Talk:Fundoshi

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Contents 1 Fundoshi tying 2 Children picture 3 What did women wear? 4 Sports underwear

[edit] Fundoshi tying

Someone should put how to tie one on this page.

Done. I've added one too.

[edit] Children picture

My word, what is up with that kid's hair. Not the best picture for this page.

Not apropriate period. WP:CENSOR and all, half-nekkid kiddie pictures are way out of line here. Removing. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 08:04, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Hm... That picture... It's still OK I think. Their culture. --Calvin Limuel (林德耀) 09:02, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Removed the picture - it's not representative of japanese boys at a festival. An image of japanese guys at a festival wearing fundoshi would be excellent here as this is where they are seen most often. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kunchan (talk • contribs) 00:13, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What did women wear?

Did the wear a fundoshi too?

Women I think don't wear fundoshi. It has another name, but I forgot.

[edit] Sports underwear

"Fundoshi are still used as traditional sports underwear; like a Jock strap the rokushaku fundoshi is tight on the scrotum and lifts the penis to the side upwards positions."

Fundoshi are not used as sports underwear - however they are sometimes used for swimming. Moreover the rokushaku is not used as a pseudo jockstrap support for any active sports by sports players in school, university of elsewhere. Even traditional sports such as Judo, Archery, Akido etc do not use the fundoshi. Sumo uses a Mawashi - not a fundoshi - and that is the sporting attire - not a jockstrap. If a guy was to show up in one at the gym or in the changing rooms the result would be laughter from his japanese teammates. The last comment on penis position is ridculous and gratious. I will remove this comment if no objections are received in a week —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kunchan (talk • contribs) 16:36, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

• As above the following "In the pools and beaches of Japan, fundoshi-wearing swimmers can still be seen." needs to be corrected. In 10 years in Japan I have never seen a fundoshi wearer at a pool or at the beach - although I know it does occur rarely or in University clubs. The line above seems to indicate some sort of regularity - and I would like to add the words 'sometimes' or 'occasionally' to better convey the frequency of use Kunchan 16:47, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

For the penis position, well it's the fact.... --Calvin Limuel (林德耀) 17:25, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

• yet still unnecessary on an article about the fundoshiKunchan 17:46, 8 October 2007 (UTC)