Did he often wear other tight clothing around the genitals (e.g., Levis, compression shorts for exercise)?
RAH – The logic behind avoiding these types of tight clothing is the same as the logic for avoiding tight underwear — see Sec. 7.14 for the full discussion. (Personally, I would hate to give up my Levi’s; fortunately it’s in fashion right now to wear the “relaxed fit” kind :-)). – RAH My DH wears those tight spandex running shorts and I can imagine all the little sperms he’s cooking when he comes back steaming and drenched in sweat. Should I be trying to convince him to wear sweats or looser shorts? Of course, the issue of support comes in to play here, too – he claims the tights hold him “together” and it would be like me running without a bra. Any opinion? I haven’t seen any studies or other hard evidence on that question, but my guess is that wearing them for an hour or so isn’t going to be as bad as wearing tight briefs all day, or going into the hot tub. FWIW, I wear the spandex bike shorts when I run too, and I don’t have a male-factor problem, so they can’t be TOO bad… 🙂 I
