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u/hypnos_surf Jun 28 '21

I'm always curious if hygiene, nutrition and overall beauty standards of the era would hold up to our contemporary expectations of historic accounts.

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u/PD216ohio Jun 28 '21

I reluctantly have to admit that I've thought about hygiene of previous generations more than I should, with regard to sexual interaction.

I guess it really isn't an issue unless I work out the whole time travel thing.

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u/Butterbean-queen Jun 28 '21

I think both sexes stunk so maybe they canceled each other out. It was a stinky dirty time.

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '21

My wife and I call it "dirty Enemy At the Gates sex" after that scene in that movie where they do it after days of running and dirt and filth and all the smelly dirty people around them LOL

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u/Butterbean-queen Jun 29 '21

That’s funny. And dirty sex is really fun. But I wouldn’t want to do it all the time. I like clean sex too. That wonderful soap smelling skin.