Amongst all the talk today about women's rights and gender equality, I am disappointed that a very important topic within this realm isn't getting the attention it deserves.
And that topic, that thing, is deodorant.
WHY is it that men have endless options for deodorant that all smell amazing and come in well-designed, mature-looking packaging while women have to scour through a horrible selection of options filled with scents like "vanilla cupcake" and "passion fruit tango" that look like they were packaged by a five-year-old girl with a penchant for glitter?
The men's aisle is like, "Here's 25 different options to choose from--you can't go wrong pal," and then the women's is like "Would you like to smell like baby powder or a sugar cube? Or can I interest you in smelling like a rotten pomegranate?"
Men can choose between scents labeled "Timber", "Foxcrest", "Denali", "Apollo", "Adrenaline", or "Arctic Edge"-- scents created from a mixture of other scents to actually smell GOOD. Women apparently just have to smell like something that already exists out there in the world, with names like "Wild Rose", "Truth or Pear", "Cocoa Butter Kiss", "Powder Fresh", and "Cucumber Green Tea". Pick a fruit, any fruit. Or a flower. Or smell like a baby. But that's it.
Frankly, I don't think we can ever achieve gender equality until this glaring issue is resolved, and women's deodorant isn't horrible.
Someone please step up on this soapbox with me.
Thank you for your time.
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