Testing the waters of the “genderless” movement in the fashion industry, Japanese apparel giant Wacoal Corp. added lace to a line of men’s underwear. The dainty items were quickly sold out.

In a deliberate analogue, in 2024, a group of Indian men’s rights activists (MRAs) half-burnt their underwear, sending the tattered remains to politicians as a way to protest ‘anti-male ...

They analyzed 656 men seeking treatment at fertility centers and recorded their daily underwear preference: boxers or non-boxers, like briefs and jockeys. Sure enough, men who wore boxers had 33% ...