Exposed thongs were all the rage in the early 2000s thanks to a handful of massive pop cultural moments, but as the craze reached the mainstream market and trickled down to teens and tweens, the skank-shaming heated up as did the moral panics and political backlash. Millennials, however, were far from the first generation to experience thong drama, and for this episode we will go back through the last ten decades to see how half of the time moral guardians have tried to legislate the thong out of existence and the other half of the time, the thong has been the thin black line that separated adventurous Americans from the long arm of the law.<a href="https://www.patreon.com/americanhysteria">Become a Patron</a> to support our show and get early ad-free episodes and bonus contentOr subscribe to American Hysteria on <a href="https://apple.co/3R9xBJe">Apple Podcasts</a>Leave us a message on our Urban Legends Hotline at <a href="https://www.chelseywebersmith.com/americanhysteria">americanhysteria.com</a>Sound Designer and Associate Producer: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/rileymsmith96">Riley Swedelius-Smith</a>Producer and Editor: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mirandatheswampmonster">Miranda Zickler</a>Voice Actor: <a href="http://www.talkbomb.com/">Will Rogers</a>Written, Produced, and Hosted by Chelsey Weber-Smith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

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