Why do boys wear basketball shorts to school?

Wow, this question really takes me back. In my early teens I would not be caught dead in any pants (except dress) with out a pair of shorts under it. This includes sweats and jeans. All my friends did it as well. Our reason was security. This helped combat random hard-on effects. Also, If someone pulled a prank, you had another layer on top of your underwear. I'm 39 and sagging was just taking off with the kids a few years younger than us. I remember they were sagging showing their shorts instead of their underwear. Ohhh how far we have come! lol

Many moons ago, the male did not wear any underclothes, because the male does not need to concern himself with any unexpected bodily discharges. The female wears undergarments to prevent the appearance of stains as the female body can have a discharge on occasion.

As time went by and fashion became a big business, there were companies who marketed undergarments for men. Soon females began to think that a man without undergarments was dirty and so the males began to unnecessarily wear these garments.

In another 50 years or so you will observe potentially that males will begin to wear a brassiere - because the female expectation is that the male will need a brassiere to prevent his nipples being visible.

Men should not heed these expectations. Men should wear whatever they want. Undergarments are unnecessary for males. Unnecessary clothing has to be washed and this adds more pollution to the environment. Minimize - the way to save the environment.