713nervy said:Sea Speed said:
I think about how disgusting the first person to give oral sex must have been considering humans have only recently began to bathe frequently.
Honestly with how gross sex must have been, it is a wonder the human race propagated at all.
I think about this every time I watch a period piece on Netflix. With all those clothes and none of the air conditioning.
The people sexing in the new Lady Chatterley's Lover definitely didn't always seem that clean.
Varies by era, but our forebears were often cleaner than we give them credit for. In Medieval Europe it was understood that you should wash your hands before eating, for example. But you were also expected to share a cup with the person seated next to you, so it's hit or miss.