For American males who want a simple, straightforward soap without accidentally signally sub-standard masculinity, Irish Spring bar soap cleans, leaves skin feeling as though cleaning was done, has a distinct odor of cleanliness, and does not signal femininity.
It is a recognizable brand, so using it does not signal potentially unmasculine attention to cleaning products.
It does not soften skin particularly, and intentionally softening ones skin may be assumed to signal femininity.
It is not floral or 'fruity' in odor.
Irish Spring: the safe soap choice for men who haven't budgeted one more reason to put their manliness in question!
I would like textual feedback to match the downvotes allotted this entirely sincere and well-caveated endorsement.
I have often benefited from recommendations for Things I Didn't Know I Wanted.
Given that Less Wrong is a community of unusually intelligent, critical, and self-improvement-focused people, I suspect we can generate a pretty helpful thread of product recommendations — perhaps even a monthly thread of product recommendations.
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