Talk:Scold's bridle

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"Women were property and a good woman was a woman who obeyed her husband and did not complain about her treatment or beatings. Husbands were encouraged to beat their wives and women who did not complain were viewed as good Christians." - This is unreferenced and a gross exaggeration. Though women had fewer legal rights, a marriage of like-minded individuals who had similar interests, skills and outlooks was the perceived ideal in C16th-17th England. To suggest that a woman was 'property' and would be punished with a scold's bridle for complaining of domestic abuse is so far from the norm as to be absurd. 46.64.9.224 (talk) 23:34, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

I find the caption under the first image on the left (New England, 1885) highly misleading. The image may have been DRAWN in the year 1885, but it clearly is meant as a depiction of "Pilgrim" life through the eyes of a Victorian-era artist, rather than the image of then-current life implied by the caption. 76.202.136.28 (talk) 06:57, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

a pubescent sm fantasy.

While I agree that the previous article was prurient nonsense ("scolding hot" was a funny bit of pseudo-etymology though), it is a real device; it was used, in one form or another, up until the Victorian era. --Mirv 14:45, 5 Dec 2003 (UTC)

The image is sexist and s&m!--86.29.143.190 (talk) 17:26, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

I agree!--Eagle&#39;s mouth qv (talk) 09:23, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Feminist take on scold's bridles
I remember reading that feminists in England or Scotland had worn scold's bridles, or something like them, as part of an event recounting the oppression of women through the ages. Would this be an appropriate addenda for this article? Pat Powers 15:30, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Yes, it would!--86.29.143.190 (talk) 17:27, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

It's sexist!--Sheron B. (talk) 09:06, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Eddinburgh?
Re reference #3:

Chambers, Robert (1685). Domestic Annals of Scotland. Eddinburgh : W & R Chambers. p. 37.

I'm wondering if Eddinburgh is the actual spelling on the book or a typo. Thanks, Wanderer57 (talk) 16:09, 1 April 2011 (UTC)adam is a turd

Murdersville
It was shown in The Avenger's episode titled MurdersvilleI&#39;m incontinent and wear Tena Slip Maxi (talk) 20:36, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

Lack of evidence
There is very little evidence here that the scold's bridle was actually used, certainly outside a few cases in Scotland, maybe because very little evidence exists. I may be wrong, but I suspect it falls into the same category as the iron maiden and the chastity belt, i.e. it is a neo-gothic fantasy. What do you think? --OhNoPeedyPeebles (talk) 20:29, 12 July 2012 (UTC)


 * It is used right now in Indonesia where my family is from. But all mention of it outside of Europe has been disappeared from the internet, about 1-2 years ago was the last time I researched this topic (it's an important tool in Islam for family problems) and now today there is 0 reference to it anywhere as if it never existed in the first place. I have caught Google doing this with many topics now where they just disappear images and links to things entirely as if they never existed in the first place. I cannot explain it. But yes, to this day this is VERY often used in Islam around the world. 2001:8003:2956:4300:50FD:2CD8:8930:2A5B (talk) 01:07, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

Modern day usage in Islam and Middle East.
Hello, this is very common in Islamic cultures and the middle east and Indonesia where I am from to this day. I used to see a lot about this online, but now when I google image search it all the images that used to be linked with +Islam added to the search words have gone, and now it appears everywhere exclusively lists only European countries as using it. Our name for it is a literal translation near identical so it's not that it is just listed under the local linguistic term, it truly appears it has been removed from Google searches. So I thought I would come here to find the photo I was looking for and there is no mention of Islamic usage. Does anyone know why it has been disappeared? Or why this article no longer talks about it's modern day usage? 2001:8003:2956:4300:50FD:2CD8:8930:2A5B (talk) 01:05, 26 December 2023 (UTC)