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A '''chastity belt''' is a [[locking]] item of clothing designed to prevent [[sexual intercourse]] and possibly [[masturbation]]. The purpose may also be to protect the wearer from [[rape]] or [[temptation]].  Devices have been created for males and females.
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[[Image:Chastity belt.jpg|thumb|A modern female chastity belt of the Florentine type]]
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A '''chastity belt''' is a locking item of clothing that prevents the wearer from engaging in sexual intercourse and (sometimes) [[masturbation]] as well. Versions exist for both males and females.  
  
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The term "Chastity belt" is also used [[metaphor]]ically in modern English to mean an overly protective device or practice.  The term carries a derisive connotation and may also imply that the subject is antiquated, or is cumbersome, or provides unnecessary protection, or provides ineffective protection.
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=== History ===
  
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Designs for many anti-masturbation devices were filed in the [[United States|US]] [[Patent|Patent Office]].   
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Modern jokes sometimes depict Crusaders using chastity belts to control their wives when fighting abroad, but the first historical evidence for chastity belts actually belongs to the Renaissance period (early 15th-century northern Italy). Belts for women existed in 15th- and 16th-century Italy and Germany, at least, and were generally imposed by a few wealthy men on their much younger wives to enforce [[chastity|fidelity]].  Renaissance female chastity belt designs were not suitable for long-term continuous wear (the belts had to be removed at least once a month, or even more often), and the belts were padded to avoid exposing the skin directly to metals.  Note that none of the chastity belt specimens in European museums can be shown to be medieval (they either date from the 16th and 17th centuries, or in some cases are outright 19th-century forgeries).   
  
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In the last decades of the 20th century the chastitybelt has made a comeback as a usefull instrument of sexual controll, thanks to the wider acceptance of BDSM practices in post-Sexual Revolution Western society, as a good belt allows the keyholder in an BDSM-relationship to deny the beltwearer any orgasm also when absent. Modern chastity belts are made from stainless steel, so they can be worn for longer periods without health-risks.
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After the Renaissance, chastity belts disappeared for a time as any kind of regular commercial product or minority cultural practice, but then Victorian prudery and obsession with preventing masturbation led to the reintroduction on a small scale of a kind of chastity belt in the nineteenth century (but for males, not females).  There were a variety of designs (as detailed in patent applications etc.), but the goal was to prevent masturbation and "nocturnal emissions" by adolescent boys or young unmarried men. Most designs were not suitable for wearing under ordinary clothes, but only at night, and were intended as much or more to be aids to help the weak-willed from succumbing to temptation, as to allow external coercive control of a male's sexuality.
  
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The models mostly used 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. The request for chastity belts has grown so much, that at the moment there exist at least twenty chastity belt makers in Europe and America, offering different models.{{Fact|date=May 2007}}
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When medical views changed and masturbation was no longer seen as a mental health problem, belts disappeared again, to give way — after an interval — to modern real chastity belts used for what would now be called BDSM purposes. Apparently the first belt of this kind and for this purpose was produced 1956 by Hal Higginbottom, the so-called Tollyboy model for women.  Nowadays there exist a few dozen firms producing chastity belts, or individual belt-makers, mostly located in the United States, Britain and Germany.
  
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Their small resurgence in popularity has ridden the wave of [[BDSM]] on the Internet along with other historical tools of sexual repression such as the [[corset]].{{Fact|date=May 2007}}
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=== Use of chastity belts ===
  
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== Modern use ==
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Chastity belts are sometimes used as an element of [[consensual]] [[BDSM]] practices. From the viewpoint of the [[keyholder]] they may be used for four different main purposes (which of course don't exclude each other):
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[[Image:Chastity_belt.jpg|thumb|right|A modern female William Jones belt with an atypical integrated radial lock]]
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# to keep the wearer really chaste for some period.
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[[Image: Carrarachastitybelt3.jpg|thumb|right|These images show an example of a modern extremely heavy high-security chastitybelt for men manufactured by Carrara in Belgium, covering both the testicles and penis of the wearer with a huge protector forged together with the rigid steel case containing the locking system (total weight: 1,5 kilos). The belt, that makes masturbation, orgasm and sexual intercourse (both genital and anal) totally impossible, is thus designed that it is invisible under normal clothes. For comfort the not less than 2mm thick steel belt is lined on the inside with neoprene. The form of the protector is studied in a way it contours the hamstring-tendons between the legs, and does not influence the walking and sitting of the wearer too much.
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# to prevent the wearer from having [[sex]] with anybody else.
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The protector not only covers the testicles completely, but also makes the entrance of the penistube inaccessible, which is curved to prevent erection. Holes on the other end of the tube make urination and cleaning possible while locked on and at the same time are to small to give acess for stimulation. A narrow string over the anus connects the back of the waistbelt with the protector and thus makes escape unconceivable. The hinge of the small padlock in the frontplate is totally covered by the steel case to prevent destruction with bolt cutters. The belt-ends are flat strip who are fitting into a groove on the left and right top-corner of the case. On this strips are small knobs which can be hooked, in the down-direction in 5 different slots for adjustability. Once the right tension is found, the small knob on the lockingblock just above the padlock only has to be pushed down to pull the hidden hinge into the visible golden case of the padlock and thus lock the system definitively, whereafter the key can taken out of the padlock at its lower side and the wearer will stay chaste.
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# to mark the [[genital]] zone of the wearer as his/her sexual [[property]].
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Pics from above to below: frontview; insideview showing the separate entrance to the penistube and the cages for the testicles; the belt securely locked on; rearview; view from below]]
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# to make the wearer, through enforced [[sexual denial]], more obedient.
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[[Image: Carrarachastitybelt4.jpg|thumb|right]]
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[[Image: Carrarachastitybelt7.jpg|thumb|right| The chastity belt securely locked on. Note that the protector prevents access to the whole genital area and that the waistbelt, functioning as a second skin of steel, is intentionally applied very tight to make escape from the enforced chastity by pushing it downwards over the hips totally impossible]]
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[[Image: Carrarachastitybelt5.jpg|thumb|right]]
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[[Image: Carrarachastitybelt6.jpg|thumb|right]]
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Chastity belts thus are often not only applied to control the [[victim]] for the time being, but also to manage his/her behaviour for the future, i.e. to make him/her more manageable for the keyholder, with the intention that the wearer will fulfill his/her sexual desires better. For that reason, in contrast to most other BDSM toys they can also play an important, or even crucial role in a BDSM relationship outside the bedroom. Because enforced chastity will have its greatest effects on the mind only in the long-term, the psychological aspect of being belted is as important as the physical aspect of it. With time passing, she/he may get more and more used to the unusual feeling of the (sometimes rather heavy) chastity device, but on the other hand may get irritated more and more by the fact of being locked up in it, as the desire for sexual release will grow.  Women kept in chastity belts for a long period sometimes report losing interest in sex.
  
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Today, chastity belts are sometimes used in consensual [[BDSM]] play and as a form of [[erotic sexual denial]]. They range from simple leather or plastic toys commonly sold by adult stores to expensive high-security stainless steel devices made by a handful of specialist firms, which are absolute safe in two ways to guarantee the total chastity of the wearer as long as the keyholder wishes: 1. no risk of escape; 2. no risk of getting an orgasm.  
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In practice, chastity devices are usually only worn for limited periods. The investigation of Chastity.UK revealed that most wearers were usually locked up for just a week, which will mean that the belt is only used for temporary orgasm denial to have better sex afterwards. More than 50% never wore the belt for more than a month; regular cleaning apart, a third of the respondents were secured for more than two months without having any sexual release, which means that they are not locked up to enhance the pleasure of sexual play in the immediate future for the wearer too, but were kept in real chastity for a substantial period, which for a small minority ranged up to over a year.
  
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Although no reliable statistics are available on the use of chastity belts, anecdotal reports from manufacturers suggest that threequarter of the belts sold in Europe and the US are for men, half of them in a heterosexual, half of them in a homosexual relationship.  
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Although no reliable statistics are available on the use of chastity belts, reports from manufacturers suggest that three quarter of the belts sold in Europe and the US are worn by men - half of them in a [[heterosexual]], half of them in a [[homosexual]] relationship - and only a quarter by women.
  
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Modern, high-security chastity belts tend to be one of two types:
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=== Types of chastity belts ===
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* A "cage"-type device, only fit for men, which encloses the male genitals, intended to prevent stimulation and erection. For that reason the tube that confines the penis mostly will be curved. They mostly are locked behind the testicles at the root of the penis. Depending on the wearer, they might not be quite safe in respect of chastity, as it sometimes is possible to get the genitals out of them without access to the key.
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Special "metal-detector safe" models also exist; these are made entirely of plastic and fasten with tamper-evident plastic seals.
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This type mostly isn't called a chastitybelt, but a chastitytube.
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* A "Florentine"-style belt (named after the Bellifortis reference) has a band around the waist or hips, with a "shield" running between the legs to cover the genitals. These are the 'real' chastity belts. They exist both for men and women. A survey of the website Chastity.UK revealed that only a minority of ca. 15% of the chastity devices now sold are of the Florentine type, presumable because they are more expensive.
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Chastity belts tend to be of two types — a real lockable "belt" which is worn around the pelvis, or (only for males) a "cage" type device which locks around the [[genitals]] (called a chastity cage). Male chastity belts prevent stimulation and erection of the genitals as well as [[orgasm]]. The majority of the male devices are of the less expensive (but also more often less effective) cage-type.
  
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For Florentine belts, the design must accommodate a long-term wearer's needs to pass both urine and feces:
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Modern 'real' chastity belt designs generally follow the basic "Florentine" pattern (named after the Bellifortis reference), with a band around the waist or hips and an annexed  "shield" running between the legs to cover the genitals. Both belts and cages include models which can be worn for some weeks or even semi-permanently, and some are made from strong plastics which are intended to be 'metal detector safe'.
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* For females, the shield is commonly a flat band with a slot through which the labia can protrude and through which urine can pass. (Some manufacturers fit a perforated cover—sometimes called the "secondary shield"—over this slot to both to prevent the wearer from being pinched when sitting and also to prevent masturbation.)
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* For males, the shield usually covers a tube in which the penis is held facing downward with perforations at the bottom of the shield to allow urine to escape; the testicles are exposed on both sides of the tube. In most cases the tube is straight, which makes erections still possible. One beltmaker in Belgium (http://users.pandora.be/carrara/carrara/carrara/concept%20belts.htm) therefore has developed an extra high-security model called Carrara with a protector that covers all the genitals, that might be one of the most safe existing in respect of chastity, as the penistube in this case as an exeption is curved, immediately punishing the wearer for getting an erection, as this will be rather painfull.
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* Belts with a "thong" arrangement have a single strap running up between the buttocks to the waistband. On some, this is a plastic-coated cable or a thin curved metal rod; on others, it is a steel strap with an aperture in an O-vorm over the anus to allow passage of feces.
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* Belts with a "V"-arrangement have a pair of chains attached together the bottom of the shield and apart towards the back of waistband in a "V" to leave the rear open.
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Most modern chastity belts are fastened with [[padlock]]s. Some high-security designs nest the lock within a shroud to make it more difficult to attack with [[bolt cutters]]. Some of the more expensive designs have locks that are integrated into the belt.
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=== Risks of wearing a chastity belt ===
  
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Modern chastity devices of both cage and Florentine types are often designed to also work with genital piercings for greater security.
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Medically, modern chastity belts can be worn long-term.  However, they require careful fitting and adjustment, and if maladjusted can rub or (especially 'cage' types) compress the genitals of males in a very uncomfortable or potentially harmful manner. For this reason, it is important to test them carefully for wearability before relying on them, and regularly thereafter check for signs of physical injury (bruising, oedema, rubbing and chaffing, etc). In addition, when buying a belt, some designs of belt may be more suitable than others (particularly for well-endowed men), depending on physical size, body shape, and reason for buying.
  
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[[Image:Carrarabelt, frontview.jpg|thumb|A modern high-security male chastity belt, designed for semi-permanent wear, the protector in front covering both penis and testicles. In addition the penis is even locked away in an extra separate curved tube inside the protector. The gold-coloured padlock is hidden in a special heavy steel case to prevent removal with bolt cutters.]]
  
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== Why wear a chastity belt? ==
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Women kept in chastity belts for extended periods sometimes report losing all interest in sex.
  
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* Allthough apparently some women wear a chastitybelt to prevent rape, most are worn in a consensual relationship, not allways of a BDSM-caracter, to give the keyholder total controll over the sexual behaviour of the wearer and prevent infidelity and (in the case of men perhaps even more often) masturbation.
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=== Important points to look at when planning to buy a chastity belt ===
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* A lot of chastitydevices are only used during sexual play, for which long-term-wearing-comfort isn't necessary. Hygene, urination an defecation have not to be taken into account. The material of the chastity-device therefore can be leather too.
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* The investigation of Chastity.UK revealed that most wearers were usually locked up just for a week, which will mean that the belt is only used for temporary orgasm denial to have better sex afterwards. More than 50% did never wear the belt for more than a month; onethird of the respondents were secured for more than two months, which means that they are not locked up to enhance the pleasure of a soon sexual play for the wearer too, but were kept in real chastity for a serious period, which for a small minority ranged till over a year.
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== Choosing a chastity belt ==
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As a good 'real' chastity belt of the Florentine type mostly has to be made to measure, and therefore is rather expensive (costing up to £500), choosing the most appropriate model is important. As being tight fitting (for safety reasons) and at the same time avoiding too much discomfort is crucial, it is advisable to visit the belt-maker in person to be measured exactly before manufacture, since it it is very difficult to do that for yourself.
  
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* Modern chastity belts are mostly designed for long-term, continuous wear. However, before investing in a chastity belt, it is usually advisable to clarify one's budget and goals, then balance them against the potential physical and mental discomfort.
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As for serious chastity control, if the device is intended for long-term wear, a really effective chastity belt has to be safe in five respects:
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* "Florentine"-style waist belts can be incompatible with vigorous sporting activity because they make bending forwards or sideways at the hips difficult. For comfort and absolute chastity they have to fit well, and therefore have to be made exactly to measure, which makes them rather expensive.
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* The choice of materials used in the belt is also important: some plastics, [[alloy]]s (especially those containing [[nickel]]), and [[rubber]] (such as that used in [[neoprene]]) may cause [[dermatitis|allergic contact dermatitis]] after constant contact with the skin. For absolute security stainless-steel is nearly inevitable, as it is very difficult to destroy and is most safe in hygienic respects.
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* 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. Only a few belts offer the usefull possibility to adapt the belt to ranging circumferences of the wearer. For long-term wear, a curved belt that hugs above the hip bone and drops below the belly in the front is much to be preferred to a waist belt that encloses the narrowest part of the waist, as this last model, when sitting will push rather painfully against the ribs.
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* Badly designed or adjusted devices can compress male genitals in a potentially harmful manner.
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* Devices 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.
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== Purchasing a chastity belt ==
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1. No risk of sexual intercourse and no risk of unauthorised orgasms. Therefore: the more the genitals are inaccessible, the better the guarantee of total chastity.
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* For females, the shield is commonly a flat band with a slot through which the labia can protrude and through which urine can pass. Some manufacturers fit a perforated cover (sometimes called the "secondary shield") over this slot to prevent the wearer from being pinched when sitting. The cover may also prevent direct masturbation by stopping the labia from being touched.
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* For males, the shield usually covers a tube in which the penis is held facing downward, with perforations at the bottom of the shield to allow urine to escape. The [[testicles]] are mostly left exposed on both sides of the tube. Some designs feature a tube curved tightly to discourage erections, or at least make them painful; chastity cages are devices in which similar tubes are used on their own, without a supporting belt. To make stimulation of the penis more difficult, some chastity belts also cover the testicles.
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* Belts with a "thong" arrangement have a single strap running up between the buttocks to the waistband. On some, this is a plastic-coated cable or a thin, curved metal rod. This strap may or may not be loose enough to pull aside, depending on whether the belt is designed to protect against anal penetration. On other designs, the rear strap is solid with an aperture over the anus to allow passage of faeces.
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* Belts with a "V"-arrangement have a pair of chains attached together at the bottom of the shield and apart towards the back of waistband in a "V" to leave the rear open.
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* On both male and female belts, the shield can be designed to work with genital piercings for greater security.
  
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* All 'real' chastity belts of the Florentine type for men and women prevent genital intercourse, sometimes anal intercourse too. A good high-security-belt for men will, to guarantee the absolute chastity of he wearer, also make erection, stimulation, masturnation and above all orgasm impossible.
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However, as most males will ejaculate spontaneously after some period of sexual denial (through nocturnal wet dreams), because for physical health reasons a man's body regularly renews the sperm, and no chastity belt will be able to prevent this natural process, regular [[prostatic milking]] is advisable to stop a belted male from having any nocturnal orgasm, by draining him in due time to deny him that sexual pleasure, and thus keeping his own feelings chaste.
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* Most manufacturers offer belts with a curved waistband that surrounds the hips instead of the waist. These hip belts offer more comfort and flexibility to the wearer and are the overwhelming choice of modern buyers over traditional waist belts.
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* When the wearer is supposed to be secured in the belt for longer periods, so to say 'to live' in the belt in public, it is important to look for a belt that doesn't show under clothes. Especially one has to pay attention that the locks don't make bubbles at 'strange' places.
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* For a custom made stainless steel belt to fit comfortably, accurate measurements of the wearer's body must be taken. Steel belts are very expensive to modify. As measuring has to be very exact, it is absolutely advisable to visit the beltmaker in person to have him do the necessary measurements, as it is rather difficult to do that yourself in an adequate way. Ordering by post implies a lot of risks in this respect.
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== Getting used to wearing a chastity belt ==
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2. No risk of unauthorised escape. A good chastity belt therefore has to be made to measure to fit exactly to the body of the wearer, to make it impossible to take it off by pushing it over the hips without opening the lock. Some belts can be adjusted to changes in circumference of the wearer's belly rather simply, as it is possible to lock them in several positions.
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Of course, the thicker the metal of the belt, the less the chance that the wearer can break it.
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Most modern belts fasten with [[padlock]]s. Some high-security designs nest the lock within a special case of steel to make it more difficult to attack with bolt cutters. A handful of manufacturers, however, do offer higher-priced models with integral locks for a sleeker profile.  The best high-security belts are mostly rather heavy too, weighing up to 2 kilos, and because the steel will not yield to the body, the body must yield to the steel, and therefore the person put in chastity in this way will have to 'learn' to wear a chastity belt by gradually extending the wearing period.
  
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* In a way a new belt-wearer has to 'learn' to wear a chastity belt, especially when he/she is supposed to become locked up for longer periods in a 'real' chastity belt, i.e,. of the Florentine type. Male wearers will have to train themselves quickly to avoid spontanuous erections, as they are rather painfull in curved tubes and, if happening often, may do harm to the skin of the penis.
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3. No risk of hygienic complications. A good chastity belt should not only make it possible for the wearer to urinate and defecate without problems, but also to clean the belt and his/her body while wearing it. Therefore, most modern belts are made of stainless steel, so the wearer can have a shower. [[leather (material)|Leather]] belts are for that reason not useful for long-term chastity. To improve hygiene it might be advisable to [[shaving|shave]] the [[pubic hair]] of a person who has to stay belted for extended periods.
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* Furtheron the wearer might need to look for other carriages for defecation and urination. Belted men off course will have to urinate in a sitting position too and to do that very slowly to avoid a mess.
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* After the belt is delivered und locked on for the first time, it must be bent by hand for fit and comfort. Thereupon a period is usually also required for the wearer and the belt simple to adjust to each other; the better - i.e. safer and thus stronger - the belt is, the more time this will take. Especially high-security chastitybelts, meant for serious long-term-wear, are rather heavy und thus heavy to wear in the beginning both physically and psychically, as the wearer will be aware of them the whole time.
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* For all those reasons, usually it will take one month or longer for them until a new belt is felt in both ways as a 'normal' part of the body and thus can be worn continuously for permanent.
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* The wearer therefore should wear the new belt just for 1-2 hours on the first day, then gradually lengthen the amount of time spent in the belt. As the belt has to be applied very tight to the body of the wearer like a second skin of steel to make selfstimulation or even escape absolutely impossible, and thus to guarantee his/her absolute chastity, the wearer especially has to get used to the uninterrupted and unescapable very firm grip of the belt at the hips, the genitals and the perineum, which, when the belt is locked in place the first time, after half an hour may seem unbearable.
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* For that reason a belt that can be adjusted to weight gain is advisable, as this makes it possible to apply the belt each time a little tighter, till it fits as it should (to exclude any possibility that the wearer may free him/herself by pushing the waistbands of the belt over the hips), which would seem much to narrow in the beginning.
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== Wearing a chastity belt: hygiene ==
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4. No risk of inconvenience. Although the body of the wearer will need some time to adapt itself to being locked up, a good chastity belt shouldn't be too uncomfortable. It should not chafe the skin of the wearer; for that reason, most belts are lined with some kind of [[rubber]]. Also, the belt should not hinder the wearer in daily life too much, when sitting, standing, sleeping, walking, bowing etc. To make the belt more flexible and movements more easy, some belts have hinges in several places.
  
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* The wearer should check regularly for [[bruising]], [[edema]] and chafing where the device contacts their skin. Chastity belt wearers should be vigilant against [[pressure sores]], because when the belt is applied well, it is nearly impossible to move it a little for relief of the pressure.
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5. No risk of discovery. Especially when long-term wear is intended, i.e. when the wearer will have 'to live' continually in the chastitydevice and thus also will have to go belted to his/her work etcetera., it is important to look for a belt that doesn't show under clothes. A good belt will follow the form of the body as closely as possible (see 2.), and thus - apart from metal-detectors - not easily be discovered, as long as one doesn't wear very tight clothes. When choosing a belt, it may be important to ensure that for instance the locks or other parts are not making bulges in unusual places.
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* During periods of long term wear, the belt should be removed regularly to clean off accumulated skin, urine, and other deposits, mostly once a week. Apart from that, the wearer should clean the genital and anal parts of the belt each day with help of the strong spouts of a shower. Some beltmakers state that by doing that securely, their belts can be worn uninterrupted for a month or even longer without any hygienic problem. Care should be taken to clean parts of the belt that are in constant contact with the body.
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* 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.
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== Important health advise ==
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===Advice for wearing a male chastity belt===
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* Take some time to figure out the correct sizing and spacing before sending the keys off to your partner for months.
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* If using plastic or metal tube/cuff devices, experiment with different types of underwear. Some find that the support provided by [[jockstrap]]s or briefs enable one to wear a chastity belt much more conveniently than wearing [[boxer shorts]].
  
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* This advise is based on information from Chastity.UK and Yourkeys Vanilla and Spice.
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=== Getting used to wearing a chastity belt ===
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* Belts for men are especially designed to deny the wearer the pleasure of any unautorised orgasm, but apparent to Chastity.Uk recent Australian studies has made clear that men who regularly masturbate have better chances of avoiding prostate cancer. Normally men by masturbation will have several orgasms each week; without that after some period a spontanuous nocturnal ejaculation mostly is inevitable. For that reason, in case the chastity has to long for a period of a month or more, men locked-up in a chastity belt can by socalled [[prostate milking]] helped to maintain good prostate health and still kept chaste, by draining their ejaculate without orgasm.
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* Staying chaste with help of a chastity belt in the beginning is not so easy as it may seem. In a way, a new belt-wearer has to 'learn' to wear a chastity belt, especially when he/she is supposed to be locked up for longer periods in a 'real' chastity belt, i.e. of the Florentine type, as the belt will mostly feel not very comfortable when it's new and the wearer, because of the pressure of the tempered steel, will constantly be reminded of the device around his/her waist.
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* Prostate milking may help to flush out the build up of toxins which accumulate within the prostate glands of a belted male by enabling him to ejaculate without experiencing orgasm. As most men need penile stimulation to reach the latter, this milking can be done without risk of an orgasm and while he remains securely belted.
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* Especially male wearers at the start will be forced to concern themselves with their chastity nearly the whole time, very awkward moments included, and to develop a lot of self-control. They will have to train themselves very quickly to avoid all spontaneous erections, as they will be punished immediately by the belt itself because they are rather painful in curved tubes and, if happening often, may do harm to the skin of the penis. Only after some time of habituation will the genitals 'know' their limits in space and adapt to it; the male belt-wearer may then relax.
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* Normally, during sexual arousal, sperm and ejaculatory fluid accumulate in these glands backing up behind valves in the ejaculatory ducts. When fluid pressure reaches a high enough threshold, the valves open and the urethral bubl fills, triggering the ejaculatory reflex and muscular contractions of orgasm, which empties the glands.
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* Further, the wearer might need to look for other positions for defecation and urination. Belted men of course will have to urinate in a sitting position too and to do that very slowly to avoid a mess.
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* The milking session usually lasts from 10 to 40 minutes and is as such very pleasurable for the belt-wearer. After about 10 minutes of massage he will just begin to release fluid which just has a sensation similar to slow urinating, after continued message the fluid flows out freely. He will feel nothing else than this and have no orgasm or excitement. Once a sufficient amount of ejaculatory fluid has drained, insufficient fluid pressure to trigger the ejaculatory reflex will remain, and no amount of penile stimulation will result in orgasm until the fluid glands are rechareged. This may take several hours to several days.
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* After the belt is delivered and locked on for the first time, it must be bent by hand for fit and comfort. Then a period is usually also required for the wearer and the belt simply to adjust to each other; the better - i.e. safer and thus stronger - the belt is, the more time this will take. Especially real high-security chastity belts, meant for serious long-term wear, are rather heavy and thus heavy to wear in the beginning both physically and psychologically, as the wearer will be aware of them and his/her enforced chastity the whole time.
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* This technique as such may be used to frustrate male masturbation and orgasm if applied at appropriately timed intervals. That may need to be once every day or two in normal cases, i.e. unless the male is secured in a chastity belt. Belted males will still need to have their glands drained every few weeks in order to avoid nocturnal ejaculations with orgasms, and thus to stay really chaste.
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* For all those reasons, usually it will take one month or longer for them until a new good belt is felt in both ways as a 'normal' part of the body and thus can be worn without discomfort continuously for permanent chastity.
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* The wearer therefore should wear the new belt just for 1-2 hours on the first day, then gradually lengthen the amount of time spent in the belt. As the belt has to be applied very tight to the body of the wearer like a second skin of steel to make self-stimulation or even escape absolutely impossible, and thus to guarantee his/her absolute chastity, the wearer especially has to get used to the uninterrupted and unescapable very firm grip of the belt at the hips, the genitals and the perineum, which, when the belt is locked in place the first time, after half an hour may seem unbearable.
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* For that reason a belt that can be adjusted to allow for weight gain is advisable, as this makes it possible to apply the belt each time a little tighter, till it fits as it should (to exclude any possibility that the wearer may free him/herself by pushing the waist-band of the belt over the hips), which would seem much too tight at first.
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If the intention is only intended to stop someone receiving [[anal sex]], an [[anal lock]] may be used rather than a chastity belt.
  
 
== See also ==
 
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*[[CB2000]] a male chastity device
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*[[Chastity piercing]]
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* [[CB2000]] a male chastity device
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*[[Chastity shorts]]
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*[[Cock cage]]
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* [[Erotic sexual denial]]
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*[[Erotic sexual denial]]
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* [[Kali's teeth bracelet]]
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*[[List of Chastity Belts - Male]]
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* [[Masturbation#Medical attitudes|Masturbation]] (describing anti-masturbation mass hysteria)
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*[[List of Chastity Belts - Female]]
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== References ==
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* Bonneau, Alcide (1892) ''Padlocks and Girdles of Chastity: An historical and descriptive notice''. Paris: Isidore Lideux. ISBN 1-58963-347-4. (Reprinted in 1932 and later by New York:  Golden Hind Press and , New York:  Big Dollar Books, and others.) Translation of ''Les cadenas et ceintures de chasteté.'' (The first half of the book is a dubious historical overview of chastity belts and their use by Greeks, Romans and others.  The second half of the book is titled "Speech of Monsieur Freydier's on behalf of Mademoiselle Marie Lajon versus Sieur Pierre Berlhe, prisoner of the Court", in which Mlle. Lajon's counsel argues to have the Court order a chastity belt removed from her.)
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* Dingwall, Eric J (1931) ''[http://www.tpe.com/~altarboy/girdle.htm The Girdle of Chastity: A Medico-Historical Study.]''  London: Routledge. (Standard older scholarly reference.)
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* [[Vern Bullough|Bullough, Vern]] (1987)  '"Technology for the Prevention of 'les maladies produites par la masturbation,'" (in Technology and Culture, volume 28 [1987], pages 828 - 832).  (A brief history of masturbation as an illness.  Prevention treatments, methods, and a focus on patented devices in the United States through 1932.  One paragraph on the debunking of these erroneous ideas towards the end of that period.)
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* [[Jean Stengers|Stengers, Jean]]; van Neck, Anne; translated by Hoffmann, Kathryn (2001) ''Masturbation: the history of a great terror''. New York: Palgrave. ISBN 0-312-22443-5. (Discusses Victorian anti-masturbatory chastity belts.)
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* Classen, Albrecht (2007)  ''THE MEDIEVAL CHASTITY BELT:  A Myth-Making Process''.  New York: Palgrave Macmillan.  ISBN 1-4039-7558-2.  History of the Chastity Belt myth.
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*[http://www.tpe.com/~altarboy/ Altairboy] Lots of info about chastity devices, non commercial.
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*[http://lockmeup.com LockMeUp]
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* [http://www.janthor.de/guide.html A Young Persons Guide to Chastity Belts] (history and general information)
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*[http://www.lockedm4m.net LockedM4M]
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* [http://www.janthor.de/cbessays.html Chastity belt essays]
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* [http://www.tpe.com/~altarboy Altairboy's Chastity Belt Website]
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* [http://www.lockedinsteel.com/ Locked in Steel]
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* [http://www.chastity-uk.co.uk/ Chastity UK]
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* [http://www.janthor.de/on.html Jan Thor]
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* [http://www.lockmeup.com/cgi-bin/discus/discus.cgi LockMeUp Discussion Boards] Active discussion board on modern CB usage
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* [http://www.locknkeep.com Locknkeep.com]
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* [http://yourkey.sufferware.com/ YourKeys Vanilla and Spice]
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* DIY Homemade: [http://www.mybdsm.com/pages/cbphile/index.htm DIY chastity belt instructions].
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== Manufacturers ==
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*http://www.cb-2000.com/ A popular and effective male chastity device made from polycarbonate.
 
*http://www.cb-2000.com/ A popular and effective male chastity device made from polycarbonate.
 
*http://tollyboy.com/ a UK manufacturer of male and female chastity belts
 
*http://tollyboy.com/ a UK manufacturer of male and female chastity belts
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*http://www.lockedinsteel.com/ US manufacturer of Chastity belts and accessories
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**http://lockedinsteel.com/?Cat=117&CatName=Chastity%20Chat%20-%20Internet%20Radio/ A popular weekly Podcast/Internet Radio program all about chastity.
 
*http://www.neosteel.de/ another manufacturer
 
*http://www.neosteel.de/ another manufacturer
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*http://users.pandora.be/carrara/carrara/carrara/Introduction.htm yet another!
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* Peter Henderson: ''[http://web.archive.org/web/20000711042724/http://www.tpe.com/~altarboy/nt000625.htm I Wear A Chastity Belt.]'' Australian Cosmopolitan Magazine (July 2000). (Describes anti-rape chastity belts used by ethnic Chinese women after the 1998 Indonesian riots.)
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Latest revision as of 15:11, 11 July 2020

A modern female chastity belt of the Florentine type

A chastity belt is a locking item of clothing that prevents the wearer from engaging in sexual intercourse and (sometimes) masturbation as well. Versions exist for both males and females.

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[edit] History

Modern jokes sometimes depict Crusaders using chastity belts to control their wives when fighting abroad, but the first historical evidence for chastity belts actually belongs to the Renaissance period (early 15th-century northern Italy). Belts for women existed in 15th- and 16th-century Italy and Germany, at least, and were generally imposed by a few wealthy men on their much younger wives to enforce fidelity. Renaissance female chastity belt designs were not suitable for long-term continuous wear (the belts had to be removed at least once a month, or even more often), and the belts were padded to avoid exposing the skin directly to metals. Note that none of the chastity belt specimens in European museums can be shown to be medieval (they either date from the 16th and 17th centuries, or in some cases are outright 19th-century forgeries).

After the Renaissance, chastity belts disappeared for a time as any kind of regular commercial product or minority cultural practice, but then Victorian prudery and obsession with preventing masturbation led to the reintroduction on a small scale of a kind of chastity belt in the nineteenth century (but for males, not females). There were a variety of designs (as detailed in patent applications etc.), but the goal was to prevent masturbation and "nocturnal emissions" by adolescent boys or young unmarried men. Most designs were not suitable for wearing under ordinary clothes, but only at night, and were intended as much or more to be aids to help the weak-willed from succumbing to temptation, as to allow external coercive control of a male's sexuality.

When medical views changed and masturbation was no longer seen as a mental health problem, belts disappeared again, to give way — after an interval — to modern real chastity belts used for what would now be called BDSM purposes. Apparently the first belt of this kind and for this purpose was produced 1956 by Hal Higginbottom, the so-called Tollyboy model for women. Nowadays there exist a few dozen firms producing chastity belts, or individual belt-makers, mostly located in the United States, Britain and Germany.

[edit] Use of chastity belts

Chastity belts are sometimes used as an element of consensual BDSM practices. From the viewpoint of the keyholder they may be used for four different main purposes (which of course don't exclude each other):

  1. to keep the wearer really chaste for some period.
  2. to prevent the wearer from having sex with anybody else.
  3. to mark the genital zone of the wearer as his/her sexual property.
  4. to make the wearer, through enforced sexual denial, more obedient.

Chastity belts thus are often not only applied to control the victim for the time being, but also to manage his/her behaviour for the future, i.e. to make him/her more manageable for the keyholder, with the intention that the wearer will fulfill his/her sexual desires better. For that reason, in contrast to most other BDSM toys they can also play an important, or even crucial role in a BDSM relationship outside the bedroom. Because enforced chastity will have its greatest effects on the mind only in the long-term, the psychological aspect of being belted is as important as the physical aspect of it. With time passing, she/he may get more and more used to the unusual feeling of the (sometimes rather heavy) chastity device, but on the other hand may get irritated more and more by the fact of being locked up in it, as the desire for sexual release will grow. Women kept in chastity belts for a long period sometimes report losing interest in sex.

In practice, chastity devices are usually only worn for limited periods. The investigation of Chastity.UK revealed that most wearers were usually locked up for just a week, which will mean that the belt is only used for temporary orgasm denial to have better sex afterwards. More than 50% never wore the belt for more than a month; regular cleaning apart, a third of the respondents were secured for more than two months without having any sexual release, which means that they are not locked up to enhance the pleasure of sexual play in the immediate future for the wearer too, but were kept in real chastity for a substantial period, which for a small minority ranged up to over a year.

Although no reliable statistics are available on the use of chastity belts, reports from manufacturers suggest that three quarter of the belts sold in Europe and the US are worn by men - half of them in a heterosexual, half of them in a homosexual relationship - and only a quarter by women.

[edit] Types of chastity belts

Chastity belts tend to be of two types — a real lockable "belt" which is worn around the pelvis, or (only for males) a "cage" type device which locks around the genitals (called a chastity cage). Male chastity belts prevent stimulation and erection of the genitals as well as orgasm. The majority of the male devices are of the less expensive (but also more often less effective) cage-type.

Modern 'real' chastity belt designs generally follow the basic "Florentine" pattern (named after the Bellifortis reference), with a band around the waist or hips and an annexed "shield" running between the legs to cover the genitals. Both belts and cages include models which can be worn for some weeks or even semi-permanently, and some are made from strong plastics which are intended to be 'metal detector safe'.

[edit] Risks of wearing a chastity belt

Medically, modern chastity belts can be worn long-term. However, they require careful fitting and adjustment, and if maladjusted can rub or (especially 'cage' types) compress the genitals of males in a very uncomfortable or potentially harmful manner. For this reason, it is important to test them carefully for wearability before relying on them, and regularly thereafter check for signs of physical injury (bruising, oedema, rubbing and chaffing, etc). In addition, when buying a belt, some designs of belt may be more suitable than others (particularly for well-endowed men), depending on physical size, body shape, and reason for buying.

A modern high-security male chastity belt, designed for semi-permanent wear, the protector in front covering both penis and testicles. In addition the penis is even locked away in an extra separate curved tube inside the protector. The gold-coloured padlock is hidden in a special heavy steel case to prevent removal with bolt cutters.

Women kept in chastity belts for extended periods sometimes report losing all interest in sex.

[edit] Important points to look at when planning to buy a chastity belt

As a good 'real' chastity belt of the Florentine type mostly has to be made to measure, and therefore is rather expensive (costing up to £500), choosing the most appropriate model is important. As being tight fitting (for safety reasons) and at the same time avoiding too much discomfort is crucial, it is advisable to visit the belt-maker in person to be measured exactly before manufacture, since it it is very difficult to do that for yourself.

As for serious chastity control, if the device is intended for long-term wear, a really effective chastity belt has to be safe in five respects:

1. No risk of sexual intercourse and no risk of unauthorised orgasms. Therefore: the more the genitals are inaccessible, the better the guarantee of total chastity.

  • For females, the shield is commonly a flat band with a slot through which the labia can protrude and through which urine can pass. Some manufacturers fit a perforated cover (sometimes called the "secondary shield") over this slot to prevent the wearer from being pinched when sitting. The cover may also prevent direct masturbation by stopping the labia from being touched.
  • For males, the shield usually covers a tube in which the penis is held facing downward, with perforations at the bottom of the shield to allow urine to escape. The testicles are mostly left exposed on both sides of the tube. Some designs feature a tube curved tightly to discourage erections, or at least make them painful; chastity cages are devices in which similar tubes are used on their own, without a supporting belt. To make stimulation of the penis more difficult, some chastity belts also cover the testicles.
  • Belts with a "thong" arrangement have a single strap running up between the buttocks to the waistband. On some, this is a plastic-coated cable or a thin, curved metal rod. This strap may or may not be loose enough to pull aside, depending on whether the belt is designed to protect against anal penetration. On other designs, the rear strap is solid with an aperture over the anus to allow passage of faeces.
  • Belts with a "V"-arrangement have a pair of chains attached together at the bottom of the shield and apart towards the back of waistband in a "V" to leave the rear open.
  • On both male and female belts, the shield can be designed to work with genital piercings for greater security.

However, as most males will ejaculate spontaneously after some period of sexual denial (through nocturnal wet dreams), because for physical health reasons a man's body regularly renews the sperm, and no chastity belt will be able to prevent this natural process, regular prostatic milking is advisable to stop a belted male from having any nocturnal orgasm, by draining him in due time to deny him that sexual pleasure, and thus keeping his own feelings chaste.

2. No risk of unauthorised escape. A good chastity belt therefore has to be made to measure to fit exactly to the body of the wearer, to make it impossible to take it off by pushing it over the hips without opening the lock. Some belts can be adjusted to changes in circumference of the wearer's belly rather simply, as it is possible to lock them in several positions. Of course, the thicker the metal of the belt, the less the chance that the wearer can break it. Most modern belts fasten with padlocks. Some high-security designs nest the lock within a special case of steel to make it more difficult to attack with bolt cutters. A handful of manufacturers, however, do offer higher-priced models with integral locks for a sleeker profile. The best high-security belts are mostly rather heavy too, weighing up to 2 kilos, and because the steel will not yield to the body, the body must yield to the steel, and therefore the person put in chastity in this way will have to 'learn' to wear a chastity belt by gradually extending the wearing period.

3. No risk of hygienic complications. A good chastity belt should not only make it possible for the wearer to urinate and defecate without problems, but also to clean the belt and his/her body while wearing it. Therefore, most modern belts are made of stainless steel, so the wearer can have a shower. Leather belts are for that reason not useful for long-term chastity. To improve hygiene it might be advisable to shave the pubic hair of a person who has to stay belted for extended periods.

4. No risk of inconvenience. Although the body of the wearer will need some time to adapt itself to being locked up, a good chastity belt shouldn't be too uncomfortable. It should not chafe the skin of the wearer; for that reason, most belts are lined with some kind of rubber. Also, the belt should not hinder the wearer in daily life too much, when sitting, standing, sleeping, walking, bowing etc. To make the belt more flexible and movements more easy, some belts have hinges in several places.

5. No risk of discovery. Especially when long-term wear is intended, i.e. when the wearer will have 'to live' continually in the chastitydevice and thus also will have to go belted to his/her work etcetera., it is important to look for a belt that doesn't show under clothes. A good belt will follow the form of the body as closely as possible (see 2.), and thus - apart from metal-detectors - not easily be discovered, as long as one doesn't wear very tight clothes. When choosing a belt, it may be important to ensure that for instance the locks or other parts are not making bulges in unusual places.

[edit] Advice for wearing a male chastity belt

  • Take some time to figure out the correct sizing and spacing before sending the keys off to your partner for months.
  • If using plastic or metal tube/cuff devices, experiment with different types of underwear. Some find that the support provided by jockstraps or briefs enable one to wear a chastity belt much more conveniently than wearing boxer shorts.

[edit] Getting used to wearing a chastity belt

  • Staying chaste with help of a chastity belt in the beginning is not so easy as it may seem. In a way, a new belt-wearer has to 'learn' to wear a chastity belt, especially when he/she is supposed to be locked up for longer periods in a 'real' chastity belt, i.e. of the Florentine type, as the belt will mostly feel not very comfortable when it's new and the wearer, because of the pressure of the tempered steel, will constantly be reminded of the device around his/her waist.
  • Especially male wearers at the start will be forced to concern themselves with their chastity nearly the whole time, very awkward moments included, and to develop a lot of self-control. They will have to train themselves very quickly to avoid all spontaneous erections, as they will be punished immediately by the belt itself because they are rather painful in curved tubes and, if happening often, may do harm to the skin of the penis. Only after some time of habituation will the genitals 'know' their limits in space and adapt to it; the male belt-wearer may then relax.
  • Further, the wearer might need to look for other positions for defecation and urination. Belted men of course will have to urinate in a sitting position too and to do that very slowly to avoid a mess.
  • After the belt is delivered and locked on for the first time, it must be bent by hand for fit and comfort. Then a period is usually also required for the wearer and the belt simply to adjust to each other; the better - i.e. safer and thus stronger - the belt is, the more time this will take. Especially real high-security chastity belts, meant for serious long-term wear, are rather heavy and thus heavy to wear in the beginning both physically and psychologically, as the wearer will be aware of them and his/her enforced chastity the whole time.
  • For all those reasons, usually it will take one month or longer for them until a new good belt is felt in both ways as a 'normal' part of the body and thus can be worn without discomfort continuously for permanent chastity.
  • The wearer therefore should wear the new belt just for 1-2 hours on the first day, then gradually lengthen the amount of time spent in the belt. As the belt has to be applied very tight to the body of the wearer like a second skin of steel to make self-stimulation or even escape absolutely impossible, and thus to guarantee his/her absolute chastity, the wearer especially has to get used to the uninterrupted and unescapable very firm grip of the belt at the hips, the genitals and the perineum, which, when the belt is locked in place the first time, after half an hour may seem unbearable.
  • For that reason a belt that can be adjusted to allow for weight gain is advisable, as this makes it possible to apply the belt each time a little tighter, till it fits as it should (to exclude any possibility that the wearer may free him/herself by pushing the waist-band of the belt over the hips), which would seem much too tight at first.

[edit] Anal sex

If the intention is only intended to stop someone receiving anal sex, an anal lock may be used rather than a chastity belt.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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