The concept was more that “the weaker vessel”, based on the “evidence” of the Bible, was more prone to succumbing to sexual temptation and, worse, to leading a naturally virtuous male into it through her wiles. Female libido wasn’t always a given in these scenarios.
A lot of chivalry involved upright men setting a good and wholesome example for these sinful creatures, and this evolved into putting women on a pedestal of purity or in gilded cages (as you describe). Madonna or whore became the only choices, with men making the judgment. One can trace the various threads of that line right up through the toxic masculinity expressed in the manosphere today.
