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The brutal anti-masturbation devices of the Victorian era

The brutal anti-masturbation devices of the Victorian era




This device was used to prevent male patients from masturbating, which was thought to encourage mental illness

If you were a man living in the Victorian-era and you happened to be experiencing anxiety, irritability or a loss of confidence, a visit to the doctor might lead to a series of embarrassing questions about your love life.

An honest and/or brave man might confess to dabbling in the occasional sport of self-love. This confession would undoubtedly unleash a diagnosis of "spermatorrhoea" — a so-called "illness" that sparked an influx of anti-masturbation devices that looked exactly like penis torture chambers.

Next, your doctor might insist you purchase an anti-masturbation device such as "jugum penis", which was a jagged metal ring that attached to the base of the penis with a screw. Its sole purpose was to stop an unwanted erection because it inflicted so much pain on the poor man that self-love was out of the question.

Manufacturers rushed to construct horrific devices as doctors tried to cure their patients of what was known as the male version of female "hysteria". Why all the fuss? While it's widely agreed today that masturbation doesn't have any dangerous side effects, in the 19th century it was seen as a serious threat to mental and physical health.

Women were also impacted by devices designed especially for them; some were prescribed cloth and leather chastity belts — but these were far less brutal than the devices made for men.

Many physicians believed masturbation led to mental illness, while others went as far as saying it could kill you.

Invented 139 years ago this month, the jugum penis was designed to stop "night-time emissions" (wet dreams) with the idea that if you got an erection in your sleep, the device would cause you so much pain it would wake you up.

Let's take a look at the most common anti-masturbation devices and discover whether spermatorrhoea actually existed or it was a way to shame men who indulged in the "solitary vice".

In the eyes of the Victorian-era doctors, there was only way to stop the spread of "spermatorrhoea": men needed to stop masturbating. It was as simple and as complicated as that.

Masturbation for men has always had a difficult history, dogged by shame and embarrassment. "Self-love" was seen as an ultimate evil, but beyond the moralistic arguments, many physicians thought every orgasm drained a man's energy.

Interesting note: We still see this today when we read about coaches insisting athletes abstain from sex to preserve their energy.

From metal rings fixed to the base of the penis to anti-masturbation corsets, men were shamed into not touching themselves.

Married men were warned by doctors to limit the amount of sex they were having, and unmarried men were urged to conserve their "essence" by avoiding sex altogether, particularly masturbation.

Historian Dr John Woolf, a Victorian specialist and author of The Wonders, told news.com.au masturbation was a huge concern.

"It became increasingly mainstream to believe that masturbation — aka the 'solitary vice'— could lead to mental and physical disorders, including insanity. This was a medical and a moral concern, which had roots in the 18th century following the publication of two tracts: 'Omania or the Heinous Sin of Self-Pollution and Onanism' by French physician Samuel Tissot," Dr Woolf said.

"The fear of masturbation seeped into medical textbooks, marriage guides and advice on morals and manners … but this did not mean that people avoided that secret vice. I've come across Victorian porn that has made me blush, and I come from the generation who reached sexual maturity alongside internet pornography!"

By the mid-19th century, medical professionals put theories out into the field that would be highly contested today.

"In treating on this highly important subject, it is our chief aim to show, by incontrovertible proofs, the manifold evils society endure by licentiousness and unrestrained indulgence of the passions. Sages and moral writers of every age, have described in glowing terms the direful and awful result of Masturbation — a passion that captivates the imagination of its victim imperceptibly, step by step, till every moral feeling is obliterated, and all the physical powers destroyed. You who are addicted to this solitary vice, 'lay not the flattering unction to your souls,' that you are not aware of the enormity of the act," wrote the author of one medical work.

Victorian physician Albert Haye, who wrote The Science of Life, described spermatorrhoea as "the most dire, excruciating and deadly maladies to which the human frame is subject".

According to Dr Woolf, the word spermatorrhoea was originally coined by French physician Claude-Francoise Lallemard to describe involuntary seminal loss, usually via "nocturnal emissions" (again, wet dreams!) It was basically the word for the male version of female "hysteria".

"Spermatorrhoea was believed to be a serious medical condition causing blushing, crying, breathlessness, melancholy and sensitivity. Masturbation was the primary cause, and impotence was the result. Spermatorrhoea was a popular diagnosis between 1830s and 1860s but then became unfashionable and rare," Dr Woolf said.

Ejaculation was seen as a sexual dysfunction, and because semen was seen as a man's "vital heat", spermatorrhoea was believed to lead to frightening bodily effects.

The symptoms, according to physician John Skelton, included loss of one's confidence, becoming fretful, loss of dignity, being generally disagreeable and somewhat of a hypochondriac.

Most physicians agreed the primary cause of spermatorrhoea was the vice of masturbation. (Others suspected it was caused by reading too much literature and sleeping on soft feather beds).

The main cure for spermatorrhoea was abstinence, and one of the best ways to achieve that was by wearing an anti-masturbation device. And some were truly barbaric.

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