Cathy Classics by Cathy Guisewite for June 09, 2010
June 08, 2010
June 10, 2010
Transcript:
Assistant: The swimwear industry has spent millions completely redesigning the bottom half of the swimsuit! New shapes! New prints! New styles! New fabrics! Cathy: Anything that will fit on the bottom half of a female? Saleswoman: Nope. Assistant: But they're way less horrifying to look at on the displays!
Avolunteer - When I was a boy, women’s swimsuits were much larger (baggier, and covering more) than men’s. I was comfortable swimming, sunning or just hanging out. Racing suits and trunks differed in style, not in many orders of magnitude. Now, women’s swimsuits are tiny regardless of whether that shows off the women to best advantage; while men’s swimsuits involve a huge expanse of cloth. It weighs a ton, leaves everything above the shins pale white, impedes swimming and activities, costs too much, and I don’t think it shows off anything to any advantage. Meanwhile, “Speedo” type racing suits have, according to the conventional wisdom, become a true embarrassment as they’ve shrunk.
I think women, as well as men, would have to be crazy to actually want to wear men’s bathing suit bottoms.