A g-string is a type of thong, of which the origin of the name is not clear. A couple possibilities are up for speculation, but it is not certain where exactly the name came from. G-strings are thongs with a ‘T-back’ shape, as opposed to a ‘V-back’; both classifications refer to the shape made by the string or cloth between the buttocks—the angle at which this string meets the waistband either forms the letter T or the letter V. G-strings are generally the ones with a ‘T-back’ although it is far from true that all speakers of English are aware of this minute detail of classification.

Some women find wearing g-strings, or thongs in general, sexy. Other women have no opinion about the fact of actually wearing them, but wear them because they eliminate the problem of the underwear line. This problem is, admittedly, the bane of every girl’s existence virtually every time she is getting herself into a fancy outfit of some sort. Many women agree to wear thongs only under such circumstances, and keep their thongs in the very back of the underwear drawer when it comes to everyday wear.

There are, of course, some women who enjoy thong underwear; women who don’t laugh at the term ‘butt-floss’. These women either enjoy g-strings, or they enjoy wearing something that their man is going to like.

Whether they like to or not, most women will don a thong when that special outfit seems to require it, some women more grudgingly than others! But, ask a man to put on a g-string, and you’ve got another thing coming! Most men will look at you as though you have two heads just for having made the suggestion. I can’t imagine the look we’d get if we actually wrapped one up sometime and put it under the Christmas tree. A lot of men enthusiastically give their girlfriends and wives thong underwear, admittedly usually as a bra and panties set, and sincerely believe that their girl is going to not only like them, but enjoy wearing them. It’s funny that their own reaction is so different.

A lot of men claim that g-string lingerie for men is ‘just wrong’. ‘There’s just something unnatural about it…’ Yes, they’re right, there IS something unnatural about it; however, the unnatural part is not in a man wearing a thong, the unnatural part is in any human being wearing a thong—it applies to women the same way that it applies to men.

So, now that we’re all on the same page---are g-strings going to suddenly disappear from lingerie shops? I think not. Of course, I could be wrong, but I would be very surprised to not see any thongs whatsoever in lingerie shops. Granted, it would be a pleasant surprise, but still, a surprise nonetheless.

While g-strings may not be for everybody, there will always be a certain percentage of the population who buys them and therefore wears them. Of course, the male wearers are fewer than the female ones, but my best guess is that their numbers are growing all the time. To encourage this, all you women out there can wrap one up this year for his birthday. Maybe he’ll never wear it, but either way, the result is priceless. Either you get to see his look of bewilderment and surprise, or you get a positive reaction, and then you get to see him wearing it.