Locktober en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /lɒkˈtəʊ.bə/ (UK)
- (US) audio
- /lɑkˈtoʊ.bəɹ/ (US)
Etymology
Blend of lock + October.
Meanings
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An event or challenge in which the participants wear a chastity cage around their penis for the whole month of October, with the key typically being kept by their partner.
Male chastity describes the act of attaching a device to your cock that prevents you from masturbating or having sex–this can also be done by your lover or Dom/me in service to them or an event like Locktober. Most chastity devices stop you from being able to get an erection. That's half the fun.
2022 October 6, Demeter DeLune, “How to use a chastity cage (on you or your sub)”, in The Daily Dot, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2023:Just as Halloween decorations at CVS have become the harbinger of fall, an uptick in conversations about male chastity can only mean October—or Locktober—is around the corner.
2023 September 30, Emell Derra Adolphus, “Locktober: How Giving Up Control of Your Penis Can Set You Free”, in The Daily Beast, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2023:It's "Locktober" again, the month where men willingly lock their genitalia up in chastity devices in the hopes of making it "hands-free" for 31 days.
2018 October 25, Key Barrett [pseudonym], “What spending two weeks in a chastity device taught me about my sexuality and my marriage”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Aug 2022: