Jen Gunter Instagram – I took a deep dive into the disinformation behind the false claim that bras cause breast cancer. It is a great (sad?) example of Brandolini’s law (the amount of energy needed to refute bullsh*t is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it).
The hypothesis is bizarre
It is not supported by evidence based medicine, rather based on anecdote, a lack of understanding of bras and lymphatics, an unpublished uncontrolled and unblinded survey, and a predatory journal.
Also, when I wrote about the myth back in 2015 the originator of it, Sydney Ross Singer, called me a shill for lingerie and and hoped I got breast cancer. Nice.
Anyone who spreads this disinformation is cruel. Hope you head over to TheVajenda.com to see how this started, how propagated, and how despite science to show it’s wrong, this myth just will not go away. | Posted on 02/Aug/2024 12:07:12
