First, if this is the wrong forum, sorry mods.
Briefs get mocked and called names like tighty-whities.
I’m just curious as to why.
For the same reason that male g-strings get called banana hammocks? Anything that fits snugly around that region tends to look pretty goofy, even on the handsome, and is mocked accordingly.
Although not outside of the US. I can tell you that if you pick up a Ukrainian girl in a bar in the 1990s and take her back to your apartment, if you are wearing boxers, she will laugh at you. This happened to, uh, a friend of mine.
My Dad, at about 2 AM, coming down the stairs to tell us all to be quite during a sleepover.
Well, boxers always seemed kind of old man-ish to me when I was younger.
The tight boxers that I’ve seen advertised lately seem… strange. Kinda like grandma thunderpants for men.
Well correct me if I’m wrong but if a women wears anything but sexy underwear they are granny panties correct? Same rules apply. Every type of underwear gets tagged with a name. Depending on who and wear you are is if it bad or good. It is life. Do you think I wore a thong in high school so I would be cool like all the other girls? No! Wear what you want. If he/she doesn’t like it who care its underwear.
Briefs are underwear, so 95% of the time or more no-one will know what they look like anyway.
And Illuminatiprimus, I liked the briefs in the second link better. Does that mean my taste in fashion is good or bad? 
When I hear “granny panties”, I think something with multiple layers and ruffles. Which, frankly, can still look sexy on the right woman. Just remember, every grandmother ever, yes, including your own, has in fact had sex. Heck, my gramma had eleven kids, so I can only conclude that Grampap found her underwear, whatever it was, quite adequately sexy.
Granny panties are any kind of completely undecorated, probably grey, probably saggy, full coverage plain cotton underwear.
Tighty whities (AKA y-fronts) are mocked on men because they look ridiculous. Generally, they sag. They make you look like a giant little boy. If you are younger, like in college, women will suspect your mother buys them for you, which is also independently mockable.
Tighty-whities are a style of briefs. The kind that look more like a bathing suit can look good, if you have an exceptional body. Like, say, Michael Jordan. Belly sagging over the waistband of briefs is not a good look.
Because they’re out of style. Everything else is rationalization. There is no logical reason other than the fact the most men now wear boxers.
When I was growing up, boxer were old man pants and everyone wore briefs. And there were just as many rationalizations about why no one wore boxers.
In 40 years, everyone will wear briefs and laugh at boxers.
It’s the Circle of Style.
I’ve worn briefs all my life. I don’t care what anybody else thinks. Well, I care what one person thinks:
The only other person who sees them nowadays is my wife. She is fine with them.
Boxer briefs are where it’s at – especially for demi-chubs like me. Because of the chafing and everything.
Tighty-whities just seem odd to me, and I’m a nominally hetero male – why so much snug up in your junk?
uff… I clicked that link… 
My gosh, Nobody, those are just…institutional 
Little boys wear tighty whities because their mothers buy them. If such a man shucked in front of me I would assume he never let go of the apron strings. Neither the connotation nor the visual presentation is sexy, and I might just laugh, which would surely kill the mood. Anything between briefs and a Speedo is an improvement over the second pic.
:dubious: But I’m not wearing underwear to be sexy. I’m wearing it to keep my junk firmly in place. Which is why I don’t like boxers.
I guess if I was single and trying to impress the ladies I’d wear something different. But I don’t see how those briefs cry, “Mama’s boy.”
Well then, if only **Nobody **sees them, and they make Nobody happy, wear what you like and don’t worry about all the briefs hate.
Might I suggest an alternate title for this thread? Instead of “Why no love for briefs?”, how about “Hey, everybody, I’m Nobody. I wear briefs, and I don’t care what anyone thinks, who’s with me?!?”
I got a good laugh out of that. Thanks.
This isn’t about me though. Honest. Yeah, I wear them, but even if I wore boxers I’d still wonder about the hate for briefs and post this thread. To me choosing to wear boxers or briefs is a non issue, but I’ve heard enough people mock briefs that it makes me wonder why. That’s all.
This is completely the correct answer – style. And the 'circle of style is mostly teen age boys wanting to wear a different style than their father.
(Except that I wonder about the part
. Do actual sales figures back this up?
Not that many years ago, I worked in sales accounting at Target, and briefs outsold boxers.)
Have you tried boxer briefs? Much, much more comfy in both respects (I can’t wear boxers, they don’t give you any support).