Masturbating Too Much? Introducing Sex Armor, the Male Chastity Belt
Tuesday June 8, 2010
Sex ArmorYou have to wonder why this little device never made it to market.
After all, we've had chastity belts for women for centuries -- and they're still around.
Today, we even have them for dogs.
But it didn't have to be this unfair -- because in 1908, Ellen E. Perkins of Beaver Bay, Minnesota, patented this unique device aimed at men.
She wrote: "It is deplorable but well known fact that one of the most common causes of insanity, imbecility and feeble mindedness, especially in youth, is due to masturbation or self abuse."
You can get an up-close and a-little-too-personal with this bizarre invention in my new gallery of outrageous patents.
This forgotten patent was uncovered by my friend Douglas Levere, who restores and sells old prints on his Web site, printcollection.com.
My colleague Ben Muessig at AOL News has Doug's story, and some of the incredible images he's preserved over the years -- like like a 1910 image of the wrecked S.S. Princess May, impossible balanced on a set of rocks like a massive see-saw.
And hidden among the fantastic old photos that Doug has saved are the strangest contraptions and inventions you've never seen... until now. Check out some of my favorites in my new gallery, Preposterous Patents and Inane Inventions.
Photo Print Collection, Inc.
Tuesday June 8, 2010
Sex ArmorYou have to wonder why this little device never made it to market.
After all, we've had chastity belts for women for centuries -- and they're still around.
Today, we even have them for dogs.
But it didn't have to be this unfair -- because in 1908, Ellen E. Perkins of Beaver Bay, Minnesota, patented this unique device aimed at men.
She wrote: "It is deplorable but well known fact that one of the most common causes of insanity, imbecility and feeble mindedness, especially in youth, is due to masturbation or self abuse."
You can get an up-close and a-little-too-personal with this bizarre invention in my new gallery of outrageous patents.
This forgotten patent was uncovered by my friend Douglas Levere, who restores and sells old prints on his Web site, printcollection.com.
My colleague Ben Muessig at AOL News has Doug's story, and some of the incredible images he's preserved over the years -- like like a 1910 image of the wrecked S.S. Princess May, impossible balanced on a set of rocks like a massive see-saw.
And hidden among the fantastic old photos that Doug has saved are the strangest contraptions and inventions you've never seen... until now. Check out some of my favorites in my new gallery, Preposterous Patents and Inane Inventions.
Photo Print Collection, Inc.
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