When the brothel building in Pompeii was opened for tourists in the 1970s, women were not allowed inside (assuming due to the "explicit" nature of the 2,000 year old images over the doors inside). Does anyone have any idea when women were finally allowed to see the brothel?

by dsanzone8

This is a random question, even for me, but I'm really curious about when women were finally allowed inside, how it came to be that they were finally allowed in and if there's any insight into why they weren't allowed in the first place. I have my assumptions but I'd love some information. Google searches, so far, have not been helpful and it's such a bizarre question I'm not sure where to look. Any thoughts?

Some background on the question - A friend was just telling me how she first went to Pompeii in 1973 with a college trip and she (along with the other girls) wasn't allowed in at that time but the boys were. As someone who was first able to see the Pompeii ruins, including the brothel, during a college trip of my own in 2004, I found this crazy. And it's made me very curious.

(I had posted this in another subreddit but was referred to this one)

erst77

Are you absolutely certain these rules were in place by a group that specifically controlled access to the Lupanar (I can find no evidence that access to the Lupanar ruins was controlled)? Or were these perhaps rules placed on them by their college tour group chaperones?