Apologies in advance for lowering the tone.
It occurred to me reading the Henry VIII thread (someone mentioned Anne Boleyn introduced him to oral sex) how awful sex must have been pre-modern era standards of hygiene.
Thinking of, say, 500 years ago, when only the wealthy had regular access to hot baths, and even then perhaps only used them a couple of times a year?
How could anyone bear the smell of intimate physical contact with someone who never washed?
And the rotten teeth. Imagine full-on snogging with someone before toothpaste was invented.
I'm aware they didn't know any different but still.
Just a few historical musings for the day
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Tamoo · 25/09/2012 13:15
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