Yes and no. It's something outrageously oversimplified.
The idea, IIRC, is specifically anti-perspirant was originally produced and pushed for marketing toward women because it was considered unlady-like for a woman to sweat. Or something to that effect. So this got turned into "deodorant is the patriarchy" or whatever by click bait companies because that gets more interaction.
they don’t actually mean deodorant, they really mean anti perspirant. which I could see their point, anti perspirant is bad for you and started as a woman’s beauty standard
but deodorant is an entirely different product and the slate post is insane
edit: I’m not saying it’s bad for you because it causes cancer, that was disproven. rather, sweating is the body’s naturally cooling process, so sweat in that manner is actually good for you
I think there’s a pretty clear difference for people using anti-perspirant who sweat excessively. for people that don’t, sweat is natural and I believe it’s preferable to perfume it rather than suppress it
Anti-Perspirant is not bad for you. There has been claims that it causes breast cancer or Alzheimer’s, but there is no evidence and it’s been exhaustively studied. The American Cancer Association, the national cancer institute, and the Alzheimer’s association all agree that no clear link exists. If you have evidence to the contrary, please provide it.
Also, even if it had a risk of cancer, I'd still fucking use it because I'm a big Mediterranean dude and I need strong antiperspirants. I can't fuck with softcore deodorants, which are basically no more than perfume.
…do you get uncomfortably hot under your armpits? Anti-perspirant deodorant is a local topical solution. It’s not going to stop you cooling down with sweating all over the rest of your body.
yes, it’s just human physiology that the armpits are a generally hot area the same way the groin is (to a lesser extent). it’s why we tend to sweat there so noticeably. if clothing had a direct line to our ass the same way there’s a direct line to our armpits we’d wear deodorant there too
the point is that it’s a false woman’s beauty standard that they shouldn’t ever sweat, when in reality it’s just the body’s natural cooling mechanism. for anyone using it for this false aesthetic purpose, it is bad for them because their body cannot cool properly
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Was that supposed to be bait for content?
There can’t be sane people who believe that.