Body hygiene, barrier gestures: these colossal differences between men and women

Some pictures have a hard life...sometimes.Although men are very concerned about their intimate hygiene, they are less looking at than women concerning their bodily cleanliness.And as proof, among the quarter French who do not wash every day, men are over-represented.Thus, 24% of gentlemen, all the same, take a shower only 2 times a week, against 15% of women.Likewise, 94% of French women change their underwear daily, compared to 73% of men **.

Differences that are also found, unfortunately, on the side of barriers' gestures.According to a survey carried out in September 2021 by Ifop, women respect them much more than gentlemen.

Women are washing their hands more often

After going to the toilet

Despite the COVVI-19 pandemic, 24% of French people do not systematically wash their hands after having gone to the toilet (against 20% of Europeans).And this proportion culminates at 28% in men, against 21% of women.

After having shot

Same observation concerning the fact of cleaning your hands after having hired.Only 21% of gentlemen systematically engage in this exercise, compared to 32% of women (a percentage identical to that of the European average).

Before cooking

Likewise, 80% of women wash their hands before preparing to eat, against only 71% of men.When they go to the table, on the other hand, both sexes are cleaned in similar proportions (62% of women vs 59% of men).

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Men respect the barriers less

They cover each other less mouth and nose when they cough

While covering your mouth and nose when you cough or sneezes is a fundamental barrier gesture, only 47% of gentlemen indulge in the opposite, 59% of women have taken this habit, everythingLike 61% of Europeans, all sexes combined.

They shake hands more

Men are also more likely to shake hands with people they know.12% of them still follow this ritual against only 6% of women.On the side of the kiss, on the other hand, both sexes are tied: 12% do it to their loved ones (against 10% for the European average).

The particular case of sexual intercourse

In terms of sexuality, on the other hand, the phenomenon is reversed!84% of men wash their hands before making somersaults (31% systematically) against only 72% of women (24% each time).

* IFOP study for XLOVECAM carried out with 5,039 people aged 18 and over, made up of a representative sample of the Italian, Spanish, French, German and British population, from September 21 to 27, 2021.

** Figures from an investigation by IFOP for Diogenes France, February 2020.