Explanation: In Ancient Rome, privacy was… not a major concern. Even public restrooms lacked dividers, and it was considered unremarkable to start up a chat on the public shitter, play a quick game of tic-tac-toe with the neighbor, and generally have your ‘struggle’ under the eyes of other people!

… even so, one must imagine those two corner seats as undesirable even by Roman standards!

What about roman baths? Were they just bathing naked in front of strangers? (Admittedly less weird)

And i wonder how this worked when they transitioned from polytheism to Christianity… Were early christians more pro-nude bathing and shared-pooping than modern christians? Would be a shame not to make use of a nice big public bathhouse

And i wonder how this worked when they transitioned from polytheism to Christianity… Were early christians more pro-nude bathing and shared-pooping than modern christians?

Probably, it’s just a slow transition. I’m from Finland and I’ve done both, although admittedly sharing a poo is less common. But some outhouses have two holes next to each other so that you can shit in one and piss in the other (obvs not absolutely necessary for all men but) and the reason you might not want to mix them if you can avoid it so that you can empty out the pee often without having to clean the poo. anyways we were at a cottage when I was 18 and decided to have a shared morning shit with a friend of mine.

Being naked together is completely normal as long as you’re wet with sweat and completely naked. When you’re just wearing socks and have dry skin, then it starts being something sexual, weirdly enough. Most public saunas even have signs saying you’re not allowed to wear a bathing suit.