It is almost certain that as a kid growing up, you heard your mother tell you time after time to wear some clean underwear. The older you got, the more she reminded you; of course, in the event of an accident, she didn’t want you to be caught dead in dirty underwear. Many people can thank their mothers for their clean underwear.
Your mother may have sounded crazy then, but there are other reasons why wearing clean underwear is so very important. But first, let’s get a good definition of what underwear is.
Underwear means socks, bras, actual underwear and undershirts for the men. Most people consider clean underwear to be necessary in order to observe strict personal hygiene. But what is strict personal hygiene and what does that have to do with clean underwear?
There is always much debate, though, as to the question of thongs: are they sanitary or aren’t they. Due to the way that they fit on the body, many have suggested that they do not promote good sanitation or hygiene. Others meanwhile have stated that as long as you have goo bathing habits and restroom habits, there is no need to worry about the sanitary nature of thongs.
With our new working definition of underwear, and a little bit of controversy out of the way, we are ready to answer the question: why clean underwear? Well, first of all, wearing clean underwear every day is essential to smelling good. Underwear carries with them our personal and natural body odors which mean that after a day of wearing them, they begin to stink.
We as humans secrete various moistures from our bodies. Sweat is an example of a secretion that our bodies release. While it is a natural occurrence that happens to everyone, sweat does have an odor that is unpleasant to most.
We also release natural oils and bacteria when we secrete. Some areas and some people secrete more than others. Also depending on the time of year, or the time of the month, you may secrete more or less. Therefore washing our underwear and cleaning it in a good laundry detergent after each wear not only makes it smell good, but keep it bacteria and germ free.
Of course, fecal matter is loaded with germs as well as bacteria, but not all people have that much fecal matter in their underwear, but if some is there, that too brings unsanitary conditions to the wearer and of course, it also creates odor. Because fecal matter may be so tiny as to not be seen by the human eye, changing to clean underwear daily is very important.
Remember back in high school what your gym clothes smelled like after being put away in your locker dirty? Remember what the gym smelled like? If this is not a great reason to wear clean underwear then I do not know what is. Gym socks were the worst, as I recall, and that’s because we not only sweat from our underarms, but our feet tend to sweat a lot! So, see your mother was right about clean underwear after all!
