Cilices anyone?

[Diversified]

I don't know what other peoples opinion on these are but if you don't know what they are here is a tidbit ...

*The cilice is a spiked chain that leaves nasty little pricks in the flesh, but it would need to be worn unusually tightly in order to inflict the kind of tearing wounds. Used in religion as a form of penance and why of asking for God's forgiveness. The cilice seems to have developed out of the more commonly known hair shirt, which was originally made from rough goat’s hair from Cicilia in Asia Minor. It was a penitential device meant to make the wearer decidedly uncomfortable in order to remind him that he was a sinner in need of absolution, but it was hardly of the same order as the later spiked metal device designed to be worn round the thigh.

This later development had barbs like small fish hooks that dug into the flesh and was apparently intended to deter the wearer’s sexual urges. Unless the victim were addicted to sado-masochistic practices - in which case the cilice might have played a stimulatory role - one can safely assume that it achieved its purpose!*

I would love to own a pair but not for religious reasons.

What are your thoughts on these? Would you wear them if your Master told you to?