Just Thinking

Have you ever wondered why it is so important to wash your hands after using the toilet? Personally, I don't usually physically touch myself with direct skin to skin contact. It is all toilet paper and I use enough that it doesn't soak through to get me!

But really, what is the difference from me touching my bare arm or face and then touching the door handle or you for that matter? What about men? They, theoretically, are making skin to skin contact, right?

I brought this concept up with a coworker once, she didn't agree with me. She thinks I am crazy, especially since I don't use those silly paper seat covers. I do, however, wash my hands but I am really not sure if it is because that is what is socially required or because I believe that it does stop the spread of disease?