In 1925, boxer shorts were unleashed on the world: loose-fitting underwear for men, featuring an elastic waistband inspired by the shorts worn by boxers. It was underwear for the inner pugilist.
Just ten years later, briefs—jockey shorts, tighty-whities—entered the ring, offering a different vision of masculinity, both sleeker and more self-conscious.
Since then, all manner of hybrids and contenders have emerged, from G-strings and banana slings to boxer briefs and tighty-non-whities.
But the mavens of under-fashion still mostly align along the original poles: boxers versus briefs; feral versus domestic; low-rider comfort versus high-ball style.
In recent years, that divide has gained an existential edge, with various studies suggesting that wearing tight-fitting underwear may be bad for the under wearer.
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