Pubic wall

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Pubic walls in a public toilet
A privacy screen provides privacy when urinating

The partition of urinals , toilets or toilet areas is called a privacy wall . Pubic walls are used for hygienic reasons and to protect privacy .

history

Evidence for the use of pubic walls can be found in ancient Egypt as early as the 2nd millennium BC . Archaeologists found preserved pubic walls during excavations in Tell el-Amarna and in the temple of Ramses III. in Medinet Habu . Preserved pubic walls were also found in the Dajue Si temple complex (around 10th century AD) in the Chinese capital Beijing .

Up until the 19th century, there were only a few buildings in Central Europe with separate toilets . In an orphanage in Zurich , the construction of a privacy wall to demarcate the so-called secret has been proven in 1771 . In many places the excrement was simply dumped on the street or in ditches and pits. With the development of the big cities and the associated high population density and the construction of sewers, sanitary facilities became established. People developed new habits and increased feelings of shame . In the hygiene area in particular, privacy has become an important factor. Since then, toilets have been separated more and more from other rooms, often using privacy walls. In systems with several urinals or toilets, the privacy walls were installed in between to shield other people from looking at them while they were relieving themselves.

Web links

Wiktionary: Schamwand  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Commons : Pubic walls  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Journal of Construction . tape  66/67 . Verlag Ernst & Sohn, Berlin 1916, p. xlvi ( Google Books Snippet 1 ). (Snippet 2)
  2. ^ Heinrich Hildebrand: The temple Ta-chüeh-sy (temple of the great awakening) near Beijing . Verlag A. Asher & Co., Berlin 1897, p. 13, 28 ( archive.org ).
  3. ↑ Robert Jütte: History of the Senses . From ancient times to cyberspace. Verlag CH Beck, 2000, ISBN 978-3-406-46767-7 , p. 180 f . ( books.google.de ).
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  5. ^ Hartmut Häussermann: Big City . Sociological keywords. Springer-Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-663-10200-7 , p. 280 ( books.google.de ).