Red light ladies used to wash them self immediately after a client and would wash the client right before they do “business”.
They did use condoms but they were the kind you rinse and repeat lol.
Married men were even quoted to say a “red light lady” was cleaner than their own wife.
But that was mainly women that did their “business” in a house not the ones they could meet on the street.
The first widespread condom wasn't invented until 1855. Comstock laws made it illegal to make or sell in over 30 states well into the 20th century. So most sex workers didn't use condoms, b/c they couldn't get them.
I was speaking of the not the “official” ones. The use of condom “like” products were used many many years before the factory made ones.
In Japan and China, condoms were in use before the 15th century. In the former, condoms were made of tortoiseshell and, later, thin leather. In China they were made out of oiled paper or lamb intestines. They didn't differ much from condoms in 18th-century Europe, which were made out of linen or animal intestine.
I second this, it applies to Europe as well. They had rather strict rules in houses (maybe not for the random chick who was her own boss though) and some had a fake dick with a condom on it to show how it was done.
But bath were a thing during the XIXth century (once again, in Europe at least) so said cootie would have been sweaty from the 100 layers of clothes but not dirty.
They did use condoms but they were the kind you rinse and repeat lol.
Married men were even quoted to say a “red light lady” was cleaner than their own wife.
But that was mainly women that did their “business” in a house not the ones they could meet on the street.
In Japan and China, condoms were in use before the 15th century. In the former, condoms were made of tortoiseshell and, later, thin leather. In China they were made out of oiled paper or lamb intestines. They didn't differ much from condoms in 18th-century Europe, which were made out of linen or animal intestine.
But bath were a thing during the XIXth century (once again, in Europe at least) so said cootie would have been sweaty from the 100 layers of clothes but not dirty.