Locktober
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Locktober is an informal chastity challenge, similar to No Nut November, popularized by the BDSM community in the late 2010s. Like No Nut November, it involves denying oneself an orgasm for an entire month, though it can involve the addition of a sex toy specifically designed to prevent contact with genitalia, such as a chastity cage. The challenge is mostly for men in romantic relationships.
History
It's unclear when "Locktober" started, but it has been credited to the BDSM community and appears to have started in the mid-late 2010s. One of the earliest known references to Locktober was posted to the orgasm-denial fetish Tumblr account Edging.Spaces[1] on September 30th, 2017, who reblogged the post from his partner's deleted Tumblr account, keephimcaged. The post serves as an introduction to Locktober. The process involves putting one's penis in a chastity cage for the month, denying orgasm, while providing orgasms to their partner.
On October 4th, 2018, Urban Dictionary user Kinggold93[6] posted a definition for Locktober, receiving over 280 likes in five years (shown below).
Over the following years, the "event" progressively gained more mainstream coverage each October, as it saw a 2018 article in IntoMore[2] and The Independent,[4] a 2019 article in MEL Magazine[3] and a 2023 article in Daily Beast.[5] Additionally, some sex toy manufacturers and online pornography content have created an economy around Locktober.
Online Presence
On Twitter, Locktober participants take advantage of the site's lax rules on adult content to post evidence of themselves participating in the Locktober challenge. On TikTok, the Locktober hashtag, which has over 25.3 million views,[7] features sexual teasing as well as some safety protocol and joke videos about the challenge.
For example, on November 8th, 2021, TikToker kinkylifecoach posted a video about the necessity of having multiple keys for the chastity cage available in case of emergency, gaining over 25,000 likes in two years (shown below, left). On October 21st of that year, user kinkytom posted a video joking about what it's like being a man participating in Locktober, gaining over 6,700 likes (shown below, right).
@kinkylifecoach #locked #sissy #submale #chastitycage #chastitykeys #quinktok #malesub #locktober β¬ SAD GIRLZ LUV MONEY β Remix β Amaarae & Kali Uchis
@kinkytom Are we there yet. #beardedguy #switchlife #chastitycage #locktober #keyholder β¬ its worse. its much worse. β Kat
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External References
[1] Tumblr β Edging.Spaces
[2] IntoMore β What Locktober, A Month of Locking Up Your Cock, Can Teach All Queer Men About Sexuality
[3] MEL Magazine β INSIDE βLOCKTOBER,β THE MONTH MEN LOCK THEIR DICKS IN CHASTITY CAGES
[4] The Independent β What spending two weeks in a chastity device taught me about my sexuality and my marriage
[5] Daily Beast β How Giving Up Control of Your Penis Can Set You Free
[6] Urban Dictionary β Locktober
[7] TikTok β #LockTober
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