Was there a distinction between men and women in ancient toilets?

Well asked, I was also curious, so I searched and searched and got a positive answer.

Toilets need to be divided into men and women, and ninety percent of them are public toilets, who will be divided into male and female toilets at home?

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the construction and use of toilets were already very standardized. "Mozi Banner" once described the public toilet at that time: a screen was set up outside the road, with a circumference of 30 steps, and the height of the wall was generally more than 12 feet.

Public toilets developed in the Han Dynasty and needed to be managed by special personnel. "Taiping Guangji" volume 8 "Liu An" article describes: Liu An became an immortal, met an immortal, sat up disrespectfully, and spoke loudly.

So the master of Xianbo played Liu An disrespectfully, and should be reprimanded, so that Liu An "guarded the capital toilet for three years". Although this is a myth, it can be seen that the urban public toilets in the Han Dynasty had a set of rules, and the level was not low.

So was there a distinction between men and women in ancient public toilets? I didn't find much information, but I already have the answers.

In the novel "Digging a New Pit and Saving Ghosts to Become Rich Lords" written by an anonymous person in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, through the construction and management of public toilets in the countryside of Wucheng County, Huzhou, it is mentioned that "even the female stream came to the dung pit, and Mrs. Mu built a women's toilet." ”

Therefore, at least it proves that there have been examples of male and female public toilets in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

Ancient thatched houses were not divided into men and women, as evidenced by couplets:

Uplink: The virgins and martyrs of the world come in and untie their clothes Downlink: The heroes and heroes of the world bend down here and bow their heads Horizontal criticism: willingly.

Looking at different countries, some countries have relatively complete facilities, and there are differences between men and women and classes among the aristocracy, such as ancient Egypt, ancient Babylon, etc. In China, there is no distinction, the difference is only between good and bad conditions.

There should be no distinction, but men and women will definitely not go together.