And here we are at the start of the second week of Locktober 2023, and 31 Days of Chastity Meme Day 8.
Post a Chastity image you find erotic. Briefly describe what arouses you most in the image or why it represents chastity to you.
The Tickleberry website, where this meme comes from, once had some of the best chastity images I’ve seen. But for some reason, they removed them and don’t have many images at all anymore. So, I had to scour the net to find an image I loved for today’s prompt. Finally, I found one on the Red Chili Male Chastity Devices website. Not surprising that they would have some great chastity images there since Red Chili bills the company’s devices as customized art and they truly are. I quickly found the image I loved most. Here it is.
I don’t condone nicking copyrighted images from websites and don’t make a habit of publishing other’s intellectual property here. But since I am offering an art critique of the image here, I believe the fair use doctrine applies, which allows use of a copyrighted work without the copyright owner’s permission for non-commercial purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research. And now my critique.
This is a close-up photograph of a male, mid-torso down, wearing a metal chastity device against an alternating light and dark background. There is a male hand to the viewer’s right and a female’s hand to the viewer’s left with the thumbs touching at the top of the chastity device and the index fingers touching at the bottom, forming a heart shape. The heart shape creates an aperture that draws the eye immediately to the chastity device with the first glance.
When I look at this photograph, my eye is first drawn in to the chastity device at the center, and then outward. While I immediately recognized that the hands of two different people surrounded the chastity cage, it took a moment for me to recognize the hands and fingers formed the heart shape even though this has become a rather common photographic technique that I’ve seen many times. The curved lines formed by the hands and touching fingers create a calming effect. The colors and alternating darkness and light used by the photographer are harmonious. I think the aperture effect and the way the photographer blurred the male torso and sharpened the hands and fingers forming the heart give the two-dimensional photograph a three-dimensional feel.
I think this is a lovely photograph that easily illustrates the male chastity theme. It is an erotic image, though somewhat understated, given the presence of a caged penis with hands and fingers in close proximity. What makes it arousing for me is the presence of the woman’s hand, which suggests her participation in the chastity and we can assume it’s because she wills it. The eroticism in this image for me is that it represents the ultimate form of submission. He is literally gifting his sex life to her and giving her full control of when or if he gets sexual pleasure.
That’s it for today on this eighth day of Locktober 2023. Hope you will return tomorrow for 31 Days of Chastity Day 9 and the topic “Listen.” Tomorrow’s meme prompt is:
Post a Chastity related song or music video you enjoy. If it isn’t directly chastity related, then explain what it means to you? Is it part of your Chastity ritual?