(Thinks deeply about problem with world-changing implications)

Question : What are panties for? Do they have any useful function beyond holding a pad in place during 'that time'?

Answer (scratching head) : Can't think of any practical use for them at all.

Right - that leaves just the aesthetic value. Wear something because it makes you and your pussy even more attractive and desireable. Frills, ribbons, lace, partial concealment, now-you-see-it-now-you-don't, come-on, sexy invitation, dangling pendants or bead curtains. How about those clips that fit over your clit and dangle beads between your pussy lips?

Or what about those tribal Indian women from the Amazon who dress in only a bootlace. This long leather lace reaches around their hips and is tied in a knot low on their stomach. Below the knot the two ends run down to their pussy, into the groove, either side of their clit and....... And disappear. Not sure exactly where, but they don't reappear around the back (National Geographic can be so prudish!)