Chastity belt

English: A chastity belt is a locking item of clothing designed to prevent sexual intercourse and possibly masturbation. Various forms of chastity belts have been used in the Renaissance to compel the faithfulness of a few wives of rich men, in the 19th century to prevent male masturbation or "nocturnal emissions", and in recent times as part of BDSM play or lifestyles. Most specimens of "Medieval" chastity belts in European museums are actually Renaissance, or are outright 19th-century forgeries...

Deutsch: Ein Keuschheitsgürtel ist ein Instrument zum teilweisen Entzug der Selbstkontrolle, das heute vor allem bei BDSM-Praktiken angewendet wird.

Polski: Pas cnoty to urządzenie zaprojektowane w celu powstrzymywania kobiet przed zdradą i masturbacją

Historical chastity belts

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  A 16th-century German satirical colored woodcut whose general theme is the uselesness of chastity belts in ensuring the faithfulness of beautiful young wives married to old ugly husbands
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  (Alternate version of woodcut)
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  Another Renaissance caricature
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  A sketch of a rather cumbersome-looking early chastity belt in a ca. 1405 manuscript of "Bellifortis"
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  Chastity belt from the special exhibition "100,000 Years of Sex"
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  Chastity belt at the former torture museum in Freiburg im Breisgau
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  Chastity belt at the former torture museum in Freiburg im Breisgau

Modern chastity belts

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  Modern male Carrara chastity belt
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  Piercing of sexual fidelity
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  Small pink modern chastity belt