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« on: July 24, 2019, 04:02:27 pm »
I'm a huge underwear fan myself. It relates to my interest in guys, and in spanking. I'm also generally curious so see what men and boys are wearing.
From a practical standpoint, I see no reason why a child that young needs anything more complex for underwear than briefs. The comments about obscenity, playing with him self, etc. are just "red herrings" to distract from the grandmother's decision to change his underwear.
From a social/peer pressure perspective, underwear is quite complex. As boys gets older and have to change in front of peers they switch from briefs to boxer briefs. This usually around the start of middle school. The underwear "upgrade" is almost treated as a coming of age in western society today. Young men who prefer the style/fit of briefs can continue to wear them, but the peer pressure will be strongly pitted against them, especially in the tween/early adolescent years.
As for why, there is this association with boy=briefs, man=boxer(briefs), I don't actually know. I agree with Jack though, it's more intimate to be seen in briefs, than in any of the boxer variants. There are also not as many style options (colors, patterns, etc) available for briefs.
As a boy I wore (mostly white) briefs right through high school. In 7th grade (mid-90s) boxers arrived in full force and I didn't like them very much. I wasn't alone in this, but we were soon the minority in the locker room!
Every year I noticed the freshmen, who had to change for the same period of PE, would arrive in stark white briefs on day 1. 90% would switch to boxers by the end of their first week. Needless to say, I tried to maximize my time in the locker room during the first week of school each year!
Currently, there is a great diversity of underwear for men and boys. I don't think it's a polarized issue (boxers vs. briefs) as it once was. There's still a general aversion to basic white briefs, except for very young boys (and older men). I wear boxer briefs, as do most guys my age. I love briefs for all things spanking though.