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Interesting point. In the Netherlands, many houses don't have curtains, you can see directly into the living room from the street. It stems from the old traditi
by ricardobayes 6y ago
Interesting point. In the Netherlands, many houses don't have curtains, you can see directly into the living room from the street. It stems from the old tradition of wives being accountable when their husbands were at sea.
I learned from your comment (perceived) privacy is also cultural.
- ganzuul 6y agoPrivacy is skewed to the disadvantage of women in the Netherlands? Am I reading you correctly?
- ricardobayes 6y agoUsed to be in the middle-ages, not anymore. It's a tradition from that era to not have curtains.