Are men really dirtier than women?

[Art]

Well, as you probably know, the words "testament" and "testify" derive from the word "testes", meaning "testicles".
This refers to the ancient custom that when males made vows and contracts with each other, they did by placing their hand upon the other guy's genitalia, or at least some part of those.
This custom is euphemized in the Bible as "placing the hand on the other's thigh". Some Indonesian peoples (I think) still use this way to solemnize treaties.
Needless to say, we've euphemized this old practice into giving each other just a good hand-shake.
Of course, I personally wouldn't mind too much if this custom was to be revived in its old form in modern day Western culture; I merely pointed out that the intimacy transferral connected with unwashing might not be wanted by the majority of Westerners today..

Didn't the tradition of shaking hands come about, like saluting, as a way to show you were not carrying a weapon.

 

[Andy]

I would rather shake someone's hand than their weapon.

 

[revelator]

I wonder if it was actually a shaking of the next guys weapon, or just a good grasping. The idea of shaking it seems ludicrous.

 

[Poncho]

I wonder if it was actually a shaking of the next guys weapon, or just a good grasping. The idea of shaking it seems ludicrous.

I think they should shake and hum while they're doing it, too.

 

[The_Professional]

I'm sure if that article says: Are women dirtier than men? these feministas are going ballistic.

Additionally, watch most commercials men are always portrayed as incompetent yutz who can't take care of themselves.

 

[Moonbear]

I'm sure if that article says: Are women dirtier than men? these feministas are going ballistic.

So, why are so many men here trying to defend not washing their hands rather than demonstrating that they are not as dirty as the article suggests? I think the title was meant to get a reaction, so I was actually a little surprised that there were so many responsese actually trying to defend NOT washing hands rather than jumping up and pointing out that of course they wash their hands every time, or complaining that you have to skip it because there aren't enough sinks, or something to contradict the article.

Additionally, watch most commercials men are always portrayed as incompetent yutz who can't take care of themselves.

Those annoy me too. There was one commercial for one of those flsuhable toilet cleaning products that had a group of men sitting around watching a football game and talking as if they were at a tea party about how nicely the toilet sparkles and how easy it was to use that product. It was done totally tongue-in-cheek though, so still didn't break the stereotype, it just used the stereotype to be humorous. I actually wrote to one department store and complained about their ads that portrayed men as totally incompetent to take care of children and portrayed the women as shop-a-holics. I was more bothered by the way they portrayed the men in that one, mostly because they were trying to advertise a sale, so of course you're going to show someone loving shopping, but there was no need to show the men at home in the midst of a child-created disaster area crying, "Where's your mother?!" It's like those who call it babysitting when a father stays home to watch his children...um...no...it's parenting.

 

[Gabrielle]

Has everyone washed their hands at least five times today?

 

[Andy]

I can remember washing my hands 7 times before i had a bath.

 

[honestrosewater]

I probably wash my hands at least once every 1-2 hours while I'm awake. I probably don't wash my hands very often while I'm asleep - unless I'm sleepwalking... hmmm...

 

[matthyaouw]

Much more. As a general rule, I'll wash them every time I use the loo, prepare food, handle my pets or do anything else that may make them dirty (today's labwork for example.) Probably washed them more than 15 times today.