Why do people wear thongs!?

Question

why

Answer 1

To help them get SUPER tight pants on, or just to make guys think their easy....

Answer 2

Because underwear rides up your butt anyway... so consider the difference between 3" of material gathered there... or 1/2" or less... if you get the micro-fiber material you never even know it's there... no panty lines show... much sexier than most panties!!

I started wearing them when I was a waitress and had to keep pulling panties out of my butt everytime I had to lean over a table... not a good thing in a restaurant...lol

Answer 3

Simple - No panty lines. It's all I wear

Answer 4

Origin

Although it was worn for decades by exotic dancers, the thong first gained mainstream popularity in South America, particularly in Brazil in the 1970s. In Brazil it was originally a style of swimsuit whose rear area was so thin—often just a string—that it would disappear between the wearer's buttocks.

Its earliest form was a strip of cloth between the legs secured by a string around the waist and called a "G-string," a name that was in use at least as far back as the late 1800s. Today, a G-string is generally thought of as having a 'T' back whereas a V-String has a 'V' back.

The origin of the word "G-string" is uncertain. Some speculate that it may have been an analogy to the thickest string on a violin or a euphemistic abbreviation of girdle string or groin string. G-strings can be seen being worn in some old photographs.

The origin of the word thong is from Old English thwong, a flexible leather cord.

It is sometimes derogatorily called floss.

Many tribal peoples, such as some of the Khoisan people of southern Africa, wore a similar style of clothing for many centuries. Their word for it, tanga, is used in languages such as
Spanish to refer to the garment, sometimes specifically the type with cloth through the legs and string around the sides. (In English, tangas are briefs that have full rear coverage but only a
waistband at the sides.)



Popularity

By the late 1980s, the design had made its way into most of the Western world, and G-string underwear became more and more
popular through the 1990s.

As of 2003, thong underwear is one of the fastest-selling styles among women and is now also gaining large popularity among men. One advantage attributed to the wearing of thong underwear is that no visible panty line can be seen even under a thin, light-colored, or skin-tight garment. The main drawback to G-string underwear is that the fabric must be pulled directly between one's buttocks, which many people find unattractive and/or uncomfortable, but which others enjoy. Wearing the same G-string for a prolonged period of time is considered unsanitary, just like any other underwear.

Today, there are a number of intermediate styles between full rear coverage and a string rear. They include the rio, tanga,
thong, string thong, and micro bikini, among others. A style that has a narrow band of fabric in the rear that just covers the cleft
in the buttocks is often called a "Brazilian" rear, because it is often seen at Brazilian Samba carnivals.

In recent years the hip hop and R&B music industry has also helped to promote the G-string, mostly under its American
nomenclature of 'thong' by composing songs about it and featuring artists clad in them. Artists include Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and Lil' Kim among others. One example of music that popularized this undergarment is the "Thong Song" by Sisqó, which was released in 2000. G-strings have become icons of pop culture.

As is the case with many icons of pop culture, G-string nderwear is not without its own controversies. In 2002 American clothing
retailer Abercrombie & Fitch, known for their racy catalogues, launched a line of G-string underwear marketed specifically at
girls aged 13 to 16 years old. Several consumer advocacy groups objected to marketing of the G-string, claiming they are too sexually suggestive.

In April, 2002 G-string underwear was at the centre of a media uproar after a vice-principal at Rancho Bernardo High School in
southern California forced female students to lift their skirts before entering a school dance, in a so-called crackdown on
G-string underwear.

In May, 2003, the head teacher of a British primary school voiced her concern after learning that girl pupils as young as 10 were
wearing thong underwear to school. This incident led to a media debate about the appropriateness of G-string underwear and
the sexualization of children.

Many beachside municipalities in the United States have legislation forbidding G-string swimsuits in public, while others
governments such as that of Virginia have attempted to pass laws forbidding the exposure of underwear. These actions are
believed to have been prompted by both the deliberate and inadvertent exposure by young women of their G-string as well as a current trend at the time of men wearing their pants so low down that the pubis was exposed. Virginia's so-called "droopy-pants" bill failed to report in a state senate committee two days after having been passed by the state house.

On Europe's beaches, wearing swimwear in G-string style is fairly common, especially on the Spanish Mediterranean islands like Ibiza and Mallorca, and on some Italian and Greek beaches. Also on Baltic Sea beaches and in public pools in France and
Germany, women and men wear G-strings or G-string-style one-piece suits. While this type of swimsuit is quite common for
European women, more and more men like to wear them not only as underwear but as swimwear in public. Although it is likely
that this is a consequence of the more liberal society in many European states that results in a preference for sexier clothing,
there has also been an increase in demand for male G-strings in the U.S. male population.

Answer 5

cause if you are wearing tightpants or jeans and you wear normal underwear it shows through and looks funny

Answer 6

because thats what they feel comfortable in. then of course theres the somewhat skanky girls who just to it to get gys to look at them

Answer 7

if you wear one, you will not have underwear lines when you wear tight pants, and there h0t!!!

Answer 8

I've asked the same question!

Answer 9

1) arent you a guy? guys like this thing?
and i dunno why lol i dont own one =DD