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Panty-minimalists love our casual thong that covers sweet spots without
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* Size up for a looser fit
* Super soft high end woven elastic trim
* Made in the U.S.A.
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was first worn nearly 75,000 years ago. Many tribal peoples, such as
some of the Khoisan people of southern Africa, wore thongs for many
centuries. Much like the 2000-plus-year-old Japanese fundoshi, these
early garments were made with the male genitalia in mind.
Although developed for the male anatomy by primitive peoples, in the
modern West thongs are more often worn by females. They first gained
mainstream popularity as swimwear in South America, particularly in Brazil
in the 1970s. In Brazil, where the buttocks ("bunda" in Portuguese) are
especially admired and emphasized; it was originally a style of swimsuit
whose rear area became so narrow that it would disappear between the
wearer's buttocks.
The origin of the term "G-string" is obscure. The term is first attested in
writings by Americans in the late 1800's regarding the loincloth of
Philippine natives. The origin of the word "thong" is from the Old English
thwong, a flexible leather cord.
Commercialisation and attitudes
Attitudes to wearing G-strings vary, as usual with revealing clothing. 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 currently gaining popularity among men.
[citation needed] 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, which makes for a more attractive
appearance. Although the popularity of wearing thong underwear in
America has taken off only in the last decade, in Eastern and Northern
Europe it has been common for many more years, and is considered
commonplace today.
A variant of the male thong concept is the jock sock, a pouch containing
the penis and scrotum supported by a waistband, but lacking any strap
under the crotch to the rear. This design relies on the underpart of the
pouch hooking behind the scrotum to stay in place and provides little or
no support to the genitals. Some strapless jocks feature a pouch with an
internal fabric/elastic "c-ring" that either slides along the penis and
encircles the base of the testicles or, alternately, simply snaps around the
base of the testicles to snugly attach the pouch to the genitals. While
this type of pouch permits the wearer to "go backless," c-ring pouches
can be attached to either a thong or traditional jockstrap. C-rings
enhance the apparent size of the male anatomy.
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 microkini. 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. 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,
often with pop female artists wearing clothing that is revealing enough
that their wearing of a thong is obvious, and thus the younger
generation of American females following suit has increased the popularity
of wearing thong underwear.
Male use of G-string underwear, in the West traditionally limited to the
athlete's jockstrap and the dance belt, is currently increasing due to the
popularization by male strippers and/or exotic dancers, e.g. Chippendales
dancers. G-strings are very popular with male wrestlers like Hulk Hogan
because they don't produce visible brief lines under their wrestling suits.
G-string underwear 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. Several consumer advocacy groups objected to
marketing of the G-string, claiming they are too sexually suggestive.
Precautions Women wearing G-strings should not wear them everyday or
all day, as they may cause kidney or other infection. The string part slides
up and down the anus, so it may provide a route for bacteria. Also, the
string breaks down the mucus and skin of the vagina.
In April 2002, G-string underwear was at the centre of a media uproar
after a vice-principal (a woman) 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. Virginia have attempted to pass
laws forbidding the exposure of underwear. This so-called "droopy-
pants" bill passed in the House but was later dropped in the Senate.
These actions were prompted by both the fashion of young women
exposing their G-string "whale tail" and men wearing their pants so low
that the pubis was exposed.
On European beaches, wearing swimwear in G-string style is fairly
common, especially on the Spanish Mediterranean islands like Ibiza
(Eivissa) 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 such as
slingshot thongs. 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 revealing clothing, there has also been an
increase in demand for male G-strings in the U.S. male population.
In other languages
In Lithuania the G-string is often called "stringai", or more national name
"siaurikės".
In Portugal and Brazil the G-string is often referred to as fio dental which
means "dental floss".
In Italy the G-string is called "perizoma" also it's often called "string" or
wrongly "tanga" (in Italian language "tanga" is a micro-panties).
In French, the G-string is usually called "un string," a loanword from
English.
In Puerto Rico, a Spanish slang term often used for G-string is gistro,
most commonly used by Reggaeton artists to refer to the underwear
style.
In Argentina and Chile, G-String is widely known as colaless, in Spanish
cola means tail, thus colaless is literally tail-less.
In the Japanese language and also in Cantonese, G-string is widely
known as T-back, after its shape seen from behind. The sound has been
causing some confusion among Japanese speakers (especially the elderly)
with a tea bag, which is also common in today's Japanese dictions.
However, there are several usages of the term "T-back" in English as well
(i.e., Children's literature author E.L. Konigsburg's T-backs, T-shirts,
Coat and Suit).
In Czech, Finnish, German, Hungarian and Spanish the G-string is often
called "tanga".
In Polish the G-string is usually called stringi, which is a pluralized
loanword from English (literally: "strings").
In the Chinese language, the G-string is commonly called as dingziku (丁字
裤) which literally means "t character pants." The thong has a T shape at
the back, therefore it was the Chinese way of saying T-back.
Trivia
When working as a back-up singer, Dusty Springfield used the name
"Gladys Thong" (before thong was a type of underwear.)
When thong underwear is visible over low-riding pants, it is called a
"whale tail".
Thongs are the origin of the catch phrase "in there like swimwear", a
simile for initimacy.
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