There was a discussion about that on another thread, Tubbytwo, and some numpty took issue with me as “some men like to wear them” and why shouldn’t they benefit from knowing how comfortable other men thought they were?
As far as I can tell the poster defending this shit is female
Ok. About the men in knickers discussion. I think that people should be allowed to wear what they like, including men wearing women's knickers if they choose. I mean, who wants to be the clothes police? I feel that men can buy knickers at M&S if they choose, and even try them on there. As long as they are trying them on in the men's changing room. But the problem is that fetishistic lingerie wearers are the ones doing it, not men who simply feel that women's knickers are more comfortable. I mean, come on, am I out of line here? So we are forced to wonder what they will do with the knickers while in the changing rooms (am remembering twitter selfies...) and where they will put the ones they don't purchase. We all know it is a fetish, and I think fetishes are fine, as long as the enjoyment does not involve other people, knowingly or unknowingly, in public places. People who have no interest in participating. Who cringe at the thought of having unknowingly participated. Possibly paid money for wanked-on undies. So what is the answer?
One small yet easily do-able correction would be to change the M&S comments policy online. This has been said on this board before. These men get a thrill, I'm sure, "outing" themselves online on the knickers page, and that is bad enough (bad as in creepy). They also show commraderie and get another thrill through thumbs-upping each other's comments.
An easy part fix would be getting rid of the sex descriptors for the comments. I say part fix because there are ways, surely, that these people could get around that and identify each other in the comments, but that would not be requiring other people to be as "aware" of the fetishistic activity. So, we know it happens, but it is not in plain sight.
M&S could also make women feel less creeped out at the very thought of M&S knickers with something they already do: filter the comments. I read just a few of them but found a number that were clearly rejoicing in pointing out that they (men) had junk that fit comfortably in the knickers. Come on, M&S, we can understand with certainty that there will be fetishistic men commenting, we don't need it rubbed in our faces. Surely these comments can be rejected as inappropriate. And if someone wants to ask "why can't they comment in this way? It is perfectly normal to comment on comfort", just be aware that most people don't require readers to imagine their genitals when reading a comment. I believe (and could be wrong) this is a male thing. A male with a fetish.
And finally, no more thumbs-ups or downs. Why do M&S need them? What is that about, even? Get rid.
I know this does very little to solve the "use the changing room where you feel most comfortable" policy, and the possibility of wanked-on knickers in store, but come on M&S, take some steps to be less creepy!