Once again, Here I am. I would like to share to you guys a very interesting topic. I dunno if this can catch your interest or even your taste but one thing is for sure, I'm doing this not just for compliance as a writer in DWE but to educate.
Note: This is an excerpt from The Weirld World. Further information is mine and only mine. It is not my intention to offend women. This is for sole educational purpose only.
The idea of the chastity belt was popularized during the Crusades when men would leave their wives to fight in wars. Basically, this is to protect their wives from an undesired sex while they're away.
The idea and portrayal of chastity belts has been seen in everything from medieval texts to movies like The Princess Bride.
But, what's the myth and fact when it comes to these genital torture devices?
Chastity Belts are metal devices that lock around a person's genital area, preventing sexual intercourse and masturbation, with a small hole to allow waste excretion. These devices are thought to date back Medieval times when men would lock up their wives or daughters to ensure their virginity and fidelity.
They are thought to be most commonly used during the Crusades when men would leave their wives to fight in wars. While they were gone, their wives would be outfitted with a chastity belt to prevent temptation and preserve their faithfulness until their husbands returned with the key.
References to chastity belts have been found in texts dating from as early as the first century, but according to Albrecht Classen, a Medieval historian, the existence of these items may be little more than a myth.
The earliest descriptions of chastity belts are mostly found in religious texts, and, upon closer reading, seem to be simply metaphors for living a chaste life. There are few clues that indicate the texts mean to imply that women should literally wear a metal belt to prevent sex.
Why has the myth of the chastity belt endured?
It's hard to disprove an idea once it's firmly lodged in people's minds. As a result, the same scant information has repeatedly convinced generations that medieval men locked up their wive's genital regions. Even the practical difficulties of such a device—as one historian wrote,
“How could such a mechanism have been designed to permit the normal activities of urination, evacuation, menstruation, and hygiene, yet prevent both anal and vaginal penetration?”—have not dissuaded people from believing in chastity belts.
“People delight in delving into sex. They can say they only have a historical interest, but in reality they have a prurient interest,” says Classen. “It's a fantasy.”
For men, the chastity belt is a fantasy about female sexual appetites—women are so horny that only locking them up can keep them in check. For women, it's a fantasy about male cruelty and control. But for many people, it's simply a fantasy about sex. Even if chastity belts used to enforce medieval fidelity were not real, modern chastity belts, sold as fetish objects, definitely, definitely are.
