Chastity Belts - Chastity Devices
In this guide you will learn a lot about chastity belts and devices.
• The wearing of a chastity belt or device can be used as proof of attachment
• A chastity belt or device can simply be worn to prohibit infidelity or masturbation (when in a relationship)
• Chastity belts and devices are sometimes worn as a fashion statement (at venues or parties)
• Chastity belts and devices can be worn to prevent oral-genital sexual stimulations: fellatio and cunnilingus
• It is known that chastity belts and devices have on some occasions been worn to protect the wearer from rape
• Chastity belts and devices are regularly used to obstruct or even totally prevent erection
• Some couples decide to wear chastity belts or devices with the agreement that flirt is allowed, and the belt prevents the wearer from going further – should the temptation arise.
• Chastity belts and devices are known to be worn as very simple methods of contraception
• Single people often choose to carry a chastity device or a chastity belt in order to remain ‘virgin’ and clean until they get married
• A chastity belt is sometimes carried to prevent sexual relations at certain periods
• Chastity belts or devices are frequently used in plays of domination and submission
• The port of the belt can also belong to a phantasm and stimulate the sexual desire by the irresistible attraction of the interdict
• Insecure partners may sometimes ask the other to wear a chastity belt or device in order to cure their fears or anxiety of infidelity
• Chastity devices range from quite simple leather and plastic sex toys up to very expensive custom-made chastity belts
• The two most popular types of a chastity devices (or belts) are:
• 1) Cage-type chastity devices. These chastity devices enclose male genitals in order to prevent sexual stimulation and erection.
• 2) Florentine-style chastity device. This type features a band around the waist and hips. Also the device has a so called shield that covers the genitals.
• For females this shield is usually a flat band with a slot through which a woman can urinate.
• For males, the shield commonly covers the tube in which the penis is placed. The shield has perforations at the bottom that allow urine to escape.
• Chastity devices including a ‘thong’ arrangement feature a single strap running between the buttocks to the waistband. The strap can be a plastic-coated cable or it can be a steel strap with a hole to allow passage of faeces.
Modern chastity belts are designed for long-term, continuous wear. However, before investing in a chastity belt, it is usually advisable to clarify one's budget and goals, and then balance them against the potential physical and mental discomfort
• "Florentine"-style waist belts can be incompatible with vigorous sporting activity because they make bending forwards or sideways at the hips difficult
• Consider the material. Although this is very rare, some materials, like some plastics, alloys and rubber can very occasionally cause allergy.
• Weight gain or a protruding belly may make the fitting of a "Florentine"-style belt difficult, or render an existing belt uncomfortable for constant wear. For long-term wear, a hip belt that rests on the taper of the hips or a curved belt that hugs above the hip bone and drops below the belly in the front is preferred to a waist belt that encloses the narrowest part of the waist
• Badly designed or adjusted devices can compress male genitals in a potentially harmful manner
• Belts made entirely of plastic, as well as plastic single-use verifiable closures, are available for wearers who must travel through airports or other places where metal detectors are used
• After the belt is delivered, a period is usually required for the wearer and the belt to adjust to each other. The belt must be bent by hand for fit and comfort. The wearer should wear the belt for 1-2 hours on the first day, and then gradually lengthen the amount of time spent in the belt. Usually one month or longer is required until a new belt can be worn continuously.
• The wearer should check regularly for bruising, oedema and chafing where the device contacts their skin. Chastity belt wearers should be vigilant against pressure sores.
• During periods of long term wear, the belt should be removed regularly to clean off accumulated skin, urine, and other deposits. Care should be taken to clean parts of the belt that are in constant contact with the body.
• For belts with a "thong" arrangement, access to a bidet can greatly simplify hygiene. The belt must also drain well enough to prevent water and bodily fluids from being trapped against the skin. Skin trapped with water without any time to "breathe" can lead to chafing or rashes. A hairdryer may be helpful for drying difficult-to-reach areas of skin after bathing.
Chastity belts are surrounded by myths and folklore. The most common of these myths is that they were first used by crusading knights on their wives. There is no evidence of the existence of chastity belts until ca. 1400 which was over a century after the last Crusade.
The first known mention of chastity belts in the West is in Konrad Kyeser von Eichstätt's Bellifortis, a ca. 1400 book describing the military technology of the era. The book includes a drawing that is accompanied by the Latin text: "Est florentinarum hoc bracile dominarum ferreum et durum ab antea sic reseratum." ("These are hard iron breeches of Florentine women which are closed at the front.") The belt in this drawing is described by Dingwall as "both clumsy and heavy", having "little in common with the later models which served the same use" (Dingwall, 1931). The Bellifortis account is not supported by any evidence or corroborating documents.
The period of the chastity belt's diffusion to Europe beyond Italy, and of its relatively most common use (though this was still quite rare), was the 16th century and the 17th century — so that the classical historical chastity belt can be more accurately described as a "Renaissance" phenomenon, rather than "Medieval". They were probably employed more by a few rich and jealous husbands married to much younger wives (a common upper-class practice at the time) — as seen in the 16th century German woodcut at right — than by soldiers going off to war.
In 1889, a leather-and-iron belt was found by A. M. Pachinger—a German collector of antiquities—in Linz, Austria in a grave on a skeleton of a young woman. The woman was purportedly buried sometime in the 16th century. Pachinger, however, could not find any record of the woman's burial in the town archives. The belt itself, along with most of the rest of Pachinger's collection, has been lost.
Two belts have been exhibited at the Musée de Cluny in Paris. The first, a simple velvet-covered hoop and plate of iron, was supposedly worn by Catherine de' Medici. The other—said to have been worn by Anna of Austria—is a hinged pair of plates held about the waist by metal straps, featuring intricately etched figures of Adam and Eve. There are other such belts at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg and the British Museum in London. Most have been removed from display because the authenticity of these belts as Renaissance devices has since been called into question.
From the 1700s through to the 1930s, masturbation was widely regarded as harmful in Western medicine. Numerous mentions can be found in medical journals of the time of the use of chastity belt-like devices to prevent masturbation in children and adolescents.
Pre-20th-century chastity belts had padded linings which had to be changed fairly frequently. By modern medical standards, these early belts were not practical for uninterrupted long-term wear.
Designs for many anti-masturbation devices were filed in the US Patent Office. Anecdotal accounts suggest that the use of anti-masturbation devices on juveniles continues in the United States and Europe through the present day.
Modern chastity belts made from stainless steel are descended from improvements on the Florentine design by John Harold Higginbottom of Sheffield, England. His company, Tollyboy, now run by Richard Davies, still makes chastity belts today.
Today, chastity belts are enjoying a comeback thanks to the wider acceptance of BDSM practices in post-Sexual Revolution Western society. Their resurgence in popularity has ridden the wave of BDSM on the Internet along with other historical tools of sexual repression such as the corset.
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