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Medieval Torture with Dana Schwartz

You're Wrong About

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The Mediaeval Chastity Belt

There's a history professor named albre class who works out of arizona and wrote an entire book that is impenetrable, i will say politely. Cause he argues that they never actually were real. He says there's a bunch of literary representation, but almost no torical references to any man ever trying to put a chastity belt on his wife. And he argues that all these literary references are allegorical or satirical. I know this isn't real, but again, they was in their museum. Anyo visited the british museum, i mean, up until 19 96, would have been like a mediaeval chastity devices. There you go. It's confirmed

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