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Chastity belt
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A chastity belt is a locking item of clothing designed to prevent sexual intercourse or masturbation. Such belts were historically designed for women, ostensibly for the purpose of chastity, to protect women from rape or to dissuade women and their potential sexual partners from sexual temptation. Modern versions of the chastity belt are predominantly, but not exclusively, used in the BDSM community, and chastity belts are now designed for male wearers in addition to female wearers.
Venetian female chastity belt on display in the Doge's palace. (Claimed to be 16th–17th century.)
Venetian female chastity belt on display in the Doge's palace. (Claimed to be 16th–17th century.)
The Bellifortis sketch (c. 1405)
The Bellifortis sketch (c. 1405)
Sixteenth-century satirical German woodcut
Sixteenth-century satirical German woodcut
Eric Dingwall
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Eric John Dingwall (1890–1986) was a British anthropologist, psychical researcher and librarian.
A caricature on the ultimate ineffectualness of chastity belts. According to information in the scholarly work The Girdle of Chastity by Eric John Din
A caricature on the ultimate ineffectualness of chastity belts. According to information in the scholarly work The Girdle of Chastity by Eric John Dingwall, there were a number of versions, but this specific version of the caricature was published c. 1590.