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The "everything you know about X is wrong" cliche always bugged me. I don't mind a little straw man to make a point, but not when I'm the straw man. I never rea
by netcan 11y ago
The "everything you know about X is wrong" cliche always bugged me. I don't mind a little straw man to make a point, but not when I'm the straw man. I never really thought I knew anything about chastity belts!
It sounds that chastity belts are more of a long running trope than an actual thing, which sounds about right.
But, art imitates life imitates art especially when rule 34 gets involved. Once this idea was uploaded into the medieval blogosphere, joke or not, it almost certainly became real.
- TazeTSchnitzel 11y ago> But, art imitates life imitates art especially when rule 34 gets involved. Once this idea was uploaded into the medieval blogosphere, joke or not, it almost certainly became real. As the final paragraph notes.
- dfox 11y agoI doubt that chastity belts in the medieval fantasy sense were practical before late 20th century manufacturing technology. Technology involved in manufacture of modern BDSM-targeted belts (CNCs, stainless steel, plastics... and even 3D printers) tend to support that view.
- michaelt 11y agoEh, by the late 1400 (towards the end of the middle ages) people seem to have got pretty good at hammering steel and installing hinges and rivets. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HJRK_A_56_-_Gauntlets_of_Maximilian_I,_c._1485.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HJRK_A_56_-_Gauntlet... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HJRK_S_XIV_-_Jousting_armour_of_Maximilian_I,_side.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HJRK_S_XIV_-_Jousting_arm... Of course, the fact they /could/ make such things doesn't change the fact they /didn't/ in reality make such things.