# Men, do you wash your, **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 20, 2007, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989 "2007-04-20T20:12:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989/1 "2007-04-20T20:12:21Z")
yep, your penis. Many (okay, a few) women have told me that a lot of men seemingly don’t. One woman very recently brought it up (heh heh) so I decided that, having no personal experience, I’d ask. Me? I can’t imagine not washing. Input from knowledgible women is welcome. Peace, Happy Earth Day, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989/2 "2007-04-20T20:13:03Z")
How can you not? I mean, it’s RIGHT THERE! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989/3 "2007-04-20T20:13:29Z")
Of course. Sometimes I even wash other people’s penises for fun and pleasure. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989/4 "2007-04-20T20:28:44Z")
Seemingly don’t? ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989/5 "2007-04-20T20:29:50Z")
Hell, sometimes it takes longer to wash that than everything else put together. Is that wrong? ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989/6 "2007-04-20T20:37:35Z")
Yes. Couldn’t imagine not doing so. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989/7 "2007-04-20T20:39:05Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] Hell, sometimes it takes longer to wash that than everything else put together. [/QUOTE] I scrub and scrub and scrub and scrub and scrub and scrub and scrub and scrub and scrubandscrubandscrubandscrubandscruband and then I want a cigarette. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989/8 "2007-04-20T20:39:07Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] Hell, sometimes it takes longer to wash that than everything else put together. Is that wrong? [/QUOTE] Maybe, but who wants to be right all the time? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989/9 "2007-04-20T20:42:30Z")
I agree with this: > [@](#): > > How can you not? I mean, it’s RIGHT THERE! Besides which, before some activities I will wash ONLY my penis. After all, who wants to intimately associate themselves with someone else’s body part that’s been smothered inside layers of clothes in a sweat-intensive part of the body for several hours beforehand? Seems only common courtesy, if you’ve got the time. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989/10 "2007-04-20T20:46:07Z")
[QUOTE=Bear\_Nenno] Seemingly don’t? [/QUOTE] “They stink, and there’s stuff on it.” I don’t think I’ll ask “what stuff”. 😃 Anybody know? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989/11 "2007-04-20T20:47:14Z")
[QUOTE=Rigamarole] Of course. Sometimes I even wash other people’s penises for fun and pleasure. [/QUOTE] Not for profit? ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989/12 "2007-04-20T20:47:28Z")
I can’t imagine _NOT_ washing Mr. Happy. Frequently. Extensively. I’ll be back in a while. Don’t wait up. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989/13 "2007-04-20T20:49:05Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] I scrub and scrub and scrub and scrub and scrub and scrub and scrub and scrub and scrubandscrubandscrubandscrubandscruband and then I want a cigarette. [/QUOTE] And then does it burn and burn and burn and burn and burn and burn and burn and burn? ETA: Yeah, I do. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989/14 "2007-04-20T20:49:52Z")
[QUOTE=mangeorge] “They stink, and there’s stuff on it.” [/QUOTE] Croutons? ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989/15 "2007-04-20T20:52:20Z")
[QUOTE=BoBettie] How can you not? I mean, it’s RIGHT THERE! :eek: [/QUOTE] I mean actively wash. Incidental run-off doesn’t count. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989/16 "2007-04-20T20:55:04Z")
Whenever possible, I even enlist help. In case there’s a spot I missed. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2007, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989/17 "2007-04-20T20:57:13Z")
Some guys don’t wash particularly well _ANYWHERE_ and I think it’s more pronounced if it’s the man bits, 'cus they can get smelly pretty quick, and you’re more likely to be up close and personal with them, if ya know what I mean. FWIW, the chance of women (well, me anyway) getting up close and personal with your man bits increases dramatically when washing happens regularly… ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989/18 "2007-04-20T20:58:50Z")
[QUOTE=Idle Thoughts] And then does it burn and burn and burn and burn and burn and burn and burn and burn? [/QUOTE] It depends on whether I used enough soap. ---
**Author:** ![Leviosaurus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Leviosaurus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leviosaurus)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989/19 "2007-04-20T21:06:56Z")
Just last week I had occasion to eavesdrop on a conversation a group of female friends were having. They were discussing the different ways they manipulate their menfolk into bathing daily. Most of their men apparently bathe 2-3 times per week, an insuffucuent amount which drove all the ladies nuts. (Not in a good way.) I don’t know what shocked me more - the revelation that lots of guys don’t bathe very often, or the revelation that women do in fact get together and discuss the best ways to manipulate their menfolk. (I always had a sneaking suspicion…) me: Yep, every day. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989/20 "2007-04-20T21:07:39Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] Not for profit? [/QUOTE] Not yet. Hmm, you’ve given me something to think about. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989.md?page=2)