i need yall to understand that people back in the day didn't bathe infrequently because of moral reasons or because they were afraid of washing or were too stupid to realize they were dirty and smelly. people bathed infrequently because up until very recently, in most parts of the world gathering enough clean water to fully submerge yourself in ranged from "Very difficult" to "extremely expensive" to "literally impossible"
and despite this, people in all time periods were aware when they weren't clean and were as sensitive to smells as we are now. there is a reason why much of the medical beliefs before germ theory revolved around bad smells getting people sick. people didn't like to smell bad and they knew when they did. they also didn't like to be dirty and, yes, washed themselves without the use of massive amounts of water
like the time period I'm personally most familiar with the daily habits of is Tudor England, right? people washed themselves daily without bathing daily. people made efforts not to smell bad and if they didn't, they would be scorned or avoided. but the actual most affective way people stayed clean then, was by simple changing their undergarments often. And by often, I mean multiple times a day if you could afford it. big giant elaborate outfits couldn't be cleaned effectively, but undergarments could and were cleaned often, and when these practices were tested by people in modern times using the materials they would have had then, they were found to be pretty effective at maintaining hygiene
this isn't important and is a dumb thing to get mad about but like? it bothers me. people hundreds and even thousands of years ago weren't idiots because they didn't have luxury of knowledge and resources we have and they largely had the same basic desires that we have now, it was just harder for them but they still found fucking ways, ok?
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