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Ah could be, one of those odd hangovers from Victorian modesty like doors opening the wrong way into rooms so if a lady was disturbed by someone entering they would be hidden behind the door so as to not see any naked flesh.
Back gardens are so long because it was deemed an appropriate distance to not see a woman’s nipple through a white blouse from the dwelling opposite.
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Enhanced privacy. Something like if you have the curtains open and net curtains then at night you can't be seen if you are not between the window and the light.