arzekiel's Profile

The stink of dirty jeans as a status symbol makes me think of the Semmelweis time, when it was a sign of a high status doctor, to wear a jacket covered with old, encrusted blood and other bodily fluids for new childbirth/deliveries. It took a lot to teach people that cleanliness was a good step to preventing puerperal fever in new mothers.

As for coliform and yeast problems in jeans, I, for one, always wear underpants, and change them daily. Of course, I also wash my jeans AND I even bathe myself.