Thighbands

Vanessa

Sure,it would not be the first thing they would guess!I think most people doesn't even know it exists...

Angelina

probably, many don't even know that chastity belts exist or are seriously used. i think the rate for thigh bands is even lower.

Vanessa

Angelina

I think too very few people know about thigh bands.

Chasity belts are sometimes mentioned in movies,books,etc...,even if often wrongly associated with Middle Ages.They may don't know it still can be used,and in a safer way,but they know the purpose of it.

Angelina

Vanessa

yes, i think so too. i think many have heard of chastity belts, but can't quite place it. probably many think it's a relic from the old days or just a sex toy.

With thigh bands, I would say that extremely few know the true purpose.

Vanessa

Angelina

I wonder what was the original purpose of thigh bands...Making a chastity belt more safe or making the wearer walk in a different way(more ladylike)...

Renita

Vanessa I wonder what was the original purpose of thigh bands..

They were supposed to be worn by virgins only.

Angelina

Vanessa

i think both. i think the inventors realised that one is also an advantage for the other. but i think it should rather make the belt more secure.

Mary

so the goal was that there was a concern that a virgin might fight so hard against the belt that the hymen would tear ? interesting

Mary

Renita "They were supposed to be worn by virgins only."
As Siri says .... I found this on the web

"the purpose of thigh bands was to impose a limit "upon how widely the subject can spread her legs". ...
It "protects a virgin's hymen, by preventing a virgin subject from indulging in such exertions or exercises that would tear it."
... from an article by Robert Pinkerton, dated 1999

Maybe it's true. You can never tell fact from fiction on the web

Ines

Renita
Not truly, Renita.
They are very effective avoiding stimulation so they are beneficial for all the girls, however, probably you are right in the first intention that probably was protect the hymen avoiding some activities.

Tobbe

Mary Robert Pilkington wrote the book "Effects of the Chastity Belt and Their Implications" so I think he wrote more facts than fictions.

Renita

Mary Maybe it's true. You can never tell fact from fiction on the web

I don't know if it's truth or not, but this is the only reasonable use.

Vanessa

Mary "the purpose of thigh bands was to impose a limit "upon how widely the subject can spread her legs". ...
It "protects a virgin's hymen, by preventing a virgin subject from indulging in such exertions or exercises that would tear it."
... from an article by Robert Pinkerton, dated 1999

Interesting.

Angelina i think both. i think the inventors realised that one is also an advantage for the other. but i think it should rather make the belt more secure.

Probably,but they have one purpose in mind at first,and discover the other later.

Mary could not ride a bike, could not ride a horse, could not do anything that might possibly endanger the integrity of her hymen.

Protecting the hymen,but not especially linked to sex,so?

Renita We are discussing serious usage only.

But it could start in bdsm scene,and then is used in serious usage too.

Renita Yes, I heard that kinda thighbands were used even in antiquity .

So long before the first chastity belt.

Mary

Angelina "concern that a virgin might fight so hard against the belt that the hymen would tear"

I think the idea was to be sure the girl wearing the thigh bands could not spread her legs, so she could not ride a bike, could not ride a horse, could not do anything that might possibly endanger the integrity of her hymen. In some cultures, an intact hymen was de rigueur. In a few cultures, it remains so. So perhaps that's the reason.

Angelina

Mary

that could be possible, it makes sense

Maija

Tobbe sorry for digging up an old message but is this book available somewhere? 🙂

Angelina

Renita

it could have come from the bdsm scene, but thigh bands seem to have been around longer than i thought, so it's unlikely.

Renita

Angelina it could have come from the bdsm scene

We are discussing serious usage only.

Tobbe I think, long before functional chastity belts there was some types of thigh bands in leather to better protects a virgin's hymen

Yes, I heard that kinda thighbands were used even in antiquity .

Tobbe

I think, long before functional chastity belts there was some types of thigh bands in leather to better protects a virgin's hymen. Preventing a virgin from indulging in such exertions or exercises that would tear it without any involvement in sexual activity.
We must also keep in mind that several long skirts were worn and there were few moments to be alone.

Angelina

Tobbe

probably also because it used to be much more difficult to get married when we were no longer virgins and without an intact hymen we can hardly prove it.

Angelina

Renita We are discussing serious usage only.

i know, but that's not what i mean. it could have been the other way round with thigh bands than with belts. so first as a bdsm toy and later for serious use.

Vanessa Probably,but they have one purpose in mind at first,and discover the other later.

that can be, I also think it was a coincidence

Vanessa But it could start in bdsm scene,and then is used in serious usage too.

that's what I mean

Renita

Vanessa So long before the first chastity belt.

While locking thighbands is mostly 20-th century invention.

Foxies

Vanessa But it could start in bdsm scene, and then is used in serious usage too.

Not sure about the history of thigh bands (don't really care either 🤣 ) but I can say that we only discovered them because they were offered when we bough the belt. We liked the look. But I only wore them occasionally not really realising their true purpose.

It was only because I became curious about others in chastity and started reading this forum that we learned of their purpose in chastity maintenance. (OK so we are slow 😅 ). Since they served our goals of why I wear the belt in the first place, they seemed a good addition so we decided on a month's trial period. That period has now long gone and still they are locked in place. We sort of wish now that we had used them earlier for their intended purpose.

Vanessa

Renita While locking thighbands is mostly 20-th century invention.

It was not locking,before?

Foxies Not sure about the history of thigh bands (don't really care either 🤣 ) but I can say that we only discovered them because they were offered when we bough the belt. We liked the look. But I only wore them occasionally not really realising their true purpose.

It is often a similar case.In Mandi's case,and probably in my case too,there was an ad for chastity bra in the package of the chastity belt,which can give our parents the idea to use it...

Renita

Angelina it could have been the other way round with thigh bands than with belts.

However I think thighbands without belt are useless.

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