yup the whole time I'm reading this I only think of how Seungho must be infected with a bunch of STDs...
Logistically condoms had not been created. You either pulled out or you cleaned it out and either way, they had no knowledge of STDs. So far it seems like Seungho was only sleeping with people who were nobles and let's assume they all only slept with him. Oddly enough I can assume he only has like a 30% chance of getting an std. He's fucked if he gets aids though that's like insta death.
The first condoms were in Antique's Egypt, so it exist in painter of the night
The rubber vulcanization process was invented by Charles Goodyear in 1839, and patented in 1844. The first rubber condom was produced in 1855, and by the late 1850s several major rubber companies were mass-producing, among other items, rubber condoms.
As for Egyptians, condom-like glans caps were dyed in different colours to distinguish between different classes of people and to protect themselves against bilharzia.
So I don't think it was known worldwide , it was just in Egypt at that time .
Even if Seungho is promiscuous I doubt we can think of risk as we have today.
If we think of the geography, society and era Joseon period is what? 13XX ? Most STDs of that time were linked to prostitution, location, society. Even if Seungho sleeps with a harem of men, his choices are not that much. We see that they are all the same club of men and let's face it, it's already a push on reality to imagine that openly gay men could be going around having orgies even if they were nobles. Their noble status also probably makes for more selective partners since they don't need to resort to down the street whores who would be serving travelers, etc.
I think that if we think STD, the most probable risks were men like the hobo assassin who truly live on the fringe of society, probably sleeps with a lot of women prostitutes who are just as homeless as he is. And I doubt these people would be sleeping with nobles... I mean Jihwa now may dabble on the pool and then bring the disease to the club. But this is Yaoi after all.
why have i learned more about history from the replies under this question than i have in all my years of taking social studies in school
I learned a lot reading this comments
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I get the whole std predicament, but I meant about enemas haha
Ah whey would do go around doing anything special but water and soup? Even today, women and men who have anal sex, I can't imagine they do an enema every time or they would damage their inner tissues, no? I think probably clean themselves pretty good and hope for the best :)
It was in all country and ages ...we can't considered the first condoms as the rubber condoms . It's like if you said , the first phone was in 2006 with the iPhone.
They were made with a lot of things .
The king Minos used a balader , in Rome a intestines, with Louis 14 des guts etc...
*Minos = bladder of sheep
You guys are genius HAHAHAH
I learned alot
This always in the very back of my mind but does anyone know how exactly they used to, uh, “clean” themselves back there during this time period? Were there even condoms there? Had they been invented yet?... don’t get me wrong, I’m glad they don’t specify, but I’m still curious (￣∇￣")