They claimed that white people bath only once a week, which is apparently false.

damn , that is way false and yah i could c how a white person would be offended
sorry o they no know ooo, they must have read it in a Shakespeare book about the rennaisance period or something
I will apologize on the behafe, and welcome to[b] Nairaland [/b] Lexanne

Thank you Seun for clearing that up. Yes it is a false assumption and I felt that being a white woman I simply must defend myself. I wish that I knew where the ones making their false claims got their information. But, As I said before, it is easier to say something negative when that`s what you really want to say perhaps out of hatred for another race. I hate no one and I judge no one. My bath is daily and I would be disgusted if those I associated with weren`t clean. Thank you Josboy for that warm welcome to the forum

The generalizations on this thread is just terrible.
While I don't agree with bathing just twice a week, there's some truth in what the teacher is saying. For women, overwashing privates increases the chance of getting an infection because it kills normal flora whose function is to help fight infection. We need not easily dismiss everything we hear. I suggest people at least talk to a doctor or nurse for better clarification.

Who's read Arms and the Man -- by Bernard Shaw? You should see something about what people believed then.
I think it's as ridiculous as saying we should brush after breakfast -- imagine me eating with my horrible tasting mouth. Ughhh.

yea i dont know how some people eat then go brush their teeth
i just cant do that,

Will you bloody subtards bloody stop being lazy and have your baths twice a fucking day! 4 pages on such a topic? Yeah i typed out Bleep you have a FUCKING problem with that?

You dont even know what the discussion is exactlyd about, and here you are you making assumptions
why not read the four pages first, before making such allegations wawa!!!

Why don't you read the four pages yourself and find out i've posted here far earlier that you and if the topic has changed then a forum rule which states we should keep all posts on topic has been broken and the bum of a mod isn't doing S H I T about it.

hmmn. DR NIA. lol

i bath every blessing day,
what's wrong with that anyway?

i bath every blessing day,
what's wrong with that anyway?

lol

ONE THING I BELIEVE IS THIS

TAKING OUR BATHS EVERYDAY DEPENDS ON OUR SKIN TYPES

THOSE WITH VERY OILY SKINS ARE ADVISED BY DERMATOLOGISTS TO TAKE THEIR BATHS AT LEAST TWICE A DAY, THIS IS DONE TO REDUCE THOSE BREAKOUTS CALLED PIMPLES.

I HAVE NEVER HEARD ABOUT TAKING OUR BATHS ONLY TWICE A WEEK. THATS ABSURD. AND UNTIL THAT SCIENTIST TEACHER PROVES TO ME ADVANTAGE OF TAKING MY BATH TWICE IN A WEEK, I WILL STICK TO MY BATHING TWICE OR THRICE A DAY SEF.

HOPE THAT TEACHER KNOWS THAT OUR SKIN BREATHES THROUGH THE PORES, AND IF WE TAKE OUR BATH ONLY TWICE A WEEK, DONT U THINK THAT DIRT WILL JUST BLOCK THOSE PORES WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME HAZARDS FOR US?

AS FOR WASHING DOWN BELOW, HMMMM, I FEEL U SHOULD WASH IT EVERYTIME U USE THE LADIES O. IT IS SELF CLEANSING AS THEY SAY, BUT I CANT DO WITHOUT WASHING IT ALWAYS THOUGH NOT WITH SOAP ALWAYS SHA, because AS I WAS THOT IN SCHOOL, THERE ARE SOME FRIENDLY BACTERIA THERE WHICH HELPS TO FIGHT THOSE BAD ONES THAT CAUSE CANDIDA AND CO

WHAT IF ITS THE WEEK U DECIDE TO WASH IT ONLY TWICE AND "HE" DECIDES TO GO DOWN BELOW WITH HIS MOUTH ONLY TO PERCIEVE THE SMELL OF ROTTEN FISH OOZING FROM DOWN BELOW. EMBARRASING!!!! DONT U THINK?

BABES, ABEG CLEANLINESS IS NEXT TO GODLINESS

well the teacher should spend a typical day in lag or maiduguri and see if she ,and the teacher has to be a she wont bath twice a day.

lol.
wel, it depends on da weather and if u got BO then OBVIOUSLY u need a wash,say 3 times a day!

Blacks say daily bath is a must, no matter what. Blacks have no real reason for this position.
Whites say twice a week will suffice. Whites probably have done extensive research on the effects on the skin.
Scientists say eczematous skin gets worse with frequent baths. Do you agree or disagree?

whites have said many things. doesnt mean it is true idiot. They did extensive research and supported facts in the past such as africans weren't humans after "extensive" research in anthroplogy and physiology. Whites aren't the be all and end all of knowledge my friend.

When the teachers tell you, about not bathing regularly
do you ask them how many they take their bath?

not bathing at least once a day wont work well for most guys. the funk that emits from their underarm is enought to suffocate an elephant!

I wonder if 'bathing' means different things to different people. You can wash without 'bathing'.

how can u wash without bathing, if the difference is the use of soap, then, not using soap is like pouring water on dry mud, QED

mind u, spoilt, it's not just the guys, check out the stench from the ladies, even when they bath twice a day,

there seems to be confusion as regards to what bathing is. i hope you know that what we nigerians term as bathing is completely different from what north americans call it. when a naija person says i'm taking a bath, they mean essentially that they are taking a shower/ (and for those without direct water supply from the tap, using bucket and water to pour water on the body. he he he. u know now) .
however, what a north american means by bathing is when they soak in a tub for while, as in when they run water into the bathtub, with bubbles and all and soak in it for hours. its completely different than taking a shower, which just takes couple minutes.
so pls, folks, note the difference and dont get bathing and taking a shower confused.

Yep, in Europe 'bathing' would mean sitting in a big bathful of water and washing. Showering is standing under a shower. Anything else we don't call bathing. So if you filled up a sink with water and soap and stood there naked and washed yourself thoroughly all over, that's not called bathing, it's called washing. That's how we wash without bathing . That's what I meant by 'bathing' meaning different things to different people.

so, in Europe, just because someone doesn't 'bathe' everyday it doesn't mean they haven't cleaned themselves thoroughly. I think this is probably where some of the confusion has come in. We just use different words to describe the same things. Not everyone does 'bathe' every day - but I don't know anyone who doesn't wash at least once a day.

thanks, English for further clarifying. i know a lot of americans/europeans dont "bathe" daily per se, but it doesnt mean they dont clean themselves up somehow, be it using a washcloth to clean the face, armpits etc. however, i still think not taking a shower daily is gross.  i've lived with all kinds of americans over the years, and sometimes i feel like i'm the only one that ever uses the shower stall! na so so wash clothe boku for inside bathroom.   ughh! i can't do without taking a shower everyday, and i think it is an offense to the general public to be smelling.
to make matters worse, most workplaces/public establishments etc ask people not to wear perfume because of the new scent free environment rubbish! i'm like WTF? so now its ok for some dirty pig to be walking around whoozing up the whole place because they shouldnt wear perfume. ha! that one get as e be o.

Funnily enough I read an article in the newspaper yesterday saying that parents shouldn't bathe their babies more than three times a week as it is drying to their skin. They should wash the babies on the other days.

Just shows the difference between bathing and washing.

I can't doubt this 'cos i've heard it times without number too, but it is never going to work in a country like ours.The only antidote i have for heat is to shower, how on heart can one stay without bathing for three days in a country where power supply is so poor, it can't work!

the heat in naija is enough to force you to take a shower, even if you have to go to a konga (well), armed with a water drawer to fetch water. hmm. did a lot of that back in my uni days. living in those wretched female hostels with no running water no easy o. sometimes you could pay those small small girls/boys to help you fetch water outside the compund when the well is dry, and sometimes ya just had to go fetch it yourself. so uncool, especially when you trying to form in the midst of some fine guys and they see you passing by with a bucket of water. buhahahah!  memories.

a fine chick fetching water by herself aint good for her rep. the rep levels can go waaay down. but then, i just dust myself and fetch my thing. na spit i go take shower before? shoot, i no send o!