The Clothespin in 11.22.63

I am not the only one who had to Google what the hell was being talked about when this came up. James Franco, Jake is back in the 1960's trying to prevent JFK's assassination, and he falls in love with this woman, Sadie, who is married. She talks about her first night with her husband, and that he had her touch his penis, and that she felt a clothespin. He had a clothespin on his penis.

"What?" said Jake, and me and Grace because the conversation continues as if this is something that people did back then. As if I am supposed to go, "Oh yeah that's horrible but that's the 60's" Like footbinding in the Qing dynasty or something. So apparently this wasn't in the book but is a reference to another Stephen King novel. But everyone is wondering what the hell is going on on the internet.

Later Jake talks to the husband and he says, "Did Daddy put the clothespin on? Oh no that was Mommy."

Again this makes it seem again, like even though it is crazy... that it is something that happened in child abuse cases or whatever. That it isn't unheard of. What???

The first thing I thought, which wasn't in any of the answers I saw, was that maybe it was a way to stop him from Masturbation as a child. I only say this because I saw some weird thing on the History Channel about bizarre things that were put on young men in the Wild West times to prevent masturbation.

But the main point is not the clothespin. Mainly it is that he is abusive. But you say abusive and you're like, yeah that's bad.. but normal. I mean look at the guy Jake killed. Now that was abusive right? But the clothes pin line really makes you go, What the hell is going on?
 And makes everything that much more creepy just because a normal household item is placed somewhere where it shouldn't be. Interesting how something out of place can be terrifying.