TMI

[desh]

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.

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I shower about every other day, more if I'm exercising / going to the gym or it's warm out or I sweated. I rarely get smelly, honestly no one would notice if I showered only twice a week. I wash my feet and other critical areas every day, though, before going to bed. I wash my hair twice a week, because otherwise it gets really dry and my scalp gets flaky. I can't shower more than 2-3 times a week in winter or I'll get horribly dry and itchy skin but I can take a bath if I put some kind of moisturizing oil in it. You would think from my response to this survey you'd think I"m a dirty hippie and really, I'm so NOT a dirty hippie.