If you're a man and you're not wearing a swim shirt, what are we even doing here?

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I’ve noticed all the little boys I see at the pool now wear swim shirts. I’m 40 and it was never a thing while growing up. I’d say for adult men it’s about 60% wearing one.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't get this. In Europe no one is wearing swim shirts. Seems the typical American Prude.

Sounds like you haven’t been around American pools enough. If you saw how gross 99% of the men look, you too would be begging for them to wear shirts.

+1. Nothing anyone wants to look at 99% of the time.

A lot of US women could use some covering up as well.

The majority of women in this country are obese to one degree or another. Many are morbidly obese.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't get this. In Europe no one is wearing swim shirts. Seems the typical American Prude.

Sounds like you haven’t been around American pools enough. If you saw how gross 99% of the men look, you too would be begging for them to wear shirts.

+1. Nothing anyone wants to look at 99% of the time.

A lot of US women could use some covering up as well.

The majority of women in this country are obese to one degree or another. Many are morbidly obese.

I spend a lot of time at the beach and although there are overweight women, many look very fit to me.

On the thread topic, there is no way I would ever convince my 60+ DH to wear a swim shirt. He spends most of the summer shirt less even inside our house.

[Anonymous]

Unless you are ripped, men should be wearing shirts

[Anonymous]

Or just... don't look?

I have a family member who is really self conscious about her eczema and I've been trying to convince her no one cares and she should be okay to swim. But this thread has very depressingly shown me I'm wrong.

[Anonymous]

This is definitely only in our area. I wear a swim shirt over my bathing suit because of sun protection and get laughed at by friends and family in other states. I notice on vacation, no one has one on. My teens stopped wearing them a couple of years ago.

DH wears one because he burns quickly AND he is self conscious of his body. Let’s be real, that’s the true reason. The shirts are terribly uncomfortable. They are cold and clammy if they get wet or hot if you are dry. As adults, we rarely go to the pool anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anyone spending extended periods in the sun should be wearing an SFP swim shirt. The fabric is much more effective than sunscreen. Take it off in the shade. I really don’t care what you look like.

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Anonymous wrote:Or just... don't look?

I have a family member who is really self conscious about her eczema and I've been trying to convince her no one cares and she should be okay to swim. But this thread has very depressingly shown me I'm wrong.

I don’t think people care about eczema… but maybe a lot of people think it’s some kind of fungal thing or communicable condition. I’m white so I wear a rash guard whenever I can because my skin cannot handle the sun anymore. My shameful thought is that I kind of wish DH would wear one because he’s gotten so unfit it’s a bit unpleasant to look at.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't get this. In Europe no one is wearing swim shirts. Seems the typical American Prude.

Sounds like you haven’t been around American pools enough. If you saw how gross 99% of the men look, you too would be begging for them to wear shirts.

+1. Nothing anyone wants to look at 99% of the time.

A lot of US women could use some covering up as well.

The majority of women in this country are obese to one degree or another. Many are morbidly obese.

Some men are into obese women and like to feed them like a pet pot-bellied pig, getting fatter and fatter and sexier and sexier with each pound put on.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't get this. In Europe no one is wearing swim shirts. Seems the typical American Prude.

Sounds like you haven’t been around American pools enough. If you saw how gross 99% of the men look, you too would be begging for them to wear shirts.

You may want to direct that jaundiced eye at the flabby females at your pool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seriously, it's 2025. A quality swimshirt with SPF protection is so much easier to deal with than trying to keep sunscreen on while in the water. I happen to also be hairy which makes it particularly challenging to put sunscreen on it. I love my swimshirts.

Cool story, bruh. Does it also compress your beer gut?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't get this. In Europe no one is wearing swim shirts. Seems the typical American Prude.

Oh my, those Europeans are so enlightened and sophisticated!

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Anonymous wrote:I don't get this. In Europe no one is wearing swim shirts. Seems the typical American Prude.

In Europe, people tend to have lower BMIs. Nobody wants to see your red flabby belly.

You haven’t spent time in Europe, I take it

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Anonymous wrote:I don't get this. In Europe no one is wearing swim shirts. Seems the typical American Prude.

Oh my, those Europeans are so enlightened and sophisticated!

It’s true. Not sure why you are trying to be snarky or funny or something here.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't get this. In Europe no one is wearing swim shirts. Seems the typical American Prude.

Oh my, those Europeans are so enlightened and sophisticated!

It’s true. Not sure why you are trying to be snarky or funny or something here.

Why do you think avoiding skin damage and cancer has anything to do with being prudish?