How do chastity belts work?

From Cecil’s answer:

“Some Asian and African cultures practiced female infibrillation, in which a woman’s labia were bound together with rings or wires or the like.”

That would be “infibulation”. Infibrillation means…actually, I have no idea what it means.

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/61/how-do-chastity-belts-work

Making the heart beat in an unsteady rhythm?