Thighbands

Angelina

Tobbe If your thighs bands are to low, it is not more protected with the crotch chain. This chain is more to make your legs closer together and a nicer posture when sitting,

ah ok, thank you i almost thought so but wanted the confirmation of a real expert 😉

Vanessa

Maija I benefit from it 😃

But are the benefits of such thigh bands better than the negative parts of it,for you?

Angelina

Can you use this to explain to your father it is useless and only have a classical chain between the thigh bands only?

carg

Well explained!🙂

carg

Tobbe This chain is more to make your legs closer together and a nicer posture when sitting,

Wow, so if the chain is too tight the wearer might not even be able to sit anymore?

@Angelina if the manufacturer can confirm what Tobbe says, that would be a very good argument towards your father for no longer attaching the connecting chain to the bottom of your belt. (I assume your father won't take Tobbe's word for it, so you'd probably need a statement from the manufacturer.)

Tobbe

carg Wow, so if the chain is too tight the wearer might not even be able to sit anymore?

That's right, but it's possible to also connect the crotch chain in the middle of the thighs chain. Then it's easier to walk and stand up with the legs apart, but they must be close together when sitting!

Angelina

carg Wow, so if the chain is too tight the wearer might not even be able to sit anymore?

Why shouldn't that work, both legs side by side?

carg , that would be a very good argument towards your father for no longer attaching the connecting chain to the bottom of your belt.

why? sorry i don't see why that should be an argument against my father

cham-ed

good question, sometimes i'm not sure what others mean either. i mean the exact length of the chain, from one leg to the other.

Billy How big is this effect of having your legs pulled together? Is it just one or two centimetres of less play or more?

do you mean when i'm sitting? sorry i've never measured that, but if i'm not careful it can quickly become uncomfortable.

gwen It looks like I'm joining the thigh band club, at least part time. 😅

welcome to the club 😉

cham-ed

I'll admit I didn't read all 1400 replies but what keeps coming up is the length of the thigh band connector chain. When someone says their connector chin is 11 cm does that mean they can spread their legs 11 cm? or is the chain doubled and they can only spread their legs 5.5 cm? Or if it goes up and through the crotch plate D ring, they would even have less ability to spread their legs. Not being familiar with thigh bands I don't know.

Joh

Tobbe That's right, but it's possible to also connect the crotch chain in the middle of the thighs chain. Then it's easier to walk and stand up with the legs apart, but they must be close together when sitting!

I thought the chain is connected on one side with the thighband goes to the crotch d-ring and to the other thighband. What is the advantage to have a chain from the d-ring to the chain between the thighbands?

Billy

How big is this effect of having your legs pulled together? Is it just one or two centimetres of less play or more?

gwen

gwen I've paused the experiment for now, but I will probably give it another try in the future.

I've continued my experiments, and I think this might actually work for me.

I found a spot a bit further down my thigh, below the bulge of my hamstring, and the bands fit comfortably there for much longer. I wear them about 2/3 of the way to my knee now. They are more difficult to conceal this far down my thigh, but I think I can live with that.

It looks like I'm joining the thigh band club, at least part time. 😅

carg

Angelina why? sorry i don't see why that should be an argument against my father

Tobbe says that connecting the thighband chain to the bottom of the belt has no added security: if the thighbands are too low, you can get out anyway, and if they are high enough you can't anyway. So the only function of that connection is to force the knees together when sitting. (OK, I write this a bit more black and white than he put it.)
As far as I have understood, only safety is important to your father, and if something that makes you more uncomfortable adds nothing to safety, would he not be willing to let that go? In other words, if he gets clear information that there is no safety benefit (like from the manufacturer of your belt), would he not be open to the idea to no longer connect your thighband chain to your belt (crotch chain)?

Angelina

carg So the only function of that connection is to force the knees together when sitting.

ah ok, i think i understand the confusion. but exactly what you describe my father sees as additional security, so you are actually right, but my father sees it differently

Vanessa Can you use this to explain to your father it is useless and only have a classical chain between the thigh bands only?

no, because as I wrote to @carg, this argument is useless. he sees a clear advantage in the fact that my legs are pulled together when sitting.

Jen

carg So the only function of that connection is to force the knees together when sitting.

I don't think sittings the problem. Laying in bed knees-up but apart and curl my pelvis a bit - like starting a sit-up - it gets a little space at under the front. It's like tighter the whole back half and pressing a lot over my vagina but can get a fingertip a bit at the front. So yeah the band and chains and stuff I've never tried but if it makes your legs together when sitting that's probably the reason

Tobbe

Joh It can be connected in many different ways.
As I described, it's a way that both gives more mobility to walk, but still forces the legs together when sitting, with only one long chain between thigh bands and crotch D-ring.

Joh

Tobbe OK. But I have still a problem to imagine why it does that. Is there any way to see both in comparison?

Tobbe

Joh
If you think "your" chain is a up side down V, it will only hold the thigh bands like the chains to the waist band.
"My" chain is an up side down T and hold the thighs together, but also make them closer together when sitting.

Maija

Vanessa But are the benefits of such thigh bands better than the negative parts of it,for you?

Of course they come with drawbacks, but generally speaking women shouldn't do most of the things thighbands prevent them from doing anyway. For example, in the past I was notorious for crossing my legs while sitting. Also, because the chain is pulled tight, there is no risk of accidentally showing my equipment.

In addition, a feminine woman should walk with small steps anyway, so that's an additional benefit.

carg

Angelina my father sees as additional security

I'm sorry he feels that way. I can't imagine what kind of action he imagines you could do if there is a 6cm chain anyway, but I guess you'll have to wait then until the next round of negotiations before you might make more progress there.
Do you feel your sitting is even more feminine that way, especially with a skirt on, than with the normal chain length? It is not like you could sit with your legs spread or one knee over the other anyway, I suppose. (Just hoping for at least some slight benefit.)

Tobbe If you think "your" chain is a up side down V, ... "My" chain is an up side down T

Interesting, I was thinking of an O (or a Delta) when I pictured this construction, with the chain running through the 3 D-rings, and then both ends locked together, perhaps also to one of the D-rings. It would be interesting to know which of these construction would be used most, but I'm not sure if there are many thighbands wearers, apart from Angelina, where the connecting chain is also connected to the belt.

Vanessa

Angelina he sees a clear advantage in the fact that my legs are pulled together when sitting.

Too bad!🙁

carg one knee over the other anyway

It is pretty feminine too.

carg I'm not sure if there are many thighbands wearers, apart from Angelina, where the connecting chain is also connected to the belt.

I think there is at least one other wearer here using it,but I don't remember who...

Angelina i would prefer comfortable positions.

Understandable.

Maija for crossing my legs while sitting

Why do you consider it bad?

Maija Also, because the chain is pulled tight, there is no risk of accidentally showing my equipment.

I can understand it is an advantage,yes.

Jen

Enough to cheat on the belt?

Angelina the slow steps are absolutely not practicable

I agree.

It can be very restrictive when we have to hurry,or if we want to walk and act in more relaxed way,not in a very elegant manner.

Angelina

carg Do you feel your sitting is even more feminine that way, especially with a skirt on, than with the normal chain length?

yes, but i don't know if i really see that as an advantage. the thighbands make my sitting and my walk very feminine, but frankly i would prefer comfortable positions.

Avery

Maija In addition, a feminine woman should walk with small steps anyway, so that's an additional benefit.

I think I woke up in the 18th century.

Angelina

Maija In addition, a feminine woman should walk with small steps anyway, so that's an additional benefit.

i would disagree with that. of course it makes an elegant impression when sitting, but the slow steps are absolutely not practicable, i have cursed about it very often when i was stressed.

youdontknowme

i would even agree with you, the traditional gender roles are very strongly propagated here. although i don't always find that negative, because @Maija, for example, gets along better with the thighbands as a result.

youdontknowme

Avery That tends to be the impression I get as well when some of the people here see traditional gender roles, female submission and strict gender segregation as the obvious right thing. I mean, fine if it works for you, I guess, but I just cannot get behind treating the values of centuries ago as common sense.

Avery

youdontknowme That tends to be the impression I get as well when some of the people here see traditional gender roles, female submission and strict gender segregation as the obvious right thing. I mean, fine if it works for you, I guess, but I just cannot get behind treating the values of centuries ago as common sense.

Well said.

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