models-gay/199409 "2003-09-03T21:41:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-male-underwear-models-gay/199409/1 "2003-09-03T21:41:40Z")
Underwear seems to be a hot product these daya…there are many new brands that did not exists a few years ago. So why all the interest? Is the target market for designer underwear mostly gay? I ask because most men stumble into whatever their wives buy for them…and underwear is usually not meant to be seen. Now we have many brands, heavily advertised by these androgynous, boy/man models (mostly immaculately coiffed). So, is the target and the advertising of underwear mostly a gay thing? Check out GQ magazine, they have at least 8 btands of undies advertised. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-male-underwear-models-gay/199409/2 "2003-09-03T22:12:52Z")
17 states, plus the district of columbia have passed laws making it illegal for non-gay men to model underwear. It’s part of the _agenda_. 😉 Or perhaps it’s just that the underwear makers are trying to sell men, on fancier, more expensive, underwear; whether they need it or not. Perhaps they’re trying to sell the _girlfriends_ of these men on the idea of upgrading the significant other’s shorts. ---
**Author:** ![aaslatten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@aaslatten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaslatten)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-male-underwear-models-gay/199409/3 "2003-09-03T22:21:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ralph124c \* > \*\*Check out GQ magazine, they have at least 8 btands of undies advertised. \*\* Guys who read GQ don’t necessarily let their _wives_ pick out their underwear. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-male-underwear-models-gay/199409/4 "2003-09-03T22:24:09Z")
See [Fancy underpants for big men](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=125429&highlight=underwear+thong) ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-male-underwear-models-gay/199409/5 "2003-09-03T22:25:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by aaslatten \* > \*\*Guys who read GQ don’t necessarily let their _wives_ pick out their underwear. \*\* Well this guy who _posts_ in GQ lets his wife pick his underwear. Haj ---
**Author:** ![j.c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@j.c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j.c)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-male-underwear-models-gay/199409/6 "2003-09-03T23:11:46Z")
I used to work with models. Many of the male models were not gay. Almost of all of the female models were lesbians - and had been since long before their careers started. The “I knew I was different somehow, even in first grade” story. But that was 15 year ago, or more. Things may have changed. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-male-underwear-models-gay/199409/7 "2003-09-03T23:11:54Z")
I can extend your ‘hypothesis’: - female underwear models are lesbians - people without underwear are special forces (ho,ho) ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-male-underwear-models-gay/199409/8 "2003-09-03T23:20:54Z")
Guys who see underwear ads (no matter what magazine they’re in) aren’t necessarily married, so unless they’re going commando, they’re buying the underwear themselves. Of course, once they’re married, they may just start wearing whatever their wives buy them. But until then, the underwear’s not going to buy itself. That these ads are aimed at single men makes sense with your observation that the men in the ads tend to be well-groomed and youthful-looking. Married men would tend to be older and might care less about their appearance now that they have wives. Single men are probably younger, and, since they’re on the prowl for wimmins, will care more about their appearance. ---
**Author:** ![Moo\_the\_Magic\_Cow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@Moo\_the\_Magic\_Cow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moo_the_Magic_Cow)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-male-underwear-models-gay/199409/9 "2003-09-03T23:39:26Z")
Michael Jordan was an underwear model and I’m pretty sure he’s not a homosexual. Also, what gay man reads GQ? The copy on its site says “GQ. It’s about fashion. It’s about journalism. It’s about guy stuff.” I don’t know what designer underwear is. It must be a gay thing. You must be gay. I see nothing new about the type of men modeling underwear, anyway. Since I was a youngin I’d snicker and laugh at the ripped models standing around in their undies on my latest pack of hanes. I don’t think 40-year-old Joe Beergut would move any products off the shelves. I also think the subject of the post has little or nothing to do with the actual question. Which is the true q? Do you think that someone modeling a product intended for a gay person has to be one too? What sense does that make? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-male-underwear-models-gay/199409/10 "2003-09-04T01:12:46Z")
If I were a drop-dead gorgeous, almost-naked gay man, standing around with other drop-dead gorgeous, almost-naked gay men, I’d be showing a little wood. And they don’t. Plus, it looks like most of them are rather modestly-endowed, so they gotta be straight. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-male-underwear-models-gay/199409/11 "2003-09-04T02:40:13Z")
Three words: Ads for meterosexuals. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-male-underwear-models-gay/199409/12 "2003-09-04T03:23:16Z")
I don’t want to say this is a stupid question, so I’ll say insted that this question will defy a factual answer. bibliophage moderator GQ