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An article reporting on a consultation sent to Bengo4.com (a legal advice site) from a man who wants to swim in a women’s swimsuit went viral on 5ch’s News Speed+ board. The thread spiraled into a debate covering the different exposure limits allowed for women’s versus men’s swimwear, right down to the exact wording of the Minor Offenses Act that regulates public exposure. Some posts nostalgically reminisced about old-school swimwear customs like school-issued swimsuits and fundoshi loincloths.
“I Want to Swim in a Women’s Swimsuit” — One Man’s Earnest Plea: Can Pools Refuse to Let Him Wear It? – Bengo4.com
August 27, 2026, 10:30 AM
Not being able to wear the swimsuit you want to wear at the pool is painful — that’s the kind of concern that reaches Bengo4.com every summer.
Source: bengo4.com / Original article here
What people said
Haha, is that a Hazard Lab illustrator's work? (Hazard Lab is a Japanese science-news site famous for its quirky illustrations)
I actually saw that for real when I visited the Great Wall.
It's unfair that men can't cover theirs 😡
Men's nipples are an erogenous zone too 😡
Honestly, if you frame it like that, it might actually fly.
Then just wear long sleeves and long pants that cover your skin, like in Islamic dress.
Wanting to wear a school swimsuit is just being a pervert anyway.
Even actual women don't wear school swimsuits outside of school.
So as long as the nipples are covered, a bikini bottom is fine?
For ocean swimming there's actually something called a "black cat fundoshi," you know.
I've still got mine packed away somewhere.
That's one hell of a sentence lol
As long as it covers the whole body, what's the problem? "School swimsuit" covers everything from cheap to fancy anyway.
If they just made a men's version of the school swimsuit, problem solved.
Article 20: Any person who, in a place exposed to public view, exposes their buttocks, thighs, or other body parts in a manner likely to provoke public disgust.
By that logic they'd arrest you just for your face lol
>exposes their buttocks, thighs, or other body parts
By that standard, every woman over 30 wearing a miniskirt would qualify lol
Reminds me of that "Dara-san" incident from the Reiwa era… (apparently referencing a notorious viral incident/figure)
It was something like this, right?
https://www.footmark.co.jp/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/img2024_main.jpg
There's a Billiken statue mixed in there.
First of all, are there even women who actually wear T-back thongs?
Women sometimes wear a T-back when they're in something like a one-piece outfit, where regular underwear lines would show through and look obvious.
*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (News Speed+) thread “‘I Want to Swim in a Women’s Swimsuit’ — One Man’s Earnest Plea: Can Pools Refuse to Let Him Wear It?”.
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