About an half hour into the movie Carrington is about to have sex with Mark. He starts to walk in the bedroom and asks if she's ready, but she claims "it's too big"..."I can't get it in." What is she talking about? The only thing I can think of is some sort of fem-dom, but would those have existed then?
shareShe was referring either to a diaphragm or cervical cap. Both were popular forms of birth control in WWII and have been around since about the mid 1800s.
John and Mary had never met. They were like two hummingbirds who had also never met.
D'oh! That makes perfect sense. Thanks.
shareWWI, actually: when the first part of the film was set.
shareYour question's been answered. However, the thing you were talking about did indeed exist back then. Those have been around since -- well, forever, basically.
Think about the bawdy Elizabethan times -- I bet Shakespeare wrote about them in his plays. He always managed to get lots of salty jokes and references in.
Let's just say that God doesn't believe in me.