1700’S Ancient Iron Hand Forged Brass Floral Woman Chastity Belt With Penis Rare

This Antique Chastity Belt is rare and not often seen as it’s got a Penis on it, which seems the male version of a chastity belt. These devices were said to be metal contraptions that Medieval men would force their wives or daughters to wear to protect their virtue, while their fathers were away at war. This may be one of the most historical myths most people in the modern era still believe. For although Chastity Belts are certainly real enough now, they were probably never an actual device used during the Medieval period to keep women abstinent. Most people say that Chastity Belts were used during this era for this purpose because the belief has been held for so long by many different generations. Also, several historians pointed out the prurient interest in the story, claiming that people always want to talk about the strange carnal appetites and behavior of others. This kind of viewpoint allows us to feel superior by comparison, hence, the long-held belief in the chastity belt which, when you really think about it, would have caused countless health and hygiene problems that would have been difficult to ignore. In truth, there are actually no chastity belts found in any serious Medieval texts. Most of the texts, that even mention the idea clearly discuss it in a metaphorical sense, like a Latin text that told women to “hold the helmet of salvation on your front, the word of truth in the mouth and girdle of chastity in the body”. A text that is often cited as proof of the chastity belt use in the Middle Ages is Bellifortis, a 1405 book with designs for a chastity belt as well as torture devices and other wartime items. However, the book also contains several other designs that aren’t meant to be taken literally – like devices that will turn the wearer invisible. In addition, most images portraying the wearing of chastity belts are satirical, in one from 1590 where the woman’s lovers are clearly waiting for her husband to leave and holding copies of the key to her chastity belt. The man also sports donkey ears and is being compared to a person who is trying to keep fleas inside a woven basket. If Medieval individuals had believed in the benefits of chastity belts we would likely see more texts extolling their virtues and fewer making them seem like the butt of some joke.