CHASTITY BELT

A MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN IN ITALY

WAS FORCED TO ASK THE FIRE BRIGADE

FOR HELP AFTER SHE LOST THE KEYS

TO HER CHASTITY BELT.

THE WOMAN, WHO HAS NOT BEEN NAMED

UNDER ITALIAN PRIVACY LAW,

TURNED UP AT A FIRE STATION

AND SAID SHE NEEDED HELP

WITH A LOCK SHE COULD NOT OPEN.

FIREFIGHTERS, BELIEVING SHE HAD LOCKED

HERSELF OUT OF HER HOUSE,

BEGAN ASKING FOR DETAILS

ABOUT WHERE SHE LIVED.

IT WAS ONLY THEN THAT THE WOMAN

REVEALED THE SPECIFIC NATURE OF
THE PROBLEM, PULLING UP A

JUMPER TO REVEAL AN IRON CHASTITY BELT.

“I’VE LOST THE KEYS TO A LOCK

AND I CAN NO LONGER OPEN IT,”

SHE TOLD A GROUP OF STUNNED FIREFIGHTERS

 AT THE FIRE STATION IN.

HOWEVER, THE FIREFIGHTERS QUICKLY

MANAGED TO BREAK THE LOCK,

WHICH WAS ALSO MADE OF IRON.

THEY THEN INVESTIGATED WHETHER

THE WOMAN HAD BEEN FORCED TO WEAR

THE BELT BY SOMEONE ELSE OR

WHETHER SHE HAD BEEN A VICTIM OF

SOME KIND OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,

BUT IT IS UNDERSTOOD

THIS WAS NOT THE CASE.

THE WOMAN EXPLAINED

SHE HAD CHOSEN TO WEAR THE BELT

TO PREVENT HERSELF FROM EMBARKING

ON A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP.

HOWEVER, SHE QUICKLY LOST THE KEYS

AND DESPITE SEVERAL DESPERATE

SEARCHES, WAS UNABLE TO FIND THEM.

BOTH THE WOMAN AND THE FIREFIGHTERS

WERE SAID TO BE EXTREMELY

EMBARRASSED BY THE SITUATION.