^ No, I concur.
however, if I have learned anything in my experiences with women, it is this. MOST women like to look pretty to please everyone else. No matter how much pain, suffering, and uncomfort they go through, they want to look nice.
The actual function of a thong is to eliminate the 'P' line. The line made when a women wears tight pants, and the panties show a little line of where they are. Personally, I am a fan of the P line.
With a thong, the back of the underwear is perminantly wedges in the butt crack. This cannot be confortable, but women do it anyways.
Why? 9 out of 10 women will say "to look nice for ______," and the space is either a name, a boyfriend, or a husband.