Why do straight men have such poor hygiene?

It's called man stank!

Apropos of nothing, a few weeks ago I stood on the side of the road as a peloton of international cyclists passed during the world road cycling world championships. They smelled AMAZING.

I'm surprised. Fresh perspiration does not smell.

R2 are you saying they smelled amazing because of the funk?

They sound hot, OP. Did you present hole?

Because when I wash my ass hole I get hard.

R4 There was a good hundred cyclists who whooshed by in a sea of pheromones. They smelled healthy, sweaty and very male.

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Because being overly neat isn't seen as manly?

Laziness, and what R9 said. Straight men now equate hygiene and not being a slob with 'gay'.

I rarely encounter this anymore, even with foreigners. I guess they know if they don't shower they're not getting any pussy. But then they overdo it and put 1/4 cup of cologne on.

I passed a guy looking at his phone the other day and he smelled like a dirty ashtray.

Why is straight me so stupid?

A friend, gay men, was living with various straight male roommates in student days and I remember him saying all the time how men have this strong smell and how they stink.

It's called musk, dear.

To keep kaweens like you away.

Sounds hot

OP, we're the men just getting off work after a long day laboring, i.e. Construction workers, etc? You weren't very clear. I've been around a group of laborers knocking back a few and shooting the breeze after a full day, they can definitely smell, they don't go right home and shower, they go out with their buddies for a few laughs and unwind. I like laborers, but only after a bath or shower, and no colognes or fragrances afterwards, I like them natural Smelling, much more sexy... :-)

Personal hygiene ranking among men: gay men> straight men > non-binaries. Showering once a day or more > showering "when necessary" > toothbrushes are equivalent to conforming to the straight gaze

[quote]I sat near a table of blue collar men workers in their late twenties, thirties, through forties and boy were they ripe!

[quote]Not that I'm complaining.

What, then, is the problem?

Americans are obsessed with showering and scrubbing multiple times a day and for what purpose? Moral cleanliness?

A man who has been wearing the same clothes for 14 hours, who has been working, maybe in and out of heat and air conditioning is going to smell more like a man and less like his shampoo and body wash brands. There are worse things in life. A step back solves that sort of problem, if indeed it's a problem.

It's not a feat of magic to discern the difference between a man who showered yesterday whose armpits are sweaty and a man who hasn't washed his ass or anything else in two weeks. Americans seem to live in fear that an hour after showering, after having done nothing more exerting than picking out a cute outfit and slathering oneself with lotions and unguents and scents that it is almost time to repeat the whole process before one gets too stinky again. Too stinky of what? Moisturizer and shampoo and body scrub?

I have a very good sense of smell and it doesn't bother me that men smell of their accumulated sweat and accretions, nor women for that matter. All dogs have a smell, some more pronounced and unpleasant than others, but if we're not sleeping in the same bed, it doesn't make much difference no matter how many dogs I encounter in a day. I give my dog a bath when he goes too far to the right on the Dog Smell---Dog Stink meter. I don't scrub try to scrub him down to the molecular level like I'm cleaning up a crime scene.

Fair points R19

Yum!