Some ~30 years ago bidets were extremely common in Brazil; I don’t have data, but it was way higher than the current 6.6%.
I feel like this is because, nowadays, toilets are made for ants. No space for a bidet or a bathtub - only shower, sink, the loo itself, and the door between shower and the rest. (Plus fixture that doesn’t take space, like a mirror.) Demographic concentration got way overboard in the large cities. Plus those mini handheld showerheads became way more common, if you do need a bidet those are a decent sub.
…I have mixed feelings about this. I don’t care about bidets, but I get pissed (pun not intended) because of why they’re gone.
You’re probably referring to the ones siding the loo, right? There’s those too, but I meant the one coupled to the main shower head. (Dunno if in English they have the same name, but in Portuguese they’re called “ducha higiênica” and “chuveirinho” respectively.)
It’s really interesting how different places just have different arrangements of stuff. In Asia it’s pretty common to have only the ‘chuveirinho’ which we just refer to as the shower.
Some ~30 years ago bidets were extremely common in Brazil; I don’t have data, but it was way higher than the current 6.6%.
I feel like this is because, nowadays, toilets are made for ants. No space for a bidet or a bathtub - only shower, sink, the loo itself, and the door between shower and the rest. (Plus fixture that doesn’t take space, like a mirror.) Demographic concentration got way overboard in the large cities. Plus those mini handheld showerheads became way more common, if you do need a bidet those are a decent sub.
…I have mixed feelings about this. I don’t care about bidets, but I get pissed (pun not intended) because of why they’re gone.
Those are also called bidets.
You’re probably referring to the ones siding the loo, right? There’s those too, but I meant the one coupled to the main shower head. (Dunno if in English they have the same name, but in Portuguese they’re called “ducha higiênica” and “chuveirinho” respectively.)
It’s really interesting how different places just have different arrangements of stuff. In Asia it’s pretty common to have only the ‘chuveirinho’ which we just refer to as the shower.