This is not something, frankly, that worries me much. If at all. I wash my hands in the washroom not because I am afraid of germs (mine or someone else's), etc...but because it is customary. I guess I am doing it mostly for the sake of people like you, Wesley. ;-) I am almost never afraid of germs, and I do not regard my own penis as being dirty...nor do I worry about other men's penises either. I simply don't care.

It's people that worry me. People can totally mess up your whole day. They have demands and expectations. Better to just wash your hands and then they will maybe leave you alone...(my experience as a kid) Children are basically terrorized into doing a lot of the stuff that eventually becomes habitual. Some of it makes sense, some of it doesn't.

If penises are so shockingly dirty, then why do people's lovers seem to really enjoy touching them, and...etc...? I won't go into details, but it all seems kind of psychologically driven to me, rather than having much to do with actual health issues.

Why are men so afraid of other men's penises? Fear of latent homosexuality or what? What's the big deal?

People make up their own minds about how they feel about things first...then they interpret the "facts" according to their own convenience and prejudice. Dogs are not the least bit afraid of "dirt". They like it. That's because it never occured to them that it was "dirty". They do, however, recoil from toxic chemicals...which ARE harmful...like oven cleaner, gasoline, model airplane glue, etc... Maybe they are smarter than we are. ;-)

Lest you misunderstand, though...I do appreciate cleanliness about as much as most other people seem to. How much of that came naturally and how much was acquired from social conditioning, I'm not sure.