Human civilization has caused improved living conditions in
all aspects of life. Throughout centuries, changes were happening in health,
shelter, food, hygiene, living conditions and even the way the people think
about themselves. In the very primitive period, people depended on fruits and
vegetables for food, there were no handmade clothes to wear, no shelter to live,
no toilets were in use anywhere. When the population started to increase,
people searched for improvements to living conditions through science and technology.
Major breakthroughs happened in all walks of life but majority of the people
still practiced some old habits since they were accustomed to do them as a common
policy. This is true in the case of toilets and their usage among people of various
countries in the world.
Now in
places like Japan or China, toilet models are highly sophisticated with
electronic
remote controls and functions. Perhaps the use of advanced toilets
in developing countries, especially in their rural areas, started only about eighty
or hundred years ago. Prior to that people used open spaces or they used
specially made hide outs for the purpose. There exist different toilet
practices, like use of toilet paper as seen in US and other countries or the
use of water to clean the anal area without ever using paper to wipe out.
Bidets-The New
Invention:
The common practice in India or any other developing country
is to use bowl type toilet and use a hand held bidet that is attached to the
regular water source to bathroom or toilet. However the most common types of toilets
in these places are squat type toilets where people sit with their knees bent.
The toilet is grounded in such a way that bowl type sitting is not possible in
such toilets.
The bidet toilets were first originated in France and later became popular in other parts
of the world. In America, the old bidet models consist of two separate units
one for passing bowels and the other for washing the genital area. The present
day bidets come in separate boxes and added to the existing toilet. The
attachable bidets comprise seat type bidets, non seat type bidets or sprayers
and hand held bidets.
Whatever be
the variation in models, it is an established fact that all bidet toilets
promote
toilet hygiene and good toilet practice in the family. A seated bidet
having various functions to control, water temperature, pressure or other
advanced features are highly suitable for senior citizens and physically challenged
people. A hand held bidet is economical and can be used by all members of a
family.Non seated bidet attachments still may come with temperature, pressure
controls and hence suitable for use during changing climate conditions. From
what has been described above, it is clear that the evolution toilet models in human society is very interesting and only
time can predict what would be the nature of toilets in the near future.



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