Your Mother Was Serious About Clean Underwear

You’ve undoubtedly heard from your grandmother as well as your mother that you should always wear clean underwear in case you were in an accident. Many people have been glad that they followed this edict from those who cared about them when they were in some sort of accident.

The truth is that you mother was right about having you wear clean underwear, but there is more than one reason why this is important. Before we discuss clean underwear, let’s examine the definition of underwear.

Socks, bras, undershirts, boxers, briefs, panties, and underwear, are all included in the definition of underwear. It can be stated that the majority of people wear clean underwear every day usually to maintain good personal hygiene. But what is meant by good personal hygiene and how does underwear effect good hygiene?

Sanitary and good personal hygiene is basically in the eye of the beholder. For instance, there are some who believe that thongs are unsanitary. Their reasoning is that the thong lies in closer proximity to particular areas of the body. What they do not take into consideration is the hygiene of the person wearing the thongs. If that person bathes regularly, and wipes correctly following all restroom usage, there is absolutely no reason why a thong would be more or less sanitary than any other underwear.

So now that we have a clear definition of underwear and have discussed some of the controversy surrounding it, now the ultimate questions: what is the reasoning for wearing clean underwear? First and foremost, underwear carry our personal and natural body odors with them. So if you want to smell good and fresh every day, you need to wear clean underwear.

Human beings have various fluids and moistures that secrete from our bodies throughout the day. Sweat is one of the biggest examples of these. And like every secretion, sweat stinks to most people and it creates and unpleasant odor when it forms.

We also release natural oils and bacteria when we secrete. Some areas and some people secrete more than others. Also depending on the time of year, or the time of the month, you may secrete more or less. Therefore washing our underwear and cleaning it in a good laundry detergent after each wear not only makes it smell good, but keep it bacteria and germ free.

Of course, fecal matter is loaded with germs as well as bacteria, but not all people have that much fecal matter in their underwear, but if some is there, that too brings unsanitary conditions to the wearer and of course, it also creates odor. Because fecal matter may be so tiny as to not be seen by the human eye, changing to clean underwear daily is very important.

Remember back in high school what your gym clothes smelled like after being put away in your locker dirty? Remember what the gym smelled like? If this is not a great reason to wear clean underwear then I do not know what is. Gym socks were the worst, as I recall, and that’s because we not only sweat from our underarms, but our feet tend to sweat a lot! So, see your mother was right about clean underwear after all!

Dorthy Weatherbush always encourages her kids to wear clean under garments and especially clean socks. She buys them plenty of socks from Maryland Square every year. At Maryland Square she can buy socks for her daughter, sons and husband and have them delivered straight to her front door.