{"id":2221,"date":"2012-07-21T14:06:02","date_gmt":"2012-07-21T21:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/susannaives.com\/wordpress\/?p=2221"},"modified":"2021-04-08T22:05:21","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T02:05:21","slug":"is-your-victorian-gentleman-sponge-worthy-contraception-in-the-years-1826-1891-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/susannaives.com\/wordpress\/2012\/07\/is-your-victorian-gentleman-sponge-worthy-contraception-in-the-years-1826-1891-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Your Victorian Gentleman Sponge-Worthy? Contraception in the Years 1826 \u2013 1891. Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post is a continuation of\u00a0<a title=\"Is Your Victorian Gentleman Sponge-Worthy? Contraception in the Years 1826 \u2013 1891\" href=\"http:\/\/susannaives.com\/wordpress\/2012\/06\/is-your-victorian-gentleman-sponge-worthy\/\">Is Your Victorian Gentleman Sponge-Worthy? Contraception in the Years 1826 \u2013 1891.<\/a>\u00a0If you haven&#8217;t already, you may want to read that post before continuing.<\/p>\n<p>This week I received a copy of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/What-Love-Richard-Carliles-Philosophy\/dp\/1859848516\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1342904589&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=What+is+Love%3F+Richard+Carlile%C2%92s+Philosophy+of+Sex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What is Love? Richard Carlile\u2019s Philosophy of Sex <\/a><\/em>by M.L. Bush.\u00a0 In this book is the original text of Carlile\u2019s small volume <em>Every Woman\u2019s Book <\/em>published in 1826.<\/p>\n<p>Carlile was a radical for his age, arguing that women should enjoy intercourse without the dread of pregnancy.\u00a0 His book recommended the sponge method as described in my previous post. However, I did find a few interesting tidbits that I wanted to include as closure to the original post.\u00a0 I am not interested in Carlile\u2019s ideology; I merely examine his work as a writer trying to understand the everyday details of life in the nineteenth century.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/susannaives.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Love1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2234\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/susannaives.com\/wordpress\/2012\/07\/is-your-victorian-gentleman-sponge-worthy-contraception-in-the-years-1826-1891-part-ii\/love1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/susannaives.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Love1.jpg?fit=926%2C488&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"926,488\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Love1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/susannaives.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Love1.jpg?fit=525%2C277&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2234\" title=\"Love1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/susannaives.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Love1.jpg?resize=525%2C277\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/susannaives.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Love1.jpg?w=926&amp;ssl=1 926w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/susannaives.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Love1.jpg?resize=500%2C263&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Carlile stated that one tenth of the women in London were involved in prostitution. He didn&#8217;t substantiate that number. \u00a0This is interesting to me because I\u2019ve found more statistical information on prostitution in the Victorian era than the late Regency.<\/p>\n<p>Carlile writes, \u201cThe practice [the sponge] is common with the females of the more refined parts of the continent of Europe, and with those of the aristocracy of England. An English Duchess was lately instanced to the writer, who never goes out to a dinner without being prepared with a sponge. The French and Italian women wear them fastened to their waists, and always have them at hand.\u201d Carlile claimed to know a gentleman who carried a sponge with him in the event that he needed it. Men could also obtain a condom called baudruche or <em>the glove<\/em> in brothels, from tavern waiters, or from women in places of \u201cpublic resort, such as Westminster Hall, etc.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/susannaives.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/love2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2235\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/susannaives.com\/wordpress\/2012\/07\/is-your-victorian-gentleman-sponge-worthy-contraception-in-the-years-1826-1891-part-ii\/love2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/susannaives.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/love2.jpg?fit=895%2C505&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"895,505\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"love2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/susannaives.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/love2.jpg?fit=525%2C296&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2235\" title=\"love2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/susannaives.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/love2.jpg?resize=525%2C296\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/susannaives.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/love2.jpg?w=895&amp;ssl=1 895w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/susannaives.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/love2.jpg?resize=500%2C282&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In his essay \u201cWhat is Love,\u201d Carlile described the sponge as the size of a \u201cgreen walnut\u201d or \u201csmall apple.\u201d It was tied to a string for easy removal. He advised wetting the sponge with water before inserting and then rinsing it out before the next use.<\/p>\n<p>Carlile claimed that every English village annually had cases of women harming or killing themselves when they tried to destroy conceptions with such means as knitting needles and poisons such as \u201cErgot of Rye, Savine and violent purgatives.\u201d \u00a0In her book, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0752428500\/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_d0_g14_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=center-2&amp;pf_rd_r=1D7GFEDAGPBCS42TGQQB&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=470938631&amp;pf_rd_i=507846\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Covent Garden Ladies:\u00a0 Pimp General Jack &amp; the Extraordinary Story of Harris\u2019s List<\/a><\/em>, Hallie Rubenhold states that eighteenth century\u00a0prostitutes in London knew what herbs and powders to purchase from an apothecary to make douches or induce miscarriage. If those measures didn&#8217;t work, the city was teeming with surgeons and midwives willing to terminate a pregnancy. \u00a0One of the Harris&#8217;s List women is described as &#8220;pretty much affected&#8221; by the &#8220;rough medicines&#8221; she had ingested.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/susannaives.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/love3..jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2236\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/susannaives.com\/wordpress\/2012\/07\/is-your-victorian-gentleman-sponge-worthy-contraception-in-the-years-1826-1891-part-ii\/love3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/susannaives.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/love3..jpg?fit=474%2C458&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"474,458\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"love3.\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/susannaives.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/love3..jpg?fit=474%2C458&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2236\" title=\"love3.\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/susannaives.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/love3..jpg?resize=474%2C458\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"458\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Carlile also thought that by advocating contraception he could reduce \u201cthe debauchery constantly going on among men and maid-servants, between servant-girls and their young masters, and even their old masters.\u201d These lines remind me of a letter written by Lord Byron concerning his female servants that is published in <em>A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Country-House-Companion-Mark-Girouard\/dp\/1854223720\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1342904560&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Country+House+Companion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Country House Companion<\/a><\/em> by Mark Girouard. \u00a0Byron writes, \u201cI am plucking up my spirits and have begun to gather my little sensual comforts together. Lucy is extracted from Warwickshire; some very bad faces have been warned off the premises, and more promising substituted in their stead.\u201d Lucy was a servant whom Byron impregnated.\u00a0 He continues, \u00a0\u201cAs I am a great disciplinarian, I have just issued as edict for the abolition of caps; no hair to be cut on any pretext; stays permitted, but not too low before; full uniform always in the evening.\u00a0 Lucinda will be commander&#8230;of all the maker and unmakers of beds in the household.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/susannaives.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/lb2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2226\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/susannaives.com\/wordpress\/2012\/07\/is-your-victorian-gentleman-sponge-worthy-contraception-in-the-years-1826-1891-part-ii\/lb2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/susannaives.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/lb2.jpg?fit=410%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"410,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"lb2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/susannaives.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/lb2.jpg?fit=410%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2226\" title=\"lb2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/susannaives.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/lb2.jpg?resize=410%2C500\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post is a continuation of\u00a0Is Your Victorian Gentleman Sponge-Worthy? Contraception in the Years 1826 \u2013 1891.\u00a0If you haven&#8217;t already, you may want to read that post before continuing. This week I received a copy of What is Love? Richard Carlile\u2019s Philosophy of Sex by M.L. Bush.\u00a0 In this book is the original text of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/susannaives.com\/wordpress\/2012\/07\/is-your-victorian-gentleman-sponge-worthy-contraception-in-the-years-1826-1891-part-ii\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Is Your Victorian Gentleman Sponge-Worthy? Contraception in the Years 1826 \u2013 1891. 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