Anomalocaris Posted August 22, 2015 #1 Share Posted August 22, 2015 A German print from the late 1500s, now at The British Museum, depicts a young, mostly naked woman bidding her husband farewell. As she does so, she hands him a key, to the a locked belt around her waist, her only bit of clothing. In the shadows lurks another man with a second key, the man leaving has the donkey-ears of a cuckold and is visually compared to a fool in the corner attempting to keep fleas in a basket, a doomed attempt for sure. You are likely familiar with the concept of the chastity belt — a piece of hardware that literally locked up a wife or daughter's netherregions, used in the middle ages. The problem is that they never actually existed. Medieval Chastity Belts Are a Myth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry_Dresden Posted August 22, 2015 #2 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Personel hygiene would be a problem... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merc14 Posted August 22, 2015 #3 Share Posted August 22, 2015 I've never been able to find anything that supports the suggestion of chastity belts and every woman I know would have solved that little lock problem about ten minutes after the idiot left for wherever he was going. Maybe I am surrounded by tough women but I don't think that is the case and I think this is a myth as the author has suggested. Once again, prove they existed if that is your hypothesis because it isn't our job to prove they didn't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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