Chastity Belt -

: Wearing a rigid metal device for months or years would have been fatal due to hygiene issues, rust, and infection.

Most physical "medieval" chastity belts found in museums were actually created in the 18th and 19th centuries. chastity belt

The popular image of the chastity belt involves a Crusader locking his wife in "iron underwear" before departing for the Holy Land. However, historians from organizations like and Atlas Obscura note that there is no credible evidence these devices existed during the Middle Ages. : Wearing a rigid metal device for months