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This is called the Scold’s Bridle from medieval Scotland.

The church decreed that it was sinful to allow a woman to talk back to the husband. And so women had these masks locked onto their heads that painfully clamped their mouths shut and humiliated them in public.

Just a little reminder of the way the world was only four centuries ago.
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everyoneknows · 31-35, T
im sure things were more peaceful back then
Katabasis · 41-45, M
@everyoneknows I notice the T on your account. How do you think that society would have treated you?
everyoneknows · 31-35, T
@Katabasis i wouldnt be a t back then i woulr be my ideal gender