# Business casual pants for a fat girl that won't cause crotch-stink after 8 hours? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 10, 2011, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-casual-pants-for-a-fat-girl-that-wont-cause-crotch-stink-after-8-hours/574184 "2011-03-10T15:46:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![tesseract](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@tesseract](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tesseract)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-casual-pants-for-a-fat-girl-that-wont-cause-crotch-stink-after-8-hours/574184/81 "2011-03-13T03:50:24Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Or, some of us just don’t want to think about someone’s sweaty, stinky crotch? That’s a wee more TMI, no matter the weight of the OP. And so you clicked on the thread why? Not like you didn’t know what you were getting into, right? To all the delicate flowers in here, maybe time to move on? Thank you OP for posting this. I’m not really a fat girl, but it had never occurred to me that some fabrics could make you smellier potentially. Good to know, good to know. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-casual-pants-for-a-fat-girl-that-wont-cause-crotch-stink-after-8-hours/574184/82 "2011-03-13T04:28:24Z")
> [@Darth\_Nader](#): > > He spotted a typo I made. ::hangs head in shame:: It seemed really funny at the time. In my defense, I’m on prescription drugs. ---
**Author:** ![loshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce73a5/32.png) [@loshan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/loshan)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-casual-pants-for-a-fat-girl-that-wont-cause-crotch-stink-after-8-hours/574184/83 "2011-03-13T04:29:23Z")
OMG. The threads I’ve read from men OP’s about shit, piss, vaginas, vaginas, vaginas (what do they smell like, taste like, feel like, etc. etc.) nuts, balls, testes, penises, dicks, poles, weinie waxings and on and on and on adnaseum. And you guys have the nerve to get all “gross, how dare she?” over a body odor question? Get over it. Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-casual-pants-for-a-fat-girl-that-wont-cause-crotch-stink-after-8-hours/574184/84 "2011-03-13T04:32:53Z")
I don’t think it’s just guys who think this is gross. I don’t think this is especially grosser than a lot of other subjects but I do think it’s weird. My first reaction to a bad vaginal odor wouldn’t be to change my pants but to consult a doctor. Normal vaginal odor is one thing but I don’t get anything I would characterize as…er, “crotch stink.” ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-casual-pants-for-a-fat-girl-that-wont-cause-crotch-stink-after-8-hours/574184/85 "2011-03-13T04:39:02Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > In my defense, I’m on prescription drugs. Share, and all is forgiven… ---
**Author:** ![loshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce73a5/32.png) [@loshan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/loshan)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-casual-pants-for-a-fat-girl-that-wont-cause-crotch-stink-after-8-hours/574184/86 "2011-03-13T04:43:53Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > I don’t think it’s just guys who think this is gross. > > I don’t think this is especially grosser than a lot of other subjects but I do think it’s weird. My first reaction to a bad vaginal odor wouldn’t be to change my pants but to consult a doctor. Normal vaginal odor is one thing but I don’t get anything I would characterize as…er, “crotch stink.” Sorry, I just think it’s mostly the men who automatically went to the “fat girls stink” place. And, depending on the frequency/fabric/weather/time-of-month, women can stink too without having a genuine medical issue. It’s a human problem, not a male/female or fat/skinny one. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-casual-pants-for-a-fat-girl-that-wont-cause-crotch-stink-after-8-hours/574184/87 "2011-03-13T06:03:23Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > “crotch stink.” I think I would have gone with ‘Snu Funk’ in the OP’s place; however, this is an issue I’ve managed to avoid. I wear only natural fabrics because synthetics irritate my skin in a really unfortunate way. I assume that is what has saved me from snu funk. I can certainly imagine/understand why skin wrapped in a non-breathing fabric on a hot day would get a bit funky. I don’t think disease or personal hygene necessarily has anything to do with it. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-casual-pants-for-a-fat-girl-that-wont-cause-crotch-stink-after-8-hours/574184/88 "2011-03-13T07:03:40Z")
> [@StuffLikeThatThere](#): > > But this one is about a problem that a fat person is having. So it’s automatically much more disgusting than any problem a thin person might be having. HEh…gotcha. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-casual-pants-for-a-fat-girl-that-wont-cause-crotch-stink-after-8-hours/574184/89 "2011-03-13T07:56:34Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > I don’t think this is especially grosser than a lot of other subjects but I do think it’s weird. My first reaction to a bad vaginal odor wouldn’t be to change my pants but to consult a doctor. Normal vaginal odor is one thing but I don’t get anything I would characterize as…er, “crotch stink.” No I’m pretty sure it’s the polyester. I’m not even fat but synthetic fabric are the cause in my case. Natural fibers are your friend, cotton (pants and panties), linen, etc. Try it, you’ll see. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-casual-pants-for-a-fat-girl-that-wont-cause-crotch-stink-after-8-hours/574184/90 "2011-03-13T14:13:20Z")
Yeah, I’m with the 100% cotton crowd. I play tennis. Most tennis apparel is made of “sweat wicking” material, which are all just other names for “polyester.” Can hardly find cotton anymore, so polyester it is. If I’m going somewhere after my match, I bring along a change of clothes because the fabric absorbs odor. I recommend Tide plus Febreeze Freshness Sports Scent. It definitely works on getting out sweat stink. I’d try it on your business casual clothes, too, because sometimes washing once doesn’t work, especially if you have one of the new low-water washing machines. [http://www.tide.com/en-US/product/tide-plus-febreze-freshness-sport-he.jspx](http://www.tide.com/en-US/product/tide-plus-febreze-freshness-sport-he.jspx) ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-casual-pants-for-a-fat-girl-that-wont-cause-crotch-stink-after-8-hours/574184/91 "2011-03-13T21:41:35Z")
mmmm underboob. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-casual-pants-for-a-fat-girl-that-wont-cause-crotch-stink-after-8-hours/574184/92 "2011-03-13T21:50:37Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > No I’m pretty sure it’s the polyester. I’m not even fat but synthetic fabric are the cause in my case. Natural fibers are your friend, cotton (pants and panties), linen, etc. Try it, you’ll see. That’s what I pretty much use already. This thread has convinced me to stay the path. Being a woman, I know it’s not ALL sunshine and roses. But when I read a thread like this, it makes me glad that my girlybits are more or less cooperative. Sort of off topic but has anyone read the memoir Fat Girl by Judith Moore? There’s a part where the author talks about how as a young girl, she lived with her mother (a slim to normal sized woman) and how the whole apartment would start to smell like her mother’s…um, vaginal odors? And she also talked about her mother using talcum powder down there which didn’t seem to help, I guess. It was pretty incomprehensible because I’d never heard of anyone having to use that stuff. I’m just a soap and water kind of gal, and I’m thankful my vulva doesn’t require anything else! ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-casual-pants-for-a-fat-girl-that-wont-cause-crotch-stink-after-8-hours/574184/93 "2011-03-14T01:06:08Z")
> [@Acid\_Lamp](#): > > [Here.](http://www.antimonkeybutt.com/) This will help. It eliminates the usual chafing and sweating issues. If you are still stinky then you have a medical issue to be addressed. Used properly this completely prevents stinky man nuts, and I work outside, physically, underwearless in florida. This is one of the gag gifts I’ve given to my son for Christmas over the years. Can’t speak to its efficacy, though. ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-casual-pants-for-a-fat-girl-that-wont-cause-crotch-stink-after-8-hours/574184/94 "2011-03-14T01:15:14Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > From hiking, which hikers use a lot of synthetics and tend to avoid cotton, I can say that synthetics get stinky and sometimes stay stinky through the wash cycle. It is fairly well known in that hikers will sometimes discuss how best to clean them. Baking soda. ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-casual-pants-for-a-fat-girl-that-wont-cause-crotch-stink-after-8-hours/574184/95 "2011-03-14T01:24:59Z")
> [@Rysdad](#): > > This is one of the gag gifts I’ve given to my son for Christmas over the years. Can’t speak to its efficacy, though. I use it nearly every day in the hotter months. It works exactly as advertised. No stanky balls, chafing, or monkey butt of any sort. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-casual-pants-for-a-fat-girl-that-wont-cause-crotch-stink-after-8-hours/574184/96 "2011-03-14T01:52:44Z")
> [@tumbleddown](#): > > Natural fibers, check. Proper fit, check. Both good plans. I strongly suggest against applications of either cornstarch or talcum. Both are ill-advised to be used in close contact with the female genitalia. Baking soda, on the other hand, does work for both moisture and odor issues, as a dusting powder all over the body, in all the various creases. I’d also advise against antiperspirant between the thighs for the same reason, but Body Glide or silicone lubricants work nicely. ([Some good advice is here](http://frocksandfroufrou.com/2010/12/perfect-girls-need-not-apply/).) Um, I’m not that educated when it comes to chemistry, but isn’t corn starch pH neutral? I’d be much more cautious about getting baking soda up in my hooter, sodium bicarb being an acid neutralizer and all. I’m pretty sure you don’t want to mess with the pH there. Please correct me if I’m wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-casual-pants-for-a-fat-girl-that-wont-cause-crotch-stink-after-8-hours/574184/97 "2011-03-14T10:47:24Z")
I heartily endorse bbq sauce, or perhaps honey mustard. You won’t have to worry about stink, and the mons makes a handy bowl for dipping. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-casual-pants-for-a-fat-girl-that-wont-cause-crotch-stink-after-8-hours/574184/98 "2011-03-14T16:29:13Z")
Can all of the haters honestly say you’ve never had swamp ass? Seriously? Not once in your entire life? LIAR! ---
**Author:** ![beartato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9d8465/32.png) [@beartato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beartato)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-casual-pants-for-a-fat-girl-that-wont-cause-crotch-stink-after-8-hours/574184/99 "2011-03-14T16:45:59Z")
> [@StuffLikeThatThere](#): > > But this one is about a problem that a fat person is having. So it’s automatically much more disgusting than any problem a thin person might be having. Well, in this case, yes. If a normal sized person asked the same question, the replies would be simple: natural fabrics instead of manmade, and maybe check with your gyno to make sure it’s all good 'round the hood. It wouldn’t involve fat folds and what may or may not be going on between them. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-casual-pants-for-a-fat-girl-that-wont-cause-crotch-stink-after-8-hours/574184/100 "2011-03-14T16:46:07Z")
I think one of the benefits of regular showers and an 18.3 BMI is not having to deal with “swamp ass.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-casual-pants-for-a-fat-girl-that-wont-cause-crotch-stink-after-8-hours/574184.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-casual-pants-for-a-fat-girl-that-wont-cause-crotch-stink-after-8-hours/574184.md?page=6)