When a woman wants a man utterly helpless, it doesn't take much to make that happen with a pillory, needing him only to bend over and rest his neck and wrists in the wood. Once she brings its top down and locks it in place, he'll have to wait for her to let him out, which will feel like a very long time, even if she doesn't decide to take advantage of his plight! Having to hold an uncomfortable, vulnerable position is humbling enough for a man, but a pillory prevents him from protecting himself from further indignities - indeed, it invites people to humiliate him, such that he should be glad to be forgotten! Three husbands and a husband-to-be suffer such a shameful predicament in these stories about men in pillories, with each finding himself trapped in a sturdy construction designed with disgrace in mind. With no possibility of escape, they'll have to hope that their wives will eventually have mercy on them, rather than subjecting them to too much attention as husbands in the pillory.