Why don’t the men wear Speedo’s?

I entirely agree OP but I'm not sure I actually want to see men playing volleyball in Speedos. A man's bollock accidentally popping out of his budgie smugglers is more likely to feature in my nightmares than my sexual fantasies.

More seriously, the women should absolutely have the option for more coverage if that picture is the current mandatory uniform and they would prefer otherwise. If I had the guts and were one of the athletes in question, I would be tempted to grow my pubic hair to its natural maximum and watch the organisers have a coronary.

On the subject of bikinis, there also appears to be a new trend for female celebs to have their entire bottoms hanging out of thong bikinis. I predict in a couple of years they'll simply be wearing a piece of string around their waists and a postage stamp on each nipple.

I wonder if it puts women off playing so our team isnt as good as it could be.

A quick Google turned up this from the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball:
www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Document/2020/Rule50/FIVB_BVB_OG_Teams_Uniform_Guidelines_FINAL.pdf

In Appendix 2 (page 14 onwards) there's actually several options for women while men have no choices as to their uniform. One of the options actually features longer shorts than the men and, in cold weather, women can wear full length trousers while men have to wear the same shorts.

Swimming today there was a chap (aged about 60) in what can be best described as thong trunks

the tighter clothing is probably much easier for jumping around
I certainly prefer tight clothing for workouts
but men in tight shorts could make viewers lose their lunch

I wonder how many replies you're going to get telling you about the very important reasons the women must wear microscopic clothing for safety or aerodynamics but the men don't.

It's quite sad that it's so normalised.

Always irks me. Same with sprinters-women showing flesh, men in Lycra. There should be a performance-best outfit that’s unisex.

At one point it was mandatory that female players wear bikinis, which was a patently see-through attempt to increase its popularity as a spectator sport. No-one told the men they had to wear speedos, so they never stopped wearing shorts. The rules have been relaxed since then, but expectations were set.

Do you imagine the men wearing Speedo's with a vest or without?

It’s amazing that the women agree to be so scantily clad....almost as if they don’t have a choice