[Robin29588]

I guess it really revolves around the definition of clean. If you define clean in terms of the absence of dirt, then it is easy to see why some people might think a daily bath is unnecessary. When you wear long-sleeved shirts and long pants, basically the parts of your body that are likely to get dirty are your hands and face, as they are the only exposed parts. Hands and faces are generally washed more frequently than the rest of the body, anyway. So becaue the other parts are less exposed, they get less dirty and have less need to be washed. If you define clean as not only having an absence of dirt, but also an absence of odor, then many people by nature ‘need’ a bath every day in order to be adequately clean. However, some people seem to sweat only minimally and therefore don’t become odorous as quickly as others. Combine that with the fact that most marketed soaps basically rob your skin of moisture, drying it out and making too-frequent bathing almost painful for some with sensitive skin, and you can see that there are reasons people might think a daily bath is unnecessary.

Shaving is a different issue. A clean-shaven face is more the rule than a full beard, as a full beard requires some dedication to grow, not to mention time. Dedication toward keeping yourself presentable, either through shaving daily or maintaining a well-groomed beard, garners respect. An unshaven, stubbly face represents a middle ground between these societal standards of presentability and seems to convey a notion that the man either lacks the dedication to grow a beard and stick with that decision or lacks the dedication to shave daily to keep himself presentable. A stubbly face, thus, may appear to be an unacceptable middle ground that may convey a sense that the man is lazy because he refuses to put in the required effort or dedication to choose and stick with one of the two societally preferred facial grooming options.

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Name : Robin29588, Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 25, City : Pittsburgh, State : PA, Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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