Shielding Those Naughty Bits

Here are a couple selections from the Science & Society Picture Library's sexual history section.


Male anti-masturbation device, British, 1871-1930


Iron chastity belt lined with silk, possibly 16th century

Man! I can't imagine having to wear and anti-masturbation device and being deprived of one of life's greatest pleasures. And look at the chastity belt. The front opening is serrated. Talk about vagina dentata...