Editing Jockstrap (section)

== Design ==
Jockstraps are fairly consistent in design with variations appearing in details like width of waistband and fabrics. Some jockstraps are designed for specific sports: ''Swim jocks'', for example, have a narrow waistband, and ''hockey jocks'' sometimes have adjustable elastic straps and [[garter (stockings)|garter]] clips that hold [[hockey socks]] in place while the bulky goalie protector has genital and abdominal foam padding. ''Windproof jockstraps'' have a special layer of fabric to protect the wearer from wind and cold in winter sports. Jockstraps are made in other materials as fetish wear.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.internationaljock.com/articles/leather-jockstraps.html |title=Leather Jockstraps |website=Internationaljock.com |access-date=2016-01-11}}</ref> Aside from the aforementioned "fashion jockstraps", the 2000s have seen a resurgence in jockstrap designs and brands.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}

Alternatives to jockstraps include the ''jock brief'', or ''support briefs'', which have the wide waistband of a jockstrap combined with a full seat and are made of an elastic supportive material. A thong style strap, sometimes called a ''[[dance belt]]'', has one narrow elastic strap attached to the bottom of the pouch, passing between the legs and attaching to the waistband at the middle of the back. A strapless garment, called a ''jock sock'' or sometimes a ''slingshot'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jockstrapcentral.com/history.php |title=A History of the Jockstrap |website=Jockstrap Central |access-date=2016-01-11}}</ref> has only an elastic waist band with an elastic pouch that holds the genitals from the front.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}

In [[Europe]], from the time of the [[Middle Ages]], undergarments available were limited to a loose fitting trouser-like piece of clothing called a [[braies]]. This article of clothing was stepped into and then laced or tied around the waist and legs at about mid-calf and provided no support to the male genitals. This allowed the scrotum unlimited movement under clothing and resulted in injury from carts, carriages with wooden planks for seats or the saddle as the body took all of the force of the motion. The ''suspensory'' was developed around the early 1820s as a way to lift the [[scrotum]] away from the plank seat and saddle thereby preventing injury while in a cart, carriage or horseback riding. Today the ''suspensory'' is used primarily as a medical device after genital [[surgery]] to aid in post operative healing. [[George Armstrong Custer|General Custer's]] suspensory can be seen in the [[Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument]] museum, near Crow Agency [[Montana]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}