Also “without privacy” is also in question, because you could use cloth partitions hanging from a rod; something known to be used in stadiums to separate class.
Afaik there’s an original source that makes fun of a guy who hung out on the toilet all day, hoping to strike up a conversation that’ll get him invited to dinner.
That would imply it was a social thing.
It would imply that guy thought it was a social thing. Y’never know, maybe he was a weirdo even then. He could’ve been the proto-creeper whose descendants haunt public restrooms to this day.
And shared a sponge stick to wash their ass.
Current research doesn’t support that.
Most likely, the sponge sticks were used as a toilet brush, and pieces of cloth were used to wipe.
Also “without privacy” is also in question, because you could use cloth partitions hanging from a rod; something known to be used in stadiums to separate class.
Uh, it seems I haven’t kept up to date on butt wipe history.
Afaik there’s an original source that makes fun of a guy who hung out on the toilet all day, hoping to strike up a conversation that’ll get him invited to dinner.
That would imply it was a social thing.
It would imply that guy thought it was a social thing. Y’never know, maybe he was a weirdo even then. He could’ve been the proto-creeper whose descendants haunt public restrooms to this day.