is cleanness a characteristic of female

Question: is cleanness a characteristic of female
- Keywords:
  characteristic,
  clean,
  female
Asked by 965ngrj1727 to Bernerd, Erick, Joseph, Ken, Peter on 4 Jul 2017.
- Joseph Olwendo answered on 4 Jul 2017:
  
  not really. even male are clean. female are characterised by their homones not cleanliness
- Bernerd Fulanda answered on 4 Jul 2017:
  
  The issue of cleanliness and female has not been well studied in humans but may be genetically linked to the associated aspects of conception, pregancy and care of the young ones etc and even nursing for the newborns, a characteristic linked to female genes which drive cleanliness
  However, the traits are well studied in the honey bees where certain female genes are noted to account for cleanliness in drones and workers, although this is also linked to genes driving social behaviour which are common in females than males (who are more territorial). You can also see mutation of some genes which drives obsession with excessive cleanliness, called Tricotillomania, which can occur in both males and females, driving the person to take frequent showers, wash hands more frequently than normal, brush the hair (sometimes males brush hair to baldness) etc. but all these are still areas where more research is needs and hopefully once you come to the university you can embark on more research in these areas
  regards
- Kenneth Ronoh answered on 4 Jul 2017:
  
  Hi 965ngrj1727,
  Thanks for your question that really turned a debate in my workplace. There’s a need to more research for a final answer but according to my research in the city today, I found out that the number of females who look clean is higher than that of males.
  
  However, in my quick statistics, I could spot a number of females who didn’t look neat but their traits clearly showed that they are normal females. On doing more research on the world wide web and live questionnaires. I found out that cleanliness is entirely based on individual habits, class level, income, social environment, residence and how they were brought up.
  
  According to Bureau of Labor Statistics report-a governmental statistical agency, 83 percent of women and 65 percent of men spent time doing household management related to cleanliness. In African countries, placing females in charge of taking care of the young ones, cleaning and keeping a home, might be one of the reasons to make people believe that female are cleaner than males.
  
  Welcome 965ngrj1727.
- Peter Nguhiu answered on 5 Jul 2017:
  
  I don’t have much evidence to convince me beyond doubt that there’s a particular relationship between cleanliness and gender. Maybe as Bernard and Ken say, there may be something worth studying here.
  What evidence I can gather is that a) Schizophrenia is diagnosed in 3 adult males for every 2 adult females b) Schizophrenia may disrupt goal oriented activities e.g grooming and other daily routines thereby displaying as deterioration of personal hygiene, and c) Schizophrenia is typically rarely diagnosed in this country and therefore many cases are not under optimal care…
  On another note, I think it’s interesting to also see how hygiene has evolved over time. There’s this picture here that might be interesting to look at.