Avery Jonas "Feels nice" was a hint towards a possible hijack of brain's reward system. Where an individual's autonomy is compromised that could be seen by some to provide justification for external control.
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So generally how does this work, would someone in your situation have a keyholder or does one keep the key and wear the belt to reduce the chance of arousal and subsequently acting upon it? Sorry to be dense about this.
I guess it's a bit of both. A secure belt with a key out of reach prevents masturbation, but over time the habit itself is weakened by virtue of being blocked. So for example, if something triggers my urge to masturbate and I act out, that re-enforces the trigger, but where I am triggered but then prevented from masturbating, the trigger loses some of its power.
Also I purposefully avoid triggers when I know that they'll lead to frustration.
In terms of who keeps the key... well, I think a chastity belt has to prevent sex, masturbation and removal. Where I have access to the key, I don't think the belt actually counts as a chastity belt and I'll just take it off to masturbate, or even just to avoid the discomfort of wearing it.
Over the years I've experimented with my wife holding the key, using a time safe, or depositing it far away. We're wondering whether it would be feasible to have an external person holding it, or checking numbered seals, simply to increase security. The belt isn't really a dom/sub thing for us you see, it's just a tool to achieve a goal.., to keep my eyes on my partner and to stop me playing with myself.