A reader wrote in to share this fascinating fact: "There was a Cosmo writer on TV who said that the women who ran the magazine would create the man's view on a topic and then farm it out to a male contractor to write. If the guys didn't write it according to spec, then they'd get some other guy to write it."
Why does that not surprise me! So basically:
- The female editors at Cosmo figure out what guys should think.
- They ask a guy to think like that.
- If he refuses, they look to replace him with another guy.
Hmm, that sounds about right.
So how accurate is Cosmo's method? Let's check out Cosmo's explanation of this male mystery:
Why do guys hardly ever change their sheets? Cosmo's logic: "Men have a weaker sense of smell, and their skin isn't as sensitive as women's," says Fisher. "So guys aren't as likely to notice (until maximum grime has been reached) that they're snoozing in stinky sheets."
This seems shockingly inaccurate to me. But rather than farming it out to male contractors, I thought we'd turn to Mancouch.
Why do guys hardly ever change their sheets? And what did you think of Cosmo's explanation?
Comments (229)
well, they're guys. i don't expect them to be sanitary anymore. :P
umm, i barely change MY sheets! im just too lazy to switch them out.
Guys are lazy? There are plenty of girls who are just as lazy and their dorm rooms, whatever, smell bad. Guys also typically smell worse than girls in general? Ha.
@ELIZerson@xanga - totally agreeed.
they're most probably lazy and do not see the point of changing their sheets.
cosmo is so full of crap.
I don't even change my sheets. Cosmo is stupid.
What the hell.
because they don't give a shit.
thats dumb im just lazy...laundry sucks
i changed my sheets once every quarter... it's not necessary because you realize how much work it is to:
#1 - stuff really nice sheets, comforters, and pillow cases into a washer AND dryer
#2 - recreate the oh so nice configuration that you had before
#2b - and then realize, I'm just going to mess it up all over again... (or in an unfortunate situation, find your roommate on your bed doing something... i'll leave that up to the imagination to fill in)
#3 - pay for washing and drying at school... each one of these things would be like three loads or something, which is the equivalent to $7.50. what the heck!
all in all, i also realized something. i'm very hygienic, therefore, my bed doesn't smell as bad, nor looks as bad... and i'm not much of a germaphobe.
this is why i do not change my sheets very often.
I mean, weather it be laziness or not, I think we just have more important things on our plate than changing sheets... and by the time we realize they NEED to be changed, we're 2 steps from passing out in bed, and really who wants to change sheets when you're about ready to sleep. otherwise, durring the day, you just kinda forget about it.... i mean, out of sight / smell -- out of mind.. right?
Not gonna lie, i was an RA in college--girls are way nastier than guys. they have more stuff=more to clean, which they are good about to start with but by the end of the semester....eugh. boys have less stuff and less stuff=less stench. There are always going to be people of either sex who are just disgusting.
My boyfriend changes his sheets once a week. :]
cosmo can go choke on a dick. :)
LOL I love cosmo, but sometimes they have the stupidest things in there...
I change my sheets ever couple of weeks just because i like the fresh and clean smell of them.
This is why you don't read Cosmo...
Wow, what foolishness is this. My husband, when he was single, rarely changed his sheets because he rarely slept on them. He didn't want them to get them dirty too fast, so he would sleep on the couch. No joke.
Now he sleeps in the bed with meeee! Always! (Otherwise, he'd have nobody to feel up in sleepy stupor.) I make sure those sheets get changed on a schedule so he doesn't have to worry about it.
@MissXMorbidx@xanga - Wow holy crap that's a lot of money washing those sheets.
cosmo is ridiculous. I always read my gf's cosmo every month to see what garbage they would come up with. It was always bs, and apparently always will be if this is how they do it.
personally I change my sheets every 2-3 weeks. I have two sets so when I take the dirty ones off I already have a clean set ready, and it gives me another 2-3 week window to wash them. but they never really smell anyway cuz I shower every night before I go to bed. it really makes a difference on how clean they are, and I sleep better when I'm clean than when I'm still dirty from the day.
why change them when you could just wash them and put them back on the same day? more efficient in my opinion, and that's what I do. >:{D
Scrolling through everyone's comments, I'm shocked that not one person had mentioned that cosmo has nothing better to fill its pages with. Every girl has picked up an issue because there was some number on the front and some flashy sexy way to dress it up (7 ways to make him.....) but truth be told, if cosmo didn't rant about the supposed unsanitary man, what would they talk about (how to get your guy to carry about your teeth whitening)? Girls, when they ARE unhygienic take it WAY further than lack of changing sheets and guys, well, what the heck do they care what their sheets smell like? He's spending the night in the girls bed because she has more pillows.
Cosmo = Fail!
I read a cosmo article to my boyfriend and even he agreed that Cosmo makes men out to be complete douche bags with no self-control.
-and Cosmo always gives terrible advice. One time they wrote something like "If you do cheat, think before you confess. Sometimes it does more harm than good."
I will never forget that. I almost wrote a letter to the editor, seriously.
cosmo's got their info wrong and so does men's journal. if you really want to know why men don't change their sheets, just ask a man.