Men Need To Step Up To Sink, Docs Say

[Pool_Shark]

http://www.newsnet5.com/health/14134199/detail.html

I've brought this up here before and someone accused me of having OCD because I refuse to touch bathroom door handles in public restrooms or eat open food at a get together unless I get there first.


12 Percent Of Women Don't Wash Hands After Using Toilet

POSTED: 4:11 pm EDT September 17, 2007


CHICAGO -- The gender gap has widened when it comes to hygiene, according to the latest stakeout by the "hand-washing police."

One-third of men didn't bother to wash after using the bathroom, compared with 12 percent of women, said the researchers who spy on people in public restrooms.

They reported their latest findings Monday at a meeting of infectious disease scientists.

Two years ago, the last time the survey was done, only one-quarter of men didn't wash, compared with 10 percent of women.

"Guys need to step up to the sink," said Brian Sansoni, spokesman for the Soap and Detergent Association, which co-sponsors the survey and related education campaigns.

The latest study was based on observations last month of more than 6,000 people in four big cities.

Frequent hand washing is the single best thing people can do to avoid getting sick, from colds and the flu to germs lurking in food, doctors say.

A recent Harris Interactive survey found 92 percent of Americans said they usually or always wash up after using the bathroom. But researchers for the American Society for Microbiology found that only 77 percent actually do, when it comes to public restrooms. That's a 6 percent decline from a similar study in 2005.

The dirty details:

# Atlanta's Turner Field baseball stadium again was the worst. Only 57 percent of guys there washed up, compared to 95 percent of women.
# New York was second to Chicago in cleanliness. In restrooms at the Windy City's Shedd Aquarium and Museum of Science and Industry, 81 percent of men and women combined washed their hands, compared to 79 percent at the Big Apple's Penn and Grand Central train stations.
# At San Francisco's Ferry Terminal Farmers Market, 62.5 percent of men lathered up. Women did better, with 84 percent.

Microbiologist Judy Daly of Primary Children's Medical Center in Salt Lake City, who led the study, suggested carrying sanitizer gels and wipes in case the means to wash your hands aren't handy.

"These are a marvelous addition to plain soap and water," she said.

Telephone surveys by the research firm Harris Interactive show little shift in attitudes over previous polls in 2003 and 2005. The latest was of 1,001 adults from Aug. 17-20.

Nearly three-fourths of Americans said they always wash up after changing a diaper, 78 percent said they do so after handling or eating food; 42 percent after petting a dog or cat, 25 percent after handling money, and 34 percent after coughing or sneezing.

[MaddenMuscle]

good

[2coop]

pee is sterile...

[Mitcheh]

I don't wash if I just pee

[KennyK]

why bother

i know where my dick has been

[ChicagoCubz]

Wash hands?
Never heard of it.

[user34566548717114]

all those products are crap except for maybe NO-Shotgun but it blew up my liver enzyme tests lol

nothing in life is free

I just stick to a cup of coffee if I am tired and I'll have a bronkaid if I want to cut down (E/C stack)

[wanaBsedated]

Originally Posted by 2coop

pee is sterile...

Yeah but your cock isnt. Strong thought process.

I'm gonna go with the experts on this one lol.

[Mitcheh]

Originally Posted by wanaBsedated

Yeah but your cock isnt. Strong thought process.

I'm gonna go with the experts on this one lol.

So is a penis less sterile than say... My arm?
If so, why?

[wanaBsedated]

Originally Posted by KennyK

why bother

i know where my dick has been

So you can see bacteria?

[wanaBsedated]

Originally Posted by Mitcheh

So is a penis less sterile than say... My arm?
If so, why?

your penis sits in a dark, warm moist UN-sterile place inches away from your *******.

You dont think fecal matter/bacteria makes it to your cock and festers in the crease of your legs,sweat?

Why do you think cock smell can be such a problem for teh girls?

Lol.. why did I have to explain that?

Not only does it prevent desease being spread to others.. but also to yourself.

[Cosmonaut]

Bah, i know men have an excuse to not wash but wtf is up with 12% women???

[user34566548717114]

you got an immune system for a reason pussy....evolution didn't harden your pathetic a$$ for thousands upon thousands of years killing off lesser mortals for you to be a sissy your whole life....

and if you want REALLY dirty go check out money (yes the green stuff you handle everyday) that has perhaps more nasty crap on it then any other substance you will contact on a daily basis...face it germs are everywhere

[KennyK]

Originally Posted by wanaBsedated

So you can see bacteria?

yes.


did i mention that i'm from Krypton?

[wanaBsedated]

Originally Posted by dvv

you got an immune system for a reason pussy....evolution didn't harden your pathetic a$$ for thousands upon thousands of years killing off lesser mortals for you to be a sissy your whole life....

Lol..your immune system isnt bulletproof.

"the single best thing you can do to prevent illness is to wash your hands".. this is coming from people who are the best experts on the immune system our society currently offers.

Exposure to infectious material is playing roulet..your immune system can get overtaxed..some infections like infections caused by the same bacteria FOUND in POOP..and on your cock.. have to be fought off in different ways, cause infection much easier. WHat happens when you eat a bad taco made by the guy who never washes his hands at tacobell? EVERYONE KNOWS.

I dont see why this is hard for people to understand.

[wanaBsedated]

Originally Posted by KennyK

yes.


did i mention that i'm from Krypton?

DAMN, well I need to stop arguing then lol..

RUNSSSSSSSSSSS out of this thread

[Iraq Attaq]

I don't piss on my hands.

[wanaBsedated]

Originally Posted by Iraq Attaq

I don't piss on my hands.

see post 11, bye.

[user34566548717114]

Originally Posted by wanaBsedated

Lol..your immune system isnt bulletproof.

"the single best thing you can do to prevent illness is to wash your hands".. this is coming from people who are the best experts on the immune system our society currently offers.

Exposure to infectious material is playing roulet..your immune system can get overtaxed..some infections like infections caused by the same bacteria FOUND in POOP..and on your cock.. have to be fought off in different ways, cause infection much easier. WHat happens when you eat a bad taco made by the guy who never washes his hands at tacobell? EVERYONE KNOWS.

I dont see why this is hard for people to understand.

oh you SHOULD wash your hands but I'm not going to prance around my entire existance worry about if the guy who just made my double cheeseburger is the most sanitary person on the planet....

[sublime99212]

i dont even wipe, or hold my penis. so no need to wash my hands

[2coop]

Originally Posted by wanaBsedated

Yeah but your cock isnt. Strong thought process.

I'm gonna go with the experts on this one lol.

blv me my COCK is the most clean place on my body....it doesnt get any action (well at least for the last few years) and its never exposed to ****...so yes...clean...



if anyone is scared of bacteria they should /themselves.....bacteria is unavoidable...and using antibacterial agents all the time only hurts the bodys natural immune system and its natural flora

[Pool_Shark]

So to all of you who think it's perfectly acceptable to not wash your hands:

If a guy you don't know, or do know for that matter, comes up to you while you're eating your burger, and before he extends his hand, he reaches into his pants and fondles his penis and testicles, are you still going to shake his hand and continue eating?

[brettf2]

Originally Posted by Pool_Shark

So to all of you who think it's perfectly acceptable to not wash your hands:

If a guy you don't know, or do know for that matter, comes up to you while you're eating your burger, and before he extends his hand, he reaches into his pants and fondles his penis and testicles, are you still going to shake his hand and continue eating?

Probably wouldn't be any worse than touching a doorknob or handling money, its just the gross connotations we associate with touching ones penis that would deter us more so than the other situations.

And washing your hands after going to the urinal isn't for the sole purpose of washing away germs from your penis, but bacteria that you have been accumulating on your hands since they were last washed. Most people wouldn't wash their hands at all unless this routine was formed.

[Slaughterm]

I always wash my hands before I eat after I watched some documentry about hook worms. It showed these nasty maggot like worms crawling around inside someone, then said that like 90% of all kids in the US have or had them and may not know it. They're spread through their eggs, the mother hook worms crawl out your ass at night and lays eggs around your anus, then you itch your ass getting the eggs on your hands. Whatever you then touch transfers the eggs. Now consider some 90% of kids have these, their eggs are probably everywhere.

[shiv15]

I wash my hands maybe 10% of the time after I piss. When I **** 100% though

[Pool_Shark]

Originally Posted by brettf2

Probably wouldn't be any worse than touching a doorknob or handling money, its just the gross connotations we associate with touching ones penis that would deter us more so than the other situations.

And washing your hands after going to the urinal isn't for the sole purpose of washing away germs from your penis, but bacteria that you have been accumulating on your hands since they were last washed. Most people wouldn't wash their hands at all unless this routine was formed.

You didn't answer the question.

However, that's why I wash my hands and use hand sanitizer routinely, I have a bottle on my desk at work and I always use it when leaving the bathroom at work.
At bars and restaurants I open the door with the paper towels I used to dry my hands.
I've even had a person take my money, then go make me a burger. I brought it to her attention that money is filthy and she shouldn't touch money then handle food. I took my money back and never ate there again. When I worked fast food we had hand sanitizer stations all over the restaurant, now they wear gloves.

I don't see how anyone can dispute the fact that washing your hands is a good thing to do to help prevent the spread of infections.

I forgot, for those who talk about hand sanitizers not working, they have issued many recent reports that state hand sanitizers are effective at killing between 90-100% of germs, they listed the good vs bad and effectiveness of each, it was based on testing for germs prior to using it and testing again after.

[CEO Alex]

I wash my hands.....then I simply grab the towel and use it to open the door prior to throwing it away.

[RavenStorm]

I get sick about once a year.

I never wash my hands ever. (unless I'm going to eat afterwards)

[J-Bol]

Originally Posted by Pool_Shark

You didn't answer the question.

However, that's why I wash my hands and use hand sanitizer routinely, I have a bottle on my desk at work and I always use it when leaving the bathroom at work.
At bars and restaurants I open the door with the paper towels I used to dry my hands.
I've even had a person take my money, then go make me a burger. I brought it to her attention that money is filthy and she shouldn't touch money then handle food. I took my money back and never ate there again. When I worked fast food we had hand sanitizer stations all over the restaurant, now they wear gloves.

I don't see how anyone can dispute the fact that washing your hands is a good thing to do to help prevent the spread of infections.

I forgot, for those who talk about hand sanitizers not working, they have issued many recent reports that state hand sanitizers are effective at killing between 90-100% of germs, they listed the good vs bad and effectiveness of each, it was based on testing for germs prior to using it and testing again after.

What a pathetic way to live.

[Slaughterm]

Originally Posted by CEO Alex

I wash my hands.....then I simply grab the towel and use it to open the door prior to throwing it away.

I do that too, no point in washing your hands if you're gonna touch a handle that 100's of people who pissed and didn't wash their hands just touched.