About Vickys undies...

[davywavy]

Queen Victoria didn't wear underwear because wearing them would have put fabric between her thighs. Anything which separated a lady's thighs was lewd and immoral, and therefore frowned upon. Many ladies of quality of the era didn't wear knickers for the same reason.
I'm not sure if the 'tied-on' design as described elsewhere developed as a result of this.

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[cmpriest.livejournal.com]

more useless vickie trivia:

she refused to sign a bill in the 1890s that would have outlawed lesbian activities as well as sodomy, because, quoth her, "ladies would not do such things."

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

And presumably you know where the piercing description of a 'Prince Albert' comes from?

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[cmpriest.livejournal.com]

tight pants!

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[davywavy.livejournal.com]

correct.

As I hear it, Prince Albert (Victorias husband) had a pierced penis, whichi attached to a hook on a garter round the top of his thigh.
That way, should he achieved a state of tumescence in publicm, he would not scandalise any ladies :)

Probably giving coals to Newcastle, but. .

[jonnyargles.livejournal.com]

The penile piercing was originally intended to be a piece of string tied through the ring and hoisted at the back, designed to hold a gentleman's parts down and not to give a lewd bulge in the front of his trousers; an antithesis of sexuality.

Not like today, with your amphalangs, and your cock rings, and your banging nails through your penis into a piece of 2x4.

*sigh*