Bondage

Bondage is defined for the purposes of this reading as the state or practice of being restrained (usually physically), as by being tied up, chained, or put in handcuffs.

History of Bondage

• Rope (ground, suspension, rope dress, western, eastern, materials, various ties)
• Silk
• Chains
• Mechanical Restraints (cuffs, manacles)
• Leather
• Latex
• Vacuum
• Gags
• Bags
• Hoods
• Cages
• Binders
• Posture (spine bars, spreader bars, posture collars, backboards, arm binders)
• Mummification
• Furniture (Saint Andrew's Cross, stocks, bondage bed, bondage table)
• Hanging
• Mental