> Hmmm. I find this a little hard to believe -- the men get a
> cleaning/hygiene/communal thing that the women don't? I suspect the
> women use the sauna; they just don't use it for punishing contests.
> Plus it lets the men get all steamed about what the women are
saying
> in there. And the potential for mixed bathing/steaming jokes and
> japery is pretty high, too.
Of course women use sauna. And mixed bathing isn't that funny when it's normal. I suppose the Heortlings could use separate or mixed bathing depending on the occasion.
> >And, like the neighborhood pub, the sweat house is a place where
one
> >goes to get shut of the womenfolk. =)
>
> And vise versa, too.
This is indeed a good place to have this sort of conversations. For us the sauna is the place where the most important and serious discussions are made - old men tell tale of wars and secrets of manhood, women probably their secrets. I vision that the Heortlings could have it this way too.
Otto
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