Not sure where to categorize this question
2007-03-05 07:35:19 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
I meant other people's odors.
2007-03-05 07:35:47 · update #1
Basically it is because our own odours do not smell so bad to us. It is as if the body has built up a defense system so that it gets used to its own odour.
2007-03-05 07:38:09 · answer #1 · answered by Alistair B 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes I am offended by my own body odors--specifically when I am menstruating. During that time, ALL my body odors offend me.
I also live in a place where people don't make the liberal use of soap and water as much as in other geographic areas,so I am often offended.
Maybe I have an extra sensitive nose...
Good luck
2007-03-05 16:13:02 · answer #2 · answered by Croa 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yeah.. i've wondered that too... like.. some people even seem to ENJOY their own "odors." now... i actually had a bf that worked construction, (and my husband now works concerts,so same thing) who would come home sweaty.. and i loved the smell of him after a long day of work. however.. sometimes.. i have odors that are noxious and make me offended! like right now.. i'm really sick... and the things that come out of my body are enough to make me want to croak!
2007-03-05 15:43:16 · answer #3 · answered by MnKLmT 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got news for you , my armpits are extremely offensive to me.
And so is the rest of my body odor. It used to be sexual signal in early man but times have changed fortunately
2007-03-08 20:22:56 · answer #4 · answered by Maka 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I can't speak for everyone else of course, but I am offended greatly not only by other's body odor, but my own as well! I'm disgusted when I stink, although it's not often. ;) That's just nasty man!
2007-03-05 15:41:23 · answer #5 · answered by mrs sexy pants 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Our brains allow for what is called sensory adaptation. This allows us to lose full awareness of a smell about 60 seconds after we're introduced to it. This is why we don't smell our own BO.
The guy next to you who didn't shower? You caught a strong whiff of him when he first came up, then you lost the scent in 60 seconds, but it came back again, and will continue to do so.
2007-03-05 15:41:36 · answer #6 · answered by diannegoodwin@sbcglobal.net 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
we are offended by people's odors because they are new to us. and we aren't to our own because we are used to it and we can hardly notice it sometimes. we will begin to note our own odors when it became too strong or different from the usual.
2007-03-06 01:41:26 · answer #7 · answered by the elf 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I dont stink at least not that I know of.
ANd people that smell bad in public is just gross.It makes me feel sick at times or disgusted.I have smelled the baby powder/poop smell and the musty/perfume smell way to often.
2007-03-05 15:39:35 · answer #8 · answered by Butterflied 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know ? but ive had plenty of my own odors i found very offensive, just not as offensive as others found them
2007-03-05 15:39:15 · answer #9 · answered by Mean Rob 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is a interesting question. It probably is phermone related. That is why hunter can rub urine all of themselves and not be attacked by preying animals.
2007-03-05 15:38:32 · answer #10 · answered by binary sunset 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋