The Origins of Privacy

The whole idea of what constitutes absolute solemn privacy is really quite recent I mean it only dates from about 1800 onwards. So sitting on the toilet was even a thing you might do not alone. Today if you go to Mount Vernon George Washington's home just outside the back door there's a two-seater privy which the father of our country may well have used himself in company with someone else. It began when houses branched out and started having upstairs but it took a long time for that to become established. Most of the things that we have nowadays that make us comfortable really un-unexisted in any kind of abundance since the end of the 19th century so comfort is a