Good personal hygiene or cleanliness is extremely important to achieve optimum sexual health. Not only does cleanliness make a person feel much better about themselves as they are engaging in sexual encounters with their partner or their spouse, but it helps to ensure that bacteria is unable to grow, which can ultimately cause sexual infections. The reason that this occurs is because the sexual organs are placed on the body in such a way that moisture is often able to accumulate in these areas, allowing bacteria to grow quickly, which ultimately makes the genitals vulnerable to various types of problems of the health. It only takes a few extra minutes to brush and floss the teeth, and to take the extra care to bathe the body.