One of the very first things they told us when got to Cambridge was that we were not allowed to walk on any of the colleges' lawns. They are there for our pleasure and that we are to enjoy them but no walking allowed. The following is the explanation I was given as to why.
Back in the day, professors were not payed well or at all, they had to deal with the bratty students, and they had to be celibate. Conditions not inducive to attracting people into the profession to be sure. So as an incentive, the university banned everyon from walking on their lawns unless they were a professor.
So yeah, they gave up sex for the privilege of walking on grass.
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