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Male Chastity—Only a Kink or Sexual Fetish?

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One of the common obstacles a guy must often overcome when trying to persuade his wife or girlfriend to lock him in chastity is the prevalent notion that male chastity is only a kink or sexual fetish. Is it? Let’s talk about that and find the answer.

Defining Kink and a Sexual Fetish

While people often use the terms “kink” and “fetish” interchangeably, the terms refer to different things.

A kink is an activity or behavior that someone enjoys that exists outside the “norms” of “traditional” sex. For example, someone’s kink might be bondage. They may be incredibly excited when they’re tied up because they find restraint sexually stimulating. Bondage arouses them. It’s important to remember that what may be kinky to one person may be considered vanilla by another. We are all different and embrace different sexual “norms.”

What defines a fetish, though, isn’t an activity so much as its role in someone’s sexual response cycle. In psychology, a fetish is a term used to describe sexual excitement coupled with a typically non-sexual object. Sometimes they add a fetish object is something a person cannot get sexually aroused without. I can’t entirely agree with that point. Common fetish objects include things like shoes, feet, women’s panties.

Here is why I disagree with the idea that a fetish object is something a person cannot get sexually aroused without. I’ve always suspected that I have something of a panty fetish because seeing female panties is something I find arousing. I don’t mean wearing them, but looking at them.

Panties needn’t even be worn by an attractive model in, say, a lingerie catalog for me to find them arousing to look at. Looking at a display of panties in a store has the same effect. Yet, I find plenty of other things sexually arousing. I don’t have to have panties to experience sexual excitement. So, I think we can leave the definition of a sexual fetish as arousal coupled with some typically non-sexual object.

Is a Chastity Device a Fetish Object?

Like panties, I find chastity devices arousing to look at as many men do. Just window-shopping the various online retailer websites can stoke sexual excitement. Some guys find the devices so sexually arousing they have difficulty putting one on because they become erect while trying to do so.

I think it fair to say that chastity devices can be fetish objects, but that isn’t what defines them. After all, even though some people view shoes or attractive feet as fetish objects, they are still just shoes and feet in the greater scheme of things. I’m only guessing here, but I suspect it’s true that they are fetish objects for some men who wear chastity devices but for others, they aren’t. For some chaste guys, it seems likely it’s the bondage aspect, the orgasm denial, or the control a key holder exerts over them that they find arousing, not the device itself.

Chastity devices can be fetish objects, but they are not only fetish objects.

Where Did the Notion of Chastity as a Kink Come From?

It’s easy to understand why may vanilla people so often dismiss male chastity as a kink. The gay and BDSM communities have eroticized sexual denial and orgasm control for decades, and makers of the first modern male chastity devices aggressively marketed the devices to those communities first.

Male chastity devices are still hugely popular in BDSM play and D/s relationships as well as the gay community. Many younger gay men wear male chastity devices presumably because it fits with the whole boi vibe.

A London-based retailer, Tickleberry, which claims to be “at the very heart of all things fetish and BDSM,” says this about why men desire male chastity. “It’s a secret fetish that your man finds highly provocative, arousing, and very sexy, to the point that even just an image of a chastity device could cause the beginnings of an erection.”

While that may be the view of Tickleberry’s fetish and BDSM focused customer base, male chastity has long since gone mainstream and now transcends only a fetish or kink activity. Chastity devices are now the third most popular sex toy. Today, people buy only more dildos and vibrators than chastity devices. More and more men buy and wear chastity devices today for reasons like curbing masturbation or gaining the ability to focus more on their partner’s sexual pleasure than their own.

Also, there has been an explosion of manufacturers worldwide offering inexpensive devices of various materials from silicone to plastic to steel. It’s no longer necessary to spend two hundred dollars or more to purchase a decent chastity device. As a result, plenty of vanilla guys with no interest in BDSM are buying and wearing male chastity devices.

The Future of Male Chastity

I think for various reasons, male chastity will only continue to grow more mainstream. I think there is already enough widespread interest in wearing chastity devices among all types of men to consider it mainstream now. When it truly takes off, I believe, is when more vanilla women decouple chastity from the realm of kink, fetishes, and start to embrace it as the relationship enhancer chastity can be. I see the day coming when it will become just as common for women to ask to lock their male partners in chastity as for guys to request it.

There is plenty of room in the male chastity tent for all views. But male chastity has not been only a kink or sexual fetish in a good long while. It’s rapidly becoming a mainstream lifestyle option for anyone who embraces it. So, even if you’re not into BDSM or kink in general and don’t view a chastity device as a fetish object, you can still be a proud member of the chastity community.

Chastity And Other Kinks

Does chastity always lead to cuckolding? No, sometimes, cuckolding leads to chastity. I’m kidding. Chastity doesn’t always lead to cuckolding, and cuckolding doesn’t always lead to chastity. They are separate and independent kinks.

When I first visited a chastity forum website that I still visit occasionally, I was surprised by the number of posts I saw related to cuckolding, feminization, forced-bi, CEI, and SPH. Years ago, I was quite involved in the BDSM scene, and so I come from more of a kink background than a vanilla one. Still, none of those things were kinks that ever appealed to me.

In this post, I want to look at why some other fetishes and kinks seem to get lumped in with chastity.

Chastity And Cuckolding

Since I led off with it, we’ll look at cuckolding first. In my kinkier days, I knew plenty of people who were into cuckolding, but who didn’t wear chastity cages. Guys I knew who desired being cuckolded were typically submissive men who were attracted to the humiliation aspect of it. They often liked other forms of humiliation play as well. But today you do sometimes meet chaste men who want their partners to cuckold them. And there is a logic to it.

Enforced chastity produces a greater sense of emasculation for some guys than others. Also, when a guy gets periods of constant teasing without orgasm, oxytocin builds up and stays high all the time. That makes him not only horny, but more attentive, affectionate, obedient, and eager to please the woman holding his keys. At some point, the guy may think, “Hey, I’m locked up, she’s not. Since I can’t give her penetrative sex, why not let her get that from another guy?” It just sort of makes cognitive sense for some guys

The longer a guy in chastity thinks about it, the more he may become intrigued with the idea of his wife or girlfriend keyholder being intimate with another man. The more he thinks about it, the more he fantasizes about it, and the hotter the idea sounds. Then he ends up proposing the idea to his partner. At least that’s the way it usually works. Just like chastity, it is typically the guy who suggests cuckolding to his wife or partner. There are instances where the wife or partner suggests it first, but almost always, that happens with couples who are already in full-blown female-led relationships.

Feminization

Feminization, also known as sissification, is another distinct, unconnected kink that often gets lumped in with chastity. For the uninformed, it’s the practice of a dominant person forcing a submissive male partner to dress as a female and encouraging or training them to adopt (typically exaggerated) feminine behaviors and appearances.

Some guys in chastity may desire to be feminized because they want to take emasculation even further than the sense of it they get from just wearing a chastity device. They may ask their keyholder to add feminization to the mix. Or, the keyholder may suggest it. Regardless, feminization is usually “forced” in the sense the chaste male pretends he doesn’t want to be feminized and finds it humiliating when the truth is it is something he wants. The “forced” aspect of it relieves him of the responsibility for becoming a sissy, yet allows him to enjoy the humiliation play he wants that makes it appealing.

One problem with forced feminization is some lifestyle, and even pro-dommes who act as keyholders are under the mistaken impression that every guy who wants to wear a chastity device also wants to be trained to look and behave as a female. I once had a domme tell me that chastity was just the gateway drug to feminization. That’s not true at all. Many guys simply enjoy having a keyholder lock their penises in chastity cages and take pleasure in the thrill of not knowing when or if their keyholder will unlock them.

Other Kinks And Fetishes That Are Connected With Chastity

Small penis humiliation (SPH), forced-bi, and cum eating instructions (CEI) are three other different kinks that are often lumped in with chastity.

Again, I’m not suggesting some guys in chastity don’t desire to experience those things, but they aren’t part of chastity, but separate kink interests. Just because a guy feels an attraction to chastity doesn’t mean he is interested in SPH, forced-bi, or CEI.

There’s Nothing Wrong With That

Nothing I’ve written here suggests I think there is anything wrong with any of those other kinks and fetishes or with someone who finds them erotic and enjoyable. Coming from a kink background myself, I don’t engage in kink-shaming.

Kink-shaming is just what it sounds like, shaming or embarrassing someone for their sexual interests or desires when they don’t line up with what you think is normal. I respect the kinks of others, even when it happens to be something that doesn’t appeal to me. My philosophy is live and let live. As long as no one is harmed, no one is victimized, and everything that happens is consensual among all involved parties, then I see nothing wrong with it.

Still, I have the things I like, and there are things others like I just don’t find enjoyable or erotic.

Why This Matters

There are several reasons I think we should resist the idea that chastity, by definition, incorporates a lot of other kinks some may find extreme.

First, as said, some dommes get it wrong. Some lifestyle and pro-dommes who are chastity keyholders I’ve come across, especially on social media, often make false assumptions. They come across a lot of legitimately submissive types, guys who like chastity, and also find it erotic to be called “slut,” “loser,” “sissy,” or what have you.

They meet guys who are turned on by being subjected to small penis humiliation. Dommes know some guys get a thrill out of being made to wear women’s underwear or other articles of female clothing. But, they get it wrong when they assume all guys who are into chastity are the same and want the same things. We just aren’t, and we don’t. We don’t all want a heaping helping of humiliation to go with our chastity.

Also, the way chastity is too often presented on the Internet is it goes hand in hand with a guy being submissive and desiring stuff like feminization, forced-bi, or cuckolding.

When the average Joe approaches his mostly vanilla wife or girlfriend and reveals he wants to wear a chastity device, these women often turn to the web to learn what chastity is and what a keyholder is. Many of them come away thinking chastity is bizarre and that keyholders must be foul-mouthed, whip-cracking dominatrices. They just don’t see themselves in that role and are turned off by the whole idea of chastity. What they often find is porn and don’t usually learn from the Internet stuff that chastity play can be enjoyed without any of those things. They don’t come away seeing how keyholding can be sensual, loving, and kind.

Finally, as chastity becomes more mainstream, lots of otherwise vanilla men are becoming interested in wearing chastity devices. They need to know that chastity may change them in some ways. But they also must understand putting on a chastity cage doesn’t mean they are jumping down some kink rabbit hole that is going to change them into something they don’t want.


You can find wearing a penis cage and practicing chastity enjoyable and meaningful without adding any other kinks. It’s okay if you want to incorporate other kinks, but chastity is its own thing.

Locktober By The Numbers

October, the tenth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, and the sixth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. October is all about enjoying the last waning days of fall before the onslaught of holiday planning and New Year’s resolution-making take hold.

There’s nothing like feeling the crisp October air and digging out your favorite sweater for the first time of the season. As the brilliant L. M. Montgomery wrote in Anne of Green Gables, “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”

But, since around 2015, October has also been the month that the chastity community observes Locktober, that time of the year where chastity enthusiasts stay locked in their devices for one solid month.

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Will you be observing Locktober this year? Locktober is for those curious about male chastity, but have never tried it, and for those who have only ever tried wearing a chastity cage for short periods. It’s also for those already practicing chastity, with hopes of taking things to the next level by staying locked for thirty-one straight days.

The History Of Locktober

The answer to the question—who created Locktober, remains murky. Many attribute the idea to a Tumblr blogger. Locktober was mentioned in a post on a blog called “Keep Him Locked: A Wife’s Guide to Male Chastity and Cock Cages” in 2017. However, I found a post from 2015 in the forums at orgasmdenial.com about Locktober. A member posting there using the handle submaleslaveuk seemed to claim credit for the event. Still, there is no definitive answer to who originated the idea of thirty-one straight days locked in chastity during October.

What seems a little clearer is that either 2016 or 2017 seems the first year Locktober was widely observed. So, despite who first coined the term or originated the idea, it seems fair to say that 2020 will be either the fourth or fifth annual observance of Locktober.

The Locktober Rule Book

After making a systematic web search, I discovered there seems to be no official rule book for observing Locktober. The only hard and fast rule seems to be that participants must remain locked in a chastity device for the entire month of October.

Purists insist the cage cannot be unlocked or removed for any reason, no even for hygiene releases. That seems a little draconian to me. Sure, with an open cage-type chastity device, I suppose a guy could wear it non-stop for the entire month without any health concerns. But, I think wearing a chastity tube device that fully encloses the penis for that length of time without hygiene releases wouldn’t be sensible.

A few others I encountered during my meticulous research for this post seemed to suggest that the real point of Locktober is going orgasm free for an entire month. Sort of a Lent season for chaste males. They seemed fine with the idea of removing the chastity cage for brief periods for hygiene purposes and even when a keyholder wishes to remove it for teasing sessions.

Yet submaleslaveuk, the guy who seems to claim he originated Locktober in 2015, describes in his forum post having a vibrator-assisted orgasm while locked in his chastity cage. If he invented the chastity event, then it seems he has a right to say in-cage orgasms are kosher.

A Common Sense Approach To Locktober

As a rule of thumb, I’ve always found you never go wrong when you apply common sense to something, even kink activities or fetish observances. I also think a grown man should be able to decide for himself how he will observe Locktober in a meaningful way. I don’t see a reason we need to get legalistic about Locktober observances.

For me, that means brief weekly hygiene releases are acceptable. Also, I wouldn’t even cry foul at anyone who chooses to have in-cage orgasms. Having experienced those, they are more like “ruined orgasms,” anyway. I’d only flag those who remove the cage during the month and enjoy full, unrestricted orgasms. I think that would violate the spirit of the event.

Only 114 Shopping Days Left Until Locktober

For those who may think it’s too early to start planning for Locktober here in June, I beg to differ. If you’re considering participating this year, but don’t own a chastity device, you only have 114 days left to choose one and buy it. Or, for those who do have a cage they aren’t satisfied with, to complete their quest for the holy grail, that comfortable cage with a perfect fit to wear non-stop for a whole month. You can check my chastity device reviews for ideas.

Also, if you’re not fortunate enough to have a partner as your keyholder, you need time to start looking for someone to hold your keys. Many of the ladies that provide for-fee keyholding services run special deals for Locktober. It’s best to find a keyholder early to reserve your spot before they fill up.

I’m giving some thought to celebrating Locktober 2020 in style by maybe hosting some kind of a contest here on CutToTheChaste. Perhaps I’ll have a random drawing and give away prizes. I don’t have a firm plan yet, but I thought maybe I could give away a free chastity device, books on chastity, or tee shirts with a chastity theme. I definitely plan to do something, and I’ll post the information once I have a plan in place.


Meanwhile, save the date. I hope you will join me in the observance of Locktober 2020. October will be here before we know it.