Bro im sorry but what protection Y'all talking about, we aren't even in an era where prote...

i think they used animal intestines back in the day to wrap up the willy… but i’ve only ever SEEN BARE SAUSAGE BEING USED HERE

Yeah and how confident are we that those things are as protective as a modern day condom

i’m sure there were certain herbs women would take back then, but yea i can’t recall if it was ever even a topic in this story

You're right there and based on the bit of research I did here's what I found...

Using ai it analysed that the era may be Joseon-era Korea and during this time, sex wasn’t something people talked about openly. Confucian values forced modesty and restraint, so there was no such thing as “sex ed” the way we think of it today. If people wanted info, they had to rely on medical texts like Dongui Bogam, which covered fertility and sexual health but in a very formal, coded way.

Keep in mind who was able to read those records too, peasants and any normal class woman at all wasn't able read those. Reading medical texts was mostly a privilege of educated men, particularly scholars and doctors. Ordinary people especially women had to rely on oral tradition and folk medicine rather than written medical knowledge. Even noblewomen, despite their status, rarely read medical texts themselves. Their medical knowledge mostly came from oral teachings, midwives, or palace attendants rather than direct study. The idea of a woman studying medicine formally was extremely rare and not socially accepted in Joseon society.

Using protection? Not really a thing. It’s not that it was banned, but the whole topic of sex was kept so quiet that contraception just wasn’t widely discussed. Instead, people relied on strict social rules and maybe herbal remedies rather than anything like condoms and how reliable are these herbs from preventing sexual transmitted diseases and fertility? At most it'll probably help with symptoms but not outright preventing anything, it wouldn't meet modern standards if we put it that way.

Women had it even worse. They weren’t expected to express themselves sexually at all, not like we see mc expressing herself openly about it either, even if she didn't want to have sex ml would probably take her right then and there anyways. Lastly If a woman had any opinions on the matter, she had to be extremely subtle about it.

In conclusion, are we surprised this happened considering the era that this plot supposedly follows if we go based on strictly historical perspective? And this is without taking into consideration that the author may have some fantasy based plots in this story but so far we don't see them covering anything about it (Correct me if I'm wrong)