desh ([personal profile] desh) wrote2009-09-25 12:22 pm

TMI

OK, yeah, I'm actually curious. And it's been way too long since my last poll.

[Poll #1462446]
(If you take baths often enough that they affect the average, please feel free to count them as well.)

I read once that the average is 8 for men, 9 for women. I think most of my friends are around 4-5. Full disclosure: I'm at 6. Poll prompted in part by this advice column question and answer.

EDIT: Most interesting thing about these results so far, assuming I'm correct on my friends' gender identities, is that 35% of the men (5/14) shower over once a week, but only 5% (1/20) of the women do. And the rest of the data also skew way higher for men (mean of 7.1 vs. 5.1, with a std dev of 1.9 for each group). Clearly what I heard previously about the average being higher for women is way off among my friends.

[identity profile] claire.livejournal.com 2009-09-25 04:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I take a shower roughly once every 2 days. I'd love for it to be more often, but my skin really dries out if I shower daily.

Of course this is only a rough estimate, if I'm doing hard physical work or it's really hot, I'll just live with the itchy skin and shower more often.