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A chastity belt is a locking item of clothing designed to prevent sexual intercourse or masturbation. Such belts were historically designed for women, ostensibly for the purpose of chastity, to protect women from rape, or to dissuade women and their potential sexual partners from sexual temptation.
These included girdles and corsets, [26] which were among items the protestors called "instruments of female torture". [27] The 1960s and 1970s saw the rise of popular fitness culture. Dieting, plastic surgery (modern liposuction was invented in the mid-1970s), and exercise became the preferred methods of achieving a thin waist. [28]
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In modern times, men started wearing belts in the 1920s, as trouser waists fell to a lower line. Before the 1920s, belts served mostly a decorative purpose, and were associated with the military. Moreover, prior to that trousers did not even have belt loops. As sportswear, trousers with belt loops were already present in the 19th century. [2]
Seat belts were invented by English engineer George Cayley, to use on his glider, in the mid-19th century. [6] ... 18% were reported wearing lap belts, or two-point ...
Many records of older women who tightlaced were induced to do so by their husbands, such as in the case of Ethel Granger, and had an element of sexual fetishism. [3] The majority of people taking part in tightlacing were likely teenagers or young adults; the smallest waist sizes on record should be contextualized as such.
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There have been several precursors to suspenders throughout the past 300 years, but modern suspenders were first popularised as "braces" in 1822 by a London haberdasher Albert Thurston. [1] [2] They were once almost universally worn, due to the high cut of mid-nineteenth and early twentieth century skirts and trousers that made a belt ...