Do women wash hands more often than men ?
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Women wash hands more often than men
Women are better than men when it comes to washing their hands in public toilets. This is according to a new study from the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). It monitored the washing habits of thousands of people in restrooms in four major U.S. cities. It found 90 percent of women washed their hands, compared with 75 percent of men. A separate telephone survey revealed that people perhaps lie about how hygienic they are: 97 percent of women and 96 percent of men said they always wash their hands after using a public restroom.
Dr. Judy Daly of the ASM advised: “One of the most effective tools in preventing the spread of infection is at our fingertips. The single most important thing we can do to keep from getting sick and spreading illness to others is to clean our hands.” She explained that cold and flu viruses are spread by hands more often than through the air from sneezing. However, the study found only 42 percent wash after petting a dog or cat, 32 percent after coughing or sneezing and 21 percent after handling money. Banknotes and coins are full of illness-causing bacteria.
Questions:
- Do you wash you hands every time you go to the toilet?
- What do you think of public toilets?
- Do you have a special routine every time you use a public toilet?
- What is the worst public toilet you have ever used?
- What do you think of toilets in other countries?
- Why do you think women are more hygienic than men?
- Do you think people in your country are very hygienic?
Read the passage and do exercises
1. TRUE / FALSE: Look at the article’s headline and guess whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F):
| a. | Women wash their hands too much. | T / F |
| b. | A study looked at hygiene habits in American lavatories. | T / F |
| c. | Only 35 percent of American men wash their hands in public toilets. | T / F |
| d. | People sometimes lie about how hygienic they are. | T / F |
| e. | A doctor recommended buying tools to prevent infections. | T / F |
| f. | The most important way of staying healthy is to take medicine. | T / F |
| g. | Most colds are spread through people sneezing. | T / F |
| h. | Banknotes and coins are full of illness-causing bacteria. | T / F |
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
| a. | toilets | fib |
| b. | study | wash |
| c. | monitored | suggested |
| d. | revealed | stroking |
| e. | lie | watched |
| f. | advised | stopping |
| g. | preventing | lavatories |
| h. | clean | showed |
| i. | petting | touching |
| j. | handling | report |
กิจกรรมเสนอแนะ
MEN vs. WOMEN: Discuss the arguments below with a partner. Talk for just two minutes, before moving on to the next partner and debate. Student A agrees with the first argument, Student B, the second.
- Women are cleaner than men. vs. Men have better personal hygiene habits.
- Men are more intelligent than women. vs. Women are more intelligent.
- Women are funnier than men. vs. Men are much better at telling jokes.
- Men are more honest than women. vs. Women are more honest than men.
- Women are better dressed than men. vs. Men have a better sense of style.
- Men are more interesting than women. vs. Women are more interesting.
- Women are more sensible than men. vs. Men have more common sense.
- Men are kinder than women. vs. Women are kinder than men.
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