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I think I'd put it as "I think including poorly researched content does a disservice to everyone involved, because as soon as scrutiny is applied, it breaks down. As such, authors are better off either doing some research, or not including details that could be easily refuted. Because people are over time made more aware of such inaccuracies, and you can't unlearn a fact."
Think about it like this: It's true that a majority of the readers of a chastity story will not have tried chastity themselves. It's part of the fantasy. But there's also gonna be a decent amount of people who are reading chastity stories because it's something they're a fan of and have had experience with. Look at what happened with my other examples: over time, the number of authors who had no clue how bra sizes worked. But over time, with either people calling out the silliness in reviews or having more authors with experience crossdressing/female authors, those mistakes are mostly a relic of the past.
And honestly, before chastity became a hot thing in TG stories, the go to was saying something like "special surgical glue" and gluing a gaff/prosthetics in place. Of course there's not a real world method for something like that. But by not getting too specific or at least paying lip service and acknowledging that this is something that only exists "in universe", I think you can have your cake and eat it too.
Even just referring to it as a "Special" Chastity Device would aid it more in its suspension of disbelief. If you're familiar with JesscaTG's work, one of their "inventions" is this "mound" like chastity device that by appearances would make sense why any bulge is concealed. And what was smart about it is that the artist hasn't gone into detail trying to explain how it works. We're taking as a given that this particular device works this way.
Or as another thought experiment: Think about the times you've read a story with a sex scene, and it was so immediately obvious that the author has never had sex or never performed that position (anal is a great example). And it's often not because they got details wrong, but because they can't go into details because they don't know any of those details. Chastity is often the same way. Wouldn't it be that much sexier if the author actually knew what they were talking about and were able communicate those sensations to you? I don't know about you, but a lot of what makes these stories hot for me isn't just the idea, but the details you get. How does it feel wearing a frilly thong as opposed to boxers? What's it like to have hairless legs for the first time? Even stuff like getting used to the buttons being on the other side.
True story: I'd been wearing women's pajamas for a while. Outside of the color, softer material, and buttons on the "wrong" side, they don't really look that much different from men's pajamas. But because of taking a long holiday and not having to go to work, I hadn't had to put on a man's button up shirt for a while. And when I did, I surprised myself as I was fumbling with the buttons, having accidentally "mentally feminized" my habits. Having details like that, especially accurate ones, make a story even hotter, at least in my opinion.
So to make an overly long story short: I'm not saying that stories with these kinds of mistakes shouldn't ever exist: How the hell can anyone learn if they don't write, make some mistakes, get corrected, and then iterate/improve? What I will say is that I encourage all authors and wannabe authors to do some due diligence, consider getting some experience, and be always looking for ways to improve.
