# 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:** 3
**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, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989/41 "2007-04-20T23:39:50Z")
[QUOTE=Rigamarole] Emphasis on the “repeat”. [/QUOTE] A family was in the woods, having a picnic. The little boy came to his dad and said “i gotta pee, and there’s no bathroom”. “Just go behind a bush” 'What? I don’t know how" Dad say’s, sarcastically “It’s easy, son. One, take it out. Two, pull the skin back. Three, pee. Four, push the skin over it. five, put it away. You’re done.” The kid’s gone for a long time and dad begins to worry so he goes to find his son. As he nears the bush, he hears this littie voice, "two. four, two, four, two… He probably washed when he got home. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989/42 "2007-04-20T23:57:40Z")
[QUOTE=Leviosaurus] 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. [/QUOTE] That’s 'cause you’ve been brain-washed (and don’t even know it). ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989/43 "2007-04-21T01:29:29Z")
I can’t imagine not showering everyday and not including the whole underwear area in the process. In fact, sometimes the second shower of the day is what I call a “strategic” shower. Genitals, butt and armpits only. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989/44 "2007-04-21T01:31:08Z")
[QUOTE=Hung Mung] I use a 2-in-1, all my hair cleansing needs in one convenient bottle. [/QUOTE] So you don’t rinse and repeat? ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989/45 "2007-04-21T01:55:56Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] That’s 'cause you’ve been brain-washed (and don’t even know it). [/QUOTE] I must be “whooshed” here, because I don’t see where where you see Leviosaurus being brain-washed. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989/46 "2007-04-21T02:28:18Z")
[QUOTE=Rigamarole] Can you say, “projection”? [/QUOTE] Before, during, or after washing? 😛 A towel rack perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989/47 "2007-04-21T02:58:50Z")
[QUOTE=yIIa] Not sure how you would not wash it. On the other hand, washing your crack in the back is something that’s easily bypassed, and this was done in my callow youth. [/QUOTE] You just need to present to the shower. If you have a shower head that can be turned to a narrow stream, it hoses things off quite nicely. > [@Sapo](#): > > In fact, sometimes the second shower of the day is what I call a “strategic” shower. Genitals, butt and armpits only. That’s called a “Pits 'n Bits” shower. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989/48 "2007-04-21T03:04:23Z")
[QUOTE=mangeorge] “They stink, and there’s stuff on it.” I don’t think I’ll ask “what stuff”. 😃 Anybody know? [/QUOTE] Sometimes I’m amazed at how quickly my man can get showered and dressed. Then later, when I’m discovering lint, I realize his speed results from skipping the drying part. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989/49 "2007-04-21T03:15:52Z")
[QUOTE=mangeorge] I must be “whooshed” here, because I don’t see where where you see Leviosaurus being brain-washed. :dubious: [/QUOTE] It’s a joke related to the fact that he overheard women talking about how to finagle their men into bathing and the fact that he said he washes everyday. Not that _hard_ really. Oops. ---
**Author:** ![DustyButt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc348/32.png) [@DustyButt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DustyButt)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989/50 "2007-04-21T03:19:38Z")
I just walked in… So we’re talking about knob polishing, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989/51 "2007-04-21T03:27:51Z")
“Penis” was not anywhere on my list of expected body parts for this thread. I understand that some people neglect to wash the _spot_ – and that’s bad enough. But how do you skip _that?_ It’s not hard to reach, it’s not uncomfortable to touch, and it gets all _manky_ if you don’t clean it – especially if you use it from time to time. 😕 Then again, I remember an episode of _Happy Days_ that I saw around 1977, where the suggestion that Arthur Fonzerelli’s grooming routine involved cleaning his tongue was treated as an absurd joke. (“You brush your _tongue?_ Ewww!”) Uhhhh… okay. Just clean _around_ it, then. Whatever makes you happy, compost-breath. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised if there are guys walking around out there cultivating tempeh in their tighty-whities. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989/52 "2007-04-21T03:44:59Z")
If your not cut, you pretty much have to. Or not get any oral for the rest of your life. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989/53 "2007-04-21T04:10:11Z")
Quoting a male friend: “It’s my dick, I’ll wash it as long as I want to!” (I’m female. I have no experience with men who do not wash often and thoroughly.) ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989/54 "2007-04-21T04:34:31Z")
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth] Lather. Rinse. Repeat. [/QUOTE] Well, if you’re _really_ following those instructions, you’ll never finish. They’re written as an endless loop. ---
**Author:** ![Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989/55 "2007-04-21T04:47:34Z")
I wash it at least once a day, and feel that towels are too harsh. I prefer to be blown dry. FML ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989/56 "2007-04-21T05:25:12Z")
RADIO EDIT ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989/57 "2007-04-21T06:49:10Z")
[QUOTE=Full Metal Lotus] I prefer to be blown dry. [/QUOTE] Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter. ---
**Author:** ![This\_ll\_Do](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/this_ll_do/32/3023_2.png) [@This\_ll\_Do](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/This_ll_Do)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989/58 "2007-04-21T10:08:45Z")
[woman here] I’m big on personal hygiene, and I like my partner clean, too. On the occasion that my guy wants get snuggly without bathing (“I just had a shower this mooorning!”) I find that offering to join him in the shower seems to banish the reluctance. I don’t know about men in general washing their peerless parts (certainly they’re very clean when _I’m_ through washing them 😃 ), but I had a male roommate once who showered only a couple of times a week. If he had a date, he’d add an extra shower on the special night. He worked in _construction_! I don’t know how he ever got women to go out with him. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989/59 "2007-04-21T13:05:13Z")
Since this is basically a poll, I’ll move it to **IMHO** for you. **Cajun Man** for the SDMB ---
**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 21, 2007, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989/60 "2007-04-21T13:12:31Z")
[QUOTE=Cajun Man] Since this is basically a poll, I’ll move it to **IMHO** for you. **Cajun Man** for the SDMB [/QUOTE] Hey **Cajun Man** , I think you misspelled “pole.” Tax season makes me nuts! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-wash-your/400989.md?page=4)