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Single males between the ages of 18 and 25 change their bed sheets about four times a year, according to a new survey that should surprise no one who ever met a male in that age range.
The 2,000-person survey, conducted
by British mattress seller Ergoflex UK, found that one fifth of
respondents didn't change their sheets more often because they "didn't
care." 17 percent of single male respondents said
potential partners were "put off" by their unclean bed sheets, which
apparently still wasn't enough to make them care. And most male
respondents -- almost half -- admitted to only having one set of sheets.
And how did the female respondents fare? Of those who claimed to
change their sheets at least weekly, 62 percent were female. Women also
owned an average of three sets of sheets.
But perhaps the most disturbing detail of the survey isn't the lack
of personal hygiene of these infrequent sheet-changers, but the fact
that they are inflicting dirtiness on their guests. Only 32 percent of
respondents said they changed guest bed sheets after guests had stayed
over, with two-thirds of respondents saying they didn't even change the
sheets after "several guests" had slept in them.
"We were quite alarmed at the apparent lack of basic hygiene from
some respondents," said Jed MacEwan, managing director of Ergoflex UK.
"Unclean bed sheets contain the tens of thousands of dead skin cells
that we shed every night, and by going months without cleaning them
you're risking some distinctly unpleasant consequences every time you go
to bed."
That's right: "distinctly unpleasant consequences."
Source: isciencetimes
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