# Boxers or boxer briefs or briefs? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 19, 2012, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxers-or-boxer-briefs-or-briefs/635137 "2012-09-19T03:40:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxers-or-boxer-briefs-or-briefs/635137/1 "2012-09-19T03:40:48Z")
Are briefs harmful for your testicles? Wat about boxer briefs? Which type of underwear do u prefer? ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxers-or-boxer-briefs-or-briefs/635137/2 "2012-09-19T03:46:29Z")
Reported for forum change. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxers-or-boxer-briefs-or-briefs/635137/3 "2012-09-19T03:50:40Z")
Someone is very concerned about Gentlemen’s trouser equipment. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxers-or-boxer-briefs-or-briefs/635137/4 "2012-09-19T03:53:08Z")
Since the OP is asking for opinions, let’s move this over to IMHO. **guest1129** , please read the forum descriptions before starting any more new threads. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxers-or-boxer-briefs-or-briefs/635137/5 "2012-09-19T04:46:19Z")
I do not own any testicles, and never have. However, women’s boxer briefs are wonderful. No elastic around the leg openings means that there’s far less chance of a heat rash or chafing in that area. I do own undies with far less coverage, but they aren’t meant for everyday wear, only special occasion wear. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxers-or-boxer-briefs-or-briefs/635137/6 "2012-09-19T05:42:49Z")
Boxer briefs are one of the greatest achievements of mankind. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxers-or-boxer-briefs-or-briefs/635137/7 "2012-09-19T05:49:46Z")
Boxers. I like my freedom. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxers-or-boxer-briefs-or-briefs/635137/8 "2012-09-19T12:57:12Z")
Boxers or nothing. Every now and then we’ll get backed up on the laundry and I’ll have to wear a pair of my dri-fit boxer briefs that I typically only wear with some of my running or workout gear. They’re fine for an hour or two, but after a 10-hour day, my boys are so uncomfortable from being contained in a package. Boxers give me breathing room. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxers-or-boxer-briefs-or-briefs/635137/9 "2012-09-19T14:47:33Z")
This came up in a thread a few months ago, and I will restate my opinion that every man should wear boxer briefs. I require it in my own personal man. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxers-or-boxer-briefs-or-briefs/635137/10 "2012-09-19T14:51:53Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > Boxers. > > I like my freedom. Ditto. Plus I can use the fly to pee through without having to navigate the Rubik’s Cube that so many men here complain about. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxers-or-boxer-briefs-or-briefs/635137/11 "2012-09-19T16:59:17Z")
Boxer briefs for work and the gym, boxers elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxers-or-boxer-briefs-or-briefs/635137/12 "2012-09-19T17:03:03Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > Boxer briefs are one of the greatest achievements of mankind. I second **Second Stone** ’s opinion on how our stones are to be treated. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxers-or-boxer-briefs-or-briefs/635137/13 "2012-09-19T17:31:28Z")
Boxer briefs are great; I also wear regular Y-fronts on occasion. ---
**Author:** ![tomcar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tomcar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomcar)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxers-or-boxer-briefs-or-briefs/635137/14 "2012-09-19T17:56:21Z")
Boxers. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxers-or-boxer-briefs-or-briefs/635137/15 "2012-09-19T19:09:53Z")
> [@guest1129](#): > > Boxers or boxer briefs or briefs? Depends. Naw, just kidding. Briefs. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxers-or-boxer-briefs-or-briefs/635137/16 "2012-09-19T19:21:17Z")
BBs for my bbs. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxers-or-boxer-briefs-or-briefs/635137/17 "2012-09-19T19:42:17Z")
Boxers of the wildest designs and colors available. ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxers-or-boxer-briefs-or-briefs/635137/18 "2012-09-19T19:44:40Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > This came up in a thread a few months ago, and I will restate my opinion that every man should wear boxer briefs. I require it in my own personal man. 🙂 Agreed. No matter how no-assed and pot-bellied and middle-aged, boxer briefs make any man look _sex-ay_! ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxers-or-boxer-briefs-or-briefs/635137/19 "2012-09-19T22:36:57Z")
Boxers. The South can be hot & humid. ---
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxers-or-boxer-briefs-or-briefs/635137/20 "2012-09-21T02:34:47Z")
Boxers AND boxer-briefs. Sometimes a little ventilation when wearing shorts is good for morale (not at night, though – insects), but for walking any distance more than a few miles, it’s gotta be the boxer-briefs. Actually, the balls can kind of wear a few little holes in the crotch, but they can still be worn, the boxer-briefs. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxers-or-boxer-briefs-or-briefs/635137.md?page=2)