Cis guys who won't go shirtless

Well, I'm like... Fat. So that's why I don't show my chest.

 

Interesting article... His reasons seem much more extreme than most others who wouldn't go shirtless, and so it was unfortunately largely unrelatable. For me, I just feel like my body isn't exactly the pinnacle of attractiveness, and I'd feel too exposed, and so I refrain from being shirtless. Yet I realize that such a mindset is flawed, but seem to be set in my ways already...

 

Interesting read.
I never go shirtless either, but for other reasons.

 

I don't feel that I'm attractive enough.

This is why I hate swimming.

 

Like the others here, and probavly 99% of the rest -

Id go shirtless if i felt i had the body to.

 

I rarely go shirtless. Too fat, too many surgery scars.

 

I don't for the same reasons everyone else said.

 

I'm fat and hairy and I take my shirt off whenever. Something about getting older and becoming at peace with yourself.

Lex

 

I'm perfectly comfortable with my body and would see no problem being shirtless if I were swimming, but I'm not the type that jumps at the opportunity in other cases.

Just because you have an accept opportunity to do something because of your sex doesn't mean that you automatically have to partake in it. Other than getting wet, the only other excuse I have heard for being shirtless is as a way of staying cool; however, it would truthfully keep you hotter than simply wearing a thin shirt or tank because of the sun's rays anyways.

Lets be honest, the only reason people go shirtless is to feel more attractive if they have a body they are proud of. I'm not saying that is specifically a bad thing. I just can't stand when people act as though they do it entirely for the "freedom", as if a polyester shirt is a plague on humanity.

 

I never liked my body. I'm a heavy guy, not to mention the acne I have on me. I also have scars and obvious trauma on my body from incidents over the years. I avoid swimming like the plague. If I go into a pool with a shirt on, I get heckled for it (from mostly my family) which just leads to me getting very angry.

Some guys love walking around shirtless. It is a "macho" thing. But I've met some guys who don't like it either, and they are in fine shape. It comes down to personal reasons honestly.

 

That's very douchey of them.

I mean the people who heckle you.

 

Hell im fat and i dont give a crap. If its warm enough my shirt is off. To be honest id probably take my pants off too if it wasnt for other people complaining.

 

I wish I could take my shirt off whenever...

Although realistically when I can, I still likely won't around other people. Confidence issues and all that.

 

Well, I have obvious reasons why I can't take mine off, since I haven't have surgery yet, but even if I did, I wouldn't. I'd feel way too exposed and self-conscious.

 

It has more to do with personal preference, honestly, since I've never felt the need to advertise myself publicly. Now and then, I'll have my moods and join in on the festivities, but for the most part, I can't stand the stares, comments, and borderline sexual atmosphere of it all.

On my own, it's fine. Other people are the problem!

 

this! This right here!

 

My dad never went without a shirt, even when he was young and athletic, and I was always a chunky kid and felt way too self-conscious about it. I actually joke about it a bit, and when I was at my fattest, I would warn my daughters with mock severity that if they were ever REALLY bad, I would punish them by mowing the grass without a shirt on, for all the neighborhood to see! Now that I'm not obese anymore, I still don't have any huge desire to go shirtless. My shirts look nicer than my chest does.

 

Huh, as a kid, I grew up in a very rural area, lots of lakes and rivers and in the summer, when it was hot, the shirt came off. We did a lot of swimming and playing in the water, exploring...and even now, if it's hot, or I feel like it, I'm fine with no shirt, even with close friends inside on a hot day, or at a picnic.

Now, I live in Baltimore, and it can be a real oven---people tend to dress less in the summer.

Sometimes the air just feels nice against your skin...I'm lucky social norms allow men/boys to do this, and I wish females had the same option. I think we have some messed up ideas about things like this, and nudity in general, though.

 

I never take my shirt off in front of other people. The last time that happened I was at the Doctor's, and he was the only one to have that dubious honour when I was aged fifteen.

Compliments of having a funnel change. I kick myself for not having the operation when I was eleven.