BAN IT! Down with bun huggers!

rojo wrote:

When I was coaching the men at Cornell, I remember asking the women's coach "Why don't the women wear shorts?" I can't remember the answer.

I'm reading that people say they are more comfortable and faster than shorts. If that's true, then why don't men wear them? Would it not work with our anatomy?

I asked my boyfriend this (I'm not going to identify him or myself here but let's just say he's a well known elite runner). He said

1. Too much junk in the trunk. It'd be very noticeable and would move around a lot as the guys ran

2. Risk of injury. If men's junk isn't properly supported it can cause medical issues for them. This happens already sometimes even with shorts. It'd be much worse if they just raced in buns

So IMO the performance benefits of racing briefs are real, but they wouldn't work for men.

Plus, you could use the same argument about skirts and dresses. Why do girls wear them and not guys? Cos we're different and we like to celebrate it. I'm proud of being a female athlete, and I prefer to compete in kit that's designed especially for women and that men wouldn't wear.

Serio wrote:

Right or wrong, there are good reasons not to encourage young girls to look older and more sexual than they are.

They dont look older and more sexual than they are. They look exactly as old and sexual as they are. As do boys that wrestle or swim. This is a non issue. Whoever or whatever made us decided to create sexual beings. Thats not a bad thing. Pretending that we arent sexual beings is a bad thing. Its not mutually exclusive. Boys rightly apreciate females and yet continue to function as normal humans and girls manage to do the same when they see boys wrestling.

"Author Name" is registered wrote:

I said I judge people who wear leggings. You say that's "genuinely concerning" and I need to reflect, then call me paternalistic? You're a pro at talking down to people. You do that first to cover up your crap argument, which consists only of "people say it's comfortable".

I'm not mind reading, I'm calling bs on comfort being the motivating factor because, as I already stated, virtually every other option is also comfortable.

Read more closely. A women provided her reason, and you said 'no, that's not your reason; I know your reason.' I don't have the interest to copy your words verbatim but you literally said 'I know why you do and you know why you do.' That is mind-reading, pal.

At least have the feeble courage to stand by what you said. You are madly backtracking here. Maybe the reason you feel like a I am talking down to you is that you seem to be insecure in your own view.

Maybe show some conviction at say why you REALLY think women wear leggings.

No offense to your boyfriend, but this is complete nonsense. Every guy that's run in half tights will tell you they're more than supportive, even more supportive than the loose lining of running shorts. And they're half tights just for style, you could remove much of the fabric and turn them into briefs without changing anything regarding their support.

It comes to propriety, really.If girls want to dress too revealing at the mall, at the beach, etc., whether we want them to or not, they should have some freedom to do so.At school, or on a school team, is not the place to to so.I will also add that for the boys, as in one of the postings, if there were little kids still in school or in an after school program, then no shirts off.Life and the human body may not require conservatism, but kids are kids and while they are still forming their own selves, schools should still be conservative.

Sara Palin wrote:

Not really. Karen Garconnier doesn't like her daughter wearing bun huggers. My favorite qoute is:

"Then why aren’t the boys wearing it? The boys don’t have to subject themselves to this."

I don't want to imagine the wardrobe malfunctions if a bunch of 14 year old boys were wearing them

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/10/16/sayville-cross-country/

XCJennaK wrote:

I asked my boyfriend this (I'm not going to identify him or myself here but let's just say he's a well known elite runner). He said

1. Too much junk in the trunk. It'd be very noticeable and would move around a lot as the guys ran

2. Risk of injury. If men's junk isn't properly supported it can cause medical issues for them. This happens already sometimes even with shorts. It'd be much worse if they just raced in buns

First, nobody cares who your English or Australian boyfriend is. Actually, wait, I really do because his arguments are so moronic that I am concerned he has sustained a head injury.

1. As for "very noticeable," men already wear tight shorts from sprints to even distance running. Nothing is going to change in the skin-tight aspect and visibility if they go from half-tights to briefs.

2. Risk of injury? This leads me to call BS on your post and/or question your boyfriend's familiarity with anatomy. Since when would running "even with shorts" provide MORE support than briefs? Think a bit.

SMTR wrote:

Heh

sounds good to me wrote:

"Down with bu huggers"? I'm all for that.

Stoppit Smith wrote:

It comes to propriety, really.

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I will also add that for the boys, as in one of the postings, if there were little kids still in school or in an after school program, then no shirts off.

Life and the human body may not require conservatism, but kids are kids and while they are still forming their own selves, schools should still be conservative.

I dont even understand what this means: "Kids are kids and while they are still forming their own selves"

Should we pretend that they dont have gender specific body parts? And no shirts off for boys? You're inventing things to worry about that harm no one.

LMAO at the helicopter parents freaking out about everything from uniform styles to school lunches.

Acting as if the teens didn't have a direct hand in choosing the uniform style because their angels clearly did not!

I have never met a parent who was successfully able to take full control of a teenagers life as they wanted. It is legitimately the time period where good parents are supposed to begin letting their children making basic adult decisions like how to dress themselves and interact with their coaches/teammates.

FWIW, the daughter of the women in the article appears to be a solid 29 min 5k runner.

http://ny.milesplit.com/athletes/pro/7460521/stats#.Wedn0EFOmEc

Why do we have to nitpick every little thing like it's running stop complaining and run. Maybe if you ran as fast as an elite I'd care

Wow. Lots of interesting and fun stuff on this thread. I don't think the bun huggers should be "banned" per se, but I sure wouldn't mind seeing them phased out. I have yet to hear a legitimate reason why they have any more benefit than regular running shorts or closed leg spandex. The size or speed of the runner is irrelevant, and, frankly, saying kids are too chubby to wear the bun huggers is a little mean. I mean, they do kind of look like they're running in their undies.

Shorts should be the norm for both genders. Do softball players still wear short shorts? They should be in baseball uniforms. Swimming is swimming, they're in a pool, not the same.

+1

This pretty much sums up my thoughts on this exactly.

bunhugger pics wrote:

http://lkhpsb.blogspot.com/2016/07/blog-post_608.html

Nice. Men's basketball needs bun huggers

This story makes me dislike all the adults involved.

The ridiculous mom goes to the TV station to complain that her daughter is wearing clothing that is no more revealing than lots of clothes girls that age wear because it's "sexual." Then someone at the TV station googles pictures of Alenka Bikar with her bottom hanging out to illustrate a story about 14 year old girls in order to hype up the sexual aspect of it and use sex to sell the story. If the girls' bun huggers fit as badly as Bikar's, then get them some that fit. Otherwise, this whole story is stupid.

R1200 wrote:

They don't look older and more sexual than they are. They look exactly as old and sexual as they are.

Does that make sense? Are you saying that it's impossible for a girl to look older or more sexual than she is? Kids often wear what friends are wearing or what they think looks good. Their first thought isn't how they are perceived by predatory men. It may be my problem and not yours, but if it's the problem of a million other men, it's also the problem of my daughter.

This, although college gals are usually a lot more serious about running and fit the bunhuggers better. In HS or MS there are a lot of social or self esteem runners, many of which will be discouraged from joining the team by the bunhugger trend.