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2024-12-01 20:31:35 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 864D365FD44B056BF3DF8BB08438B188A552DF33178DE0091E1DAF904B80F926
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There's no evidence of chastity belts being used during the middle ages except metaphorical or as a joke. Hygiene was far from "almost non-existent" back then and the wedding bouquet story is also nonsense. https://fakehistoryhunter.net/2019/09/10/medieval-myths-bingo/ https://www.google.nl/books/edition/Misconceptions_About_the_Middle_Ages/oneTAgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=The+Medieval+Chastity+Belt+Unbuckle&pg=PA254&printsec=frontcover https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chastity_belt https://www.google.nl/books/edition/The_Medieval_Chastity_Belt/4jF-DAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=The+Medieval+Chastity+Belt,+by+Albrecht+Classen&printsec=frontcover https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/medieval-chastity-belts-are-myth-180956341/ https://www.google.nl/books/edition/Fake_History/5kJYEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=teeuwisse+fake+history+chastity+belt&pg=PA98&printsec=frontcover https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/life-in-the-1500s.html https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/life-in-the-1500s/
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