Abby82
Or to put it in more detail (and a wall of text ⛰️):
As usual, it depends on what one wants and which options are available to meet this.
Generally speaking and depending on the exact connection style:
Stricter sitting posture
- A number of users and a share of people "out there", whose exact percentage is currently unknown to me, find sitting with legs closed elegant and more modest, compared to "men-/womenspreading"
- Prevents falling into sitting with legs crossed.
- The latter seems to have some health risks when sustained over extended periods of time. (To be fair: It should be noted that any posture that is kept without occasional variation, such as standing up / moving / stretching, will eventually challenge your mind and body in its own way.)
Different distribution of force when moving
- May affect gait by allowing relatively more freedom when just stepping sideways, but posing relatively more restriction when striding forward. For instance a "triangular chain loop" might guide every step slightly more towards an imaginary center line (catwalk style), when moving forward.
Direct support of the weight of compound made of actual bands, chains, locks, etc. at the inner thighs. This prevents potential "sagging", i.e. bands tilting diagonally towards the ground between the feet.
Theoretical Security Improvements:
- Additional protection against wiggling out of the bands when lying on the back and pulling knees towards waist. Note, however: That escape option should be made impossible by proper band wearing height (sufficient distance from the knees!), in the first place.
- More overall robustness when the force is distributed to more connection points. Simplified: The more D-Rings, O-Rings, or whatever connection points involved, the lower the force per point of attack.
- As above: This should not be an issue for a high-quality belt/band (featuring high-quality welds!), at the first place. On the other hand, I recently learned about someone breaking a D-ring from a belt by muscular force alone, once. So I'd say the robustness argument has some validity, although it's probably irrelevant in most cases. (Don't try this at home. The "ring breaker" probably had to pay a price, one or the other way...)
Again: This all depends a lot on the exact configuration of the connections, wearers anatomy and resulting "geometrical conditions". Consequently, it might or might not make a notable difference.
While I'm at it, thigh band connection styles might deserve a dedicated thread on it's own to collect all relevant info there. But this is something for another time. 🦉 ⏲️
TL;DR
See Ines post, above ( https://unwedchastity.org/d/596-is-fancy-steel-a-viable-option-for-secure-long-time-wear/186 ).
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