Many times, the improvement of quality of life is a kind of social progress. When we need to travel long distances now, we always encounter a problem, that is, we need to solve the internal emergency. But with the development of science and technology now, such things have been solved, and we will not be bothered by it at all.
But what about a hundred years ago?
There are few public toilets on the street,
At that time, there were no women's toilets on the streets at that time, because the level of civilization was not very high at that time, and there was still gender discrimination against women, so the men's toilets were generally opened. So a hundred years ago, how did the female comrades at this time solve the problem of small and small internal emergencies? Let's take a look.
When it comes to toilet culture, there are actually many interesting stories in ancient times. In the case of Zheng Chenggong's attack on Taiwan, the Dutch relied on powerful castles as a basis to compete with Zheng Chenggong for endurance, but Zheng Chenggong at that time did not seem to be in a hurry. One of the most important reasons is "going to the toilet". Because the Dutch have been stuck in the castle for a long time, as the food is consumed, the corresponding waste excrement will increase, and after a long time, the strong smell cannot stand it at all. In fact, as far as "defending the city" is concerned, toilets were also built on the walls of ancient China, the purpose of which was to quickly enter the battle, but it was not possible for a long time.
On why there is no women's toilet, which involves the traditional thinking of feudal society, ancient China has always advocated male superiority and female inferiority, women should be three from four virtues, pay attention to decency, although the toilet on the street was built indoors, but for men at that time, women on the toilet how to say a little "bad luck" and even lead to voyeurism. Therefore, there is no women's toilet on the street dedicated to women. And women are generally not allowed to use the toilet on the street, if they encounter internal emergencies, they can only endure and rush home, how to solve it?
The answer is to use the toilet, and it must also be in the bedroom of your own home. The first detailed written record of the "toilet" was the "wooden horse" in Ouyang Xiu's "Guitian Lu II" in the Northern Song Dynasty, which was also interpreted as "wooden toilet" in the "Ciyuan".
Later, after the fall of the Qing Dynasty and the establishment of the Republic of China, with a new round of reform, there were gradually women's toilets on the street. However, due to the reason of ideological mustard, some men in the Republic of China still feel that the public toilets on the street, whether they are male toilets or women's toilets, can be used at will, so it is often convenient for men to enter the women's toilets. However, toilets on the street were generally for civilian use, and some nobles or celebrities in the Republic of China would carry private toilets with them.
If you can go to all kinds of newspapers in 1931, you will understand that what I am saying is true. So, why can gay men in the Republic of China period walk into the women's toilet with a big wave? Is there something wrong with their thinking? Or is it the low level of vision of men in the Republic of China?
In fact, it is not because gay men often "mistakenly break into" the women's toilet. Before the middle of the Republic of China, although the public facility of toilets was popularized in the city, all toilets were men's toilets, which led to the fact that after the major cities began to popularize women's toilets in the 1930s, male comrades who had become accustomed to all toilets in the city were men's toilets would follow the custom of "entering the toilet when they saw the toilet". In this way, many embarrassments happen at this time, and it is very common.
Since there is no toilet for female comrades in the city, and the toilet can only be placed in the bedroom, how to solve the physiological problem if you go out? The answer is: bring the toilet with you. Chen Yanyan, a beauty star in the Republic of China period, when she was filming, she had two items on the car: First, cosmetics, which was convenient to make up makeup at any time when makeup was spent. The second is the toilet, which can be carried at any time when going out to find a room where no one is locked.
In China's traditional feudal culture, the obligation of women is to "teach their husbands and children", bound by the idea of "male superiority and female inferiority", under normal circumstances, women are not allowed to go out, can only stay at home, then can only go to the toilet at home. However, the ancient toilets were far less advanced than modern ones, and they were generally made of wood and other materials to make an object similar to the current toilet for people to use for people to go to the toilet. As for women going out, the solution to going to the toilet is actually to bring their own "simple toilet" and find a no-man's land to solve it. It can be seen that the change of "toilet culture" is actually a kind of ideological emancipation.