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Podcast: Today In History with The Retrospectors
Episode: The Chastity Belt and the Frenchman
Description: Henri Littière and his adulterous wife Suzanne thought they’d come up with a novel way to combat her philandering - by commissioning a custom-made chastity belt. But on 21st January, 1934, Littière was sentenced to three months in prison for cruelty to his spouse.
It’s a strange story, but not half as weird as how the myth of chastity belts gained traction in the first place - not from medieval days, but in fact thanks to Victorian prudishness.
In this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly pick holes in 1934 Parisian court reporting; discover the tr...