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Medieval device against women's chatter - Scold's bridle. Scold's bridle is an object, invented in the 1500s in Britain, and then spread throughout Europe. An iron mask, tightly fitting on the head, was put on women as a punishment, for rude chatter and arguing.   Medieval device , against women's chatter ,  Medieval device against women's chatter , Scold's bridle, Scold's bridle is an object, invented in the 1500s in Britain, spread throughout Europe, An iron mask, tightly fitting on the head,  put on women as a punishment, for rude chatter and arguing, for rude chatter

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00:00Medieval device against women's chatter, Skold's bridle. Skold's bridle is an

00:06object invented in the 1500s in Britain and then spread throughout Europe. An

00:12iron mask tightly fitting on the head was put on women as a punishment for

00:19rude chatter and arguing. It was impossible to talk in it. A bell was

00:25attached to the top to attract attention. Instead of metal torture

00:31devices reminiscent of the Branks of Yore, Love is creating 100 homemade

00:36headpieces that focus on the idea of amplifying women's voices. One of them is

00:43a simple pair of safety glasses with a noise-making party favor attached. This

00:49was the image that Love saw posted on Instagram last fall during the Brett

00:54Kavanaugh US Senate confirmation hearings. It evoked such a strong

01:00reaction in her that she decided to create an art project. Another is a box

01:06like creation with chattering teeth to evoke the idea that through the ages

01:13women have been reputed to engage in too much chatter. Love said all of her

01:19designs are meant to counter the belief, which she thinks is pervasive even today,

01:25that women talk too much, that they cackle when they laugh, that their voices

01:30are shrill.

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