The CRAZY Ways Japanese Courtesans Dealt With Pregnancies

🎎 Become the Japanese history/folklore expert your friends rely on: https://www.linfamy.com When Japanese courtesans got pregnant, what did they do? Who did the baby belong to? Did their lives get better or worse? *Process for ending a pregnancy: The woman was tied and gagged on the floor. They used a long chopstick-like tool and dipped it into the drug mixture, then inserted it into the womb, piercing the fetus. This was supposed to induce a miscarriage. Sometimes they didn’t use the chopsticks, but other things like barley stalks. Obviously, it was a dangerous procedure. Idea of children as not fully human: https://youtu.be/8DruHmMXheg Sexuality in Medieval Japan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl0m3pm5SCo&list=PLOWnSFzV-C9Yi1N1cZ_u2v-ed5tNeBXaK 0:00 The Pregnancy Problem 2:47 Giving Birth 3:32 To Keep, or Not to Keep? 4:41 Ending a Pregnancy 6:45 Ending a Baby NEED FOOD =) 🔸PATREON (blog, art): https://www.patreon.com/Linfamy 🔸MEMBERSHIP: https://www.youtube.com/Linfamy/join 🔸MERCH: https://shop.linfamy.com/ (charms, stickers, tees, and more!) 🔸DONATE: https://www.paypal.me/Linfamy RECOMMENDED 🔸History of Japan (ALL): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATnFsFRnRsI&list=PLOWnSFzV-C9ZQS70LRfOpQodtb8oogcEs 🔸Japanese Folktales (ALL): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngNvakLYNto&list=PLOWnSFzV-C9ZR-2VPUKaMordQkrJzZcyG 🔸The Kamakura Period (Japan 1185 - 1333): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dql4zmbw_gM&list=PLOWnSFzV-C9bk9tt8CtfNzb8OsQy-DAPK 🔸Sexuality in Medieval Japan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl0m3pm5SCo&list=PLOWnSFzV-C9Yi1N1cZ_u2v-ed5tNeBXaK 🔸Japanese Mythology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htyHPh1KSvQ&list=PLOWnSFzV-C9YmtK5BVbB7u5DhkYYj1s0W 🔸Legendary Weapons of Japan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_0n4OSxiIQ&list=PLOWnSFzV-C9ZtZWqaNGFqpDYD42pU_Tqv SOCIAL 🔸Discord (community chat): https://discord.gg/tub8PzX 🔸Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/linfamy 🔸Twitter: http://twitter.com/linfamy SOURCES 🔸 Fertility and Pleasure: https://amzn.to/3fK1YBI 🔸 Women and Class in Japanese History: https://amzn.to/34aa012 WHAT I USE TO MAKE THESE VIDEOS 🎤Microphone: https://amzn.to/2Xgq2Ca 🖥Drawing Tablet: https://amzn.to/2NhYQ1b 📸Camera: https://amzn.to/2BL03tr 💻Software: https://amzn.to/2EkIOki ⚙The rest: https://kit.co/Linfamy/animator-s-kit DISCLAIMER: This description contains affiliate links. If you click on them, then purchase something on the site, I will make a small commission at no extra cost to you! This helps support the channel and allows me to continue making videos for you. It's a win-win! Thank you for your support! #JapaneseHistory #HistoryOfJapan #Linfamy