Pete Wright
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I was going to say, Mr. Pita, that's you. When you think of chastity, is there a certain type of, I don't know, clothing or apparatus that comes in your mind? Because there's one that the very first thing and actually I've talked to three different people about the fact that we were recording that this week. All of them brought up one thing. The belt. The belt, the chastity belt.
I was going to say, Mr. Pita, that's you. When you think of chastity, is there a certain type of, I don't know, clothing or apparatus that comes in your mind? Because there's one that the very first thing and actually I've talked to three different people about the fact that we were recording that this week. All of them brought up one thing. The belt. The belt, the chastity belt.
Yes, I think one person, because we were going from wrath to chastity, it was drop the whip and put on the belt. That's the transition they were doing.
Yes, I think one person, because we were going from wrath to chastity, it was drop the whip and put on the belt. That's the transition they were doing.
What do you know of chastity belts? What were their purpose? When? How were they used? I know the answer, but I would like to quiz you to see, because you probably would have the same amount of knowledge about them before I did research.
What do you know of chastity belts? What were their purpose? When? How were they used? I know the answer, but I would like to quiz you to see, because you probably would have the same amount of knowledge about them before I did research.
And famously on the chastity belt, this medal back in the medieval times, whatever, chastity belt says Everlast. Yes. So it's like a boxer.
And famously on the chastity belt, this medal back in the medieval times, whatever, chastity belt says Everlast. Yes. So it's like a boxer.
And to do what? Just take us over the basic, basic finish line, and then we'll get into it. What was the point of them?
And to do what? Just take us over the basic, basic finish line, and then we'll get into it. What was the point of them?
Yes. I would like to zoom in as I do hard a little bit. traditionally they were used by men in the middle ages to protect their wives virtues while they went off to war. So it's like, like you lock up your wife's downstairs and then the man has the key. He leaves. And then you're not able to, uh, the cat's not able to play while the mice is away. That's not how that phrase goes. Turn that around.
Yes. I would like to zoom in as I do hard a little bit. traditionally they were used by men in the middle ages to protect their wives virtues while they went off to war. So it's like, like you lock up your wife's downstairs and then the man has the key. He leaves. And then you're not able to, uh, the cat's not able to play while the mice is away. That's not how that phrase goes. Turn that around.
Um, That's actually, that was the old medieval phrase. That's actually quite good. Yeah. Yeah, they would be locked around a woman's hips with the key being held by the husband. And chastity belts appeared in medieval texts dating back to the 15th century. Do you want to know the earliest recording, the recorded mention of a chastity belt? Oh, God. Here we go. Judas. Nope.
Um, That's actually, that was the old medieval phrase. That's actually quite good. Yeah. Yeah, they would be locked around a woman's hips with the key being held by the husband. And chastity belts appeared in medieval texts dating back to the 15th century. Do you want to know the earliest recording, the recorded mention of a chastity belt? Oh, God. Here we go. Judas. Nope.
It's Conrad Kaiser von Eichstadt. the most German engineer known for designing siege technology. He apparently wrote about the device in a manuscript called Bella Fortis, which means strong in war. And it's usually, it's mainly just a catalog of military gadgets. And then in it, he included the chastity belt. That's the first time that an actual drawing and the idea was officially brought up.
It's Conrad Kaiser von Eichstadt. the most German engineer known for designing siege technology. He apparently wrote about the device in a manuscript called Bella Fortis, which means strong in war. And it's usually, it's mainly just a catalog of military gadgets. And then in it, he included the chastity belt. That's the first time that an actual drawing and the idea was officially brought up.
Wait a minute. That's crazy.
Wait a minute. That's crazy.
Well, yes, because it was involved with when your people are off to war, mice and cats, whatever that phrase is. We still haven't gotten to the bottom of that phrase. Yes. Well, can I tell you something surprising? Because you already hit the nail on the head whether or not you knew it because you said you're really only – present and like cognizant of chastity belts when they're being lampooned.
Well, yes, because it was involved with when your people are off to war, mice and cats, whatever that phrase is. We still haven't gotten to the bottom of that phrase. Yes. Well, can I tell you something surprising? Because you already hit the nail on the head whether or not you knew it because you said you're really only – present and like cognizant of chastity belts when they're being lampooned.