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Originally Posted by Aku Ankka

You are probably correct about public saunas.
However, we do have several million private saunas in Europe (and some are used daily).
I have to disagree with you about your arguments at least regarding private saunas.
Nobody uses towels in sauna (due to hygienic reasons).
During abnormal situations such as having foreigner present, people may use towels (for being polite).
Usually, if it is not mixed sauna, you will have a lot people (so called sauna party).
Mixed sauna party may have both men and women but usually not at the same time (depends on amount of alcohol).
Usually family or close friends have sauna together.
There is not that much moisture and heat in (non turkish) saunas.
Amount of moisture and heat depends on how often water is thrown on top of the heater.

I don't know about which country you are speaking, but in the Netherlands and Germany you are required to use a towel in the sauna, due to hygienic reasons. It's not fresh, hygienic for other people to lay or sit on someone's else sweat and it's disastrous for the wooden sauna bank. However in a Turkish steambad or hammam, you are not allowed, recomended to use a towel due to the humidity there. Those are also not build from wood but made from stone and/or plastic