NSTworld: The study found 14.6 per cent of men did not wash their hands at all after using the bathroom and 35.1 per cent wet their hands but did not use soap, compared to 7.1 per cent and 15.1 per cent of women, respectively.
Health officials around the world advise that deliberate, regular handwashing is one of the best weapons against the virus which causes a flu-like respiratory illness that can kill and has spread to around 80 countries.
After author Sathnam Sanghera complained on Twitter about “grown,” “educated” men in the British Library toilets not washing their hands, the library responded, putting up additional signs reminding patrons to wash their hands in men’s and women’s bathrooms. “Women wash their hands significantly more often, use soap more often, and wash their hands somewhat longer than men,” according to a 2013 Michigan State University field study conducted by research assistants who observed nearly 4,000 people in restrooms around East Lansing, Michigan.
Since the virus’s spread, he’s seen an uptick in men’s handwashing at work, he noted. “I, for the record, do wash my hands all the time,” he added.
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