They say you "can't keep a good

man down!", but you can keep

him locked away!

The emergence of the Male Chastity....

Unlike female chastity belts, the development of the male chastity

belt or device has been much

easier to follow. It's history is

much more recent and can be

traced through patients records. Between the 1850s and the

beginning of the Second World

War male chastity devices were developed for the purpose of

preventing masturbation which

the Victorian's believed was a

cause of insanity.

It is at this point where we can

see a distinct difference between

male and female chastity belts

devices.

The Victorian view of the female

chastity belt was to protect the

wearer from rape, and where

therefore considered as a method

of security.

However male chastity belts

and devices were developed to

prevent "self abuse", "self

pollution", "nocturnal emissions"

and "insanity, imbecility and feeble mindedness" which were

considered to be the natural fate

of any young man with lax moral attitudes!

Today's modern stainless steel

chastity belt was developed

by improving upon the Florentine

design by Hal Higginbottom in the

late 1950s. Since 1958 Hal

produced male and female chastity

belts from his workshop in Sheffield, England, under the brand name of Tollyboy.

His craftsmanship was of excellent quality and his belts were

considered to be the "Rolls Royce"

of chastity belts. It is Hal

Higginbottom who was credited

with bringing the chastity belt into

the 20th Century.

However, due to demand and the increased interest in chastity, Hal

had a long waiting list and his speed

of production seemed slow to the

eager, impatient buyer. With the

demand for chastity belts

increasing others were encouraged

to manufacturer belts. The Tollyboy

design was adapted in the USA

by Jones and Access Denied

(01/07/1997), and in Germany by Neosteel.

Hal Higginbottom became very ill

with respiratory problems, and passed away on 21/05/98. Today

the Tollyboy name lives on with Richard Davies (apprentice to Hal) continuing to produce the

"Florentine" design, made to measure, steel chastity belts for

men and women.

Since the late 1990s the availability

of male chastity devices is much

higher. Major Players have been

Frank & Doris Miller who launched

the CB-2000 in 1998. It was the

world's first easily available

hygienic male chastity device.

The Millers have since gone from strength to strength adding the

Curve to their range for the "larger"

man and in August 2003 introduced

the third design the CB-3000.

World-wide sales of the CB-3000 currently far out weigh any other

single design.

As you will see from viewing our

pages there is now a wide choice

of male chastity devices, with

noticeable differences in design. However, in comparison little advancement has been made to

the female belt, the basic design remain the same.

Male chastity devices are now

readily available from many

specialist on line shops. We recommend that when purchasing

you look for those shops and web

sites, which know something about chastity, and will be able to help

you with any problems you may initially have.

This article reproduced by courtesy

of www.chastity-uk.co.uk