this post was submitted on 15 Feb 2025
225 points (96.7% liked)
A Comm for Historymemes
1887 readers
411 users here now
A place to share history memes!
Rules:
-
No sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, assorted bigotry, etc.
-
No fascism, atrocity denial, etc.
-
Tag NSFW pics as NSFW.
-
Follow all Lemmy.world rules.
Banner courtesy of @[email protected]
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
The "ill repute" of bath houses wasn't entirely undeserved. One factor that made people shun them in the early modern period was also the spread of syphilis which you could easily get from visiting a bath house of ill repute. Also, wood was getting more scarce due to wide spread deforestation. And that bath houses needed a lot of wood.