Tommy Metz III

They do indeed. Okay. It turns out that in early Christian thought, chastity was highly valued and associated with spiritual purity. Sure. When you're praying, do you find that you're non-aroused? Yes. Okay, good. That's right, because they're always watching. During the Middle Ages, chastity was particularly emphasized for clergy and nuns through vows of celibacy.

They do indeed. Okay. It turns out that in early Christian thought, chastity was highly valued and associated with spiritual purity. Sure. When you're praying, do you find that you're non-aroused? Yes. Okay, good. That's right, because they're always watching. During the Middle Ages, chastity was particularly emphasized for clergy and nuns through vows of celibacy.

Now, in the spirit of everything we just talked about about chastity belts, it starts to ring a little bit harsh that the church is now exuding essentially the emotional chastity belt control over its legions through these vows of celibacy. Okay. which I find unpalatable. In the early modern period, chastity becomes a powerful political religious concept.

Now, in the spirit of everything we just talked about about chastity belts, it starts to ring a little bit harsh that the church is now exuding essentially the emotional chastity belt control over its legions through these vows of celibacy. Okay. which I find unpalatable. In the early modern period, chastity becomes a powerful political religious concept.

So here we are, politics has gotten involved, and now we have something else to hate people about. Elizabeth I, I mentioned earlier, the Virgin Queen was central to English Protestant identity. Right. This became a thing that was central to how they viewed themselves.

So here we are, politics has gotten involved, and now we have something else to hate people about. Elizabeth I, I mentioned earlier, the Virgin Queen was central to English Protestant identity. Right. This became a thing that was central to how they viewed themselves.

Purity equals goodness equals I should just, you know, keep it in my pants because that's not because I don't want my spiritual reputation to be sullied.

Purity equals goodness equals I should just, you know, keep it in my pants because that's not because I don't want my spiritual reputation to be sullied.

That's a really interesting question, right? The relationship of chastity to health. And, you know, in pre-Enlightenment periods, like pre-Enlightenment art and medicine, women were, well, I should say, in medicine writ large until very recently, women were considered frail and prone to illness, right? Like due specifically to their anatomy, right?

That's a really interesting question, right? The relationship of chastity to health. And, you know, in pre-Enlightenment periods, like pre-Enlightenment art and medicine, women were, well, I should say, in medicine writ large until very recently, women were considered frail and prone to illness, right? Like due specifically to their anatomy, right?

And so, you know, their lives were thought to be endangered by a lack of chastity.

And so, you know, their lives were thought to be endangered by a lack of chastity.

Because hygiene was rough, whether you put a belt on it or not. Yeah. We've talked in this show now years ago about hysteria. Do you remember? Because it was your segment.

Because hygiene was rough, whether you put a belt on it or not. Yeah. We've talked in this show now years ago about hysteria. Do you remember? Because it was your segment.

And you'll be shocked to hear that that connection was also linked to a lack of chastity, right? That women who come in hysterical, one of the early questions they ask is, you know, are you chaste?

And you'll be shocked to hear that that connection was also linked to a lack of chastity, right? That women who come in hysterical, one of the early questions they ask is, you know, are you chaste?

Have you been in the champagne room? Exactly. And this opinion dates back to the Egyptians.

Have you been in the champagne room? Exactly. And this opinion dates back to the Egyptians.

And of course, in the early 20th century, prostitution and venereal diseases were directly linked.

And of course, in the early 20th century, prostitution and venereal diseases were directly linked.