Why do Westerners use coloured underwear?

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The discussion revolves around the cultural significance and perceptions of colored underwear among Westerners, with participants drawing comparisons to other cultural practices, particularly in Muslim contexts. The conversation touches on various social norms, hygiene practices, and the implications of circumcision in relation to health.

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Main Points Raised

  • Some participants question the rationale behind Westerners' preference for colored underwear, suggesting it may reflect a lack of more substantial topics for discussion.
  • There are comparisons made between colored underwear and the use of black headscarves in Muslim cultures, with some participants questioning the motivations behind these choices.
  • One participant humorously claims superiority based on their choice of underwear, specifically tighty-whities, while others respond with sarcasm regarding hygiene practices.
  • Discussion includes a claim about circumcision and its relation to susceptibility to AIDS, with references to a study that indicates lower prevalence of HIV among circumcised men, though the validity of this study is debated.
  • A proposed mechanism for the potential health benefits of circumcision is mentioned, suggesting that intact foreskins may lead to more microscopic tears during sexual activity.

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Participants express a range of opinions, with no clear consensus on the cultural significance of underwear color or the implications of circumcision. The discussion remains unresolved with multiple competing views and humorous exchanges.

Contextual Notes

The discussion includes various assumptions about cultural practices and health studies, with some participants expressing skepticism about the validity of claims made regarding circumcision and its effects.

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Why are muslim headscarfs almost always black? Because they don't wash their hair? Sounds like the same logic lol.
 
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Perhaps it's a good sign - they have run out of sensible things to argue about!
 
mgb_phys said:
Perhaps it's a good sign - they have run out of sensible things to argue about!

They did that 1400 years ago.
After that, they have been squatting around, creating, for example, 70 divine rules governing urination and defecation..
 
Circumcised people are less susceptible to AIDS? :confused:

He'd hate my underwear as the washing powder I use has turned them from the colour black when they were new to brown. Most people I know seem to think that's amusing for some reason.
 
hey, I wear tighty-whities!

bow down before me, you filthy westerners!
 
Not before you show us the superiority of your manner of defecating..
 
I whipe my arse with pages of holy script, does that make me a bad person?
 
So begins the great "boxers vs briefs" Jihad
 
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Kurdt said:
Circumcised people are less susceptible to AIDS? :confused:

Actually, there was a recently publicized study that did indicate that. It's not a definite given, because it's epidemiological, not a controlled, double-blind study (that would be really difficult to design..."No, don't look down, you can't know which treatment group you're in!"), but that was the conclusion...well, HIV infection was less prevalent in circumcized than uncircumcized men in a particular population that was studied.
 
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Moonbear said:
but that was the conclusion...well, HIV infection was less prevalent in circumcized than uncircumcized men in a particular population that was studied.

Thats what I was thinking and why I'm suspicious. But I do realize that experiments in this area are hard to design and if it turns out there is some truth then it would be interesting find out why. It seems unrelated to what is the normal transmission of the disease. Anyway miles off topic.
 
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The proposed mechanism is that men with intact foreskins suffer more microscopic tears in the skin during sex than men without.

- Warren
 
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Why does this thread even exist?
 
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I'm suffering microscopic tears of any number?
 
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cyrusabdollahi said:
I whipe my arse with pages of holy script, does that make me a bad person?

that makes you clean:smile::smile:
 

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