Gimp mask

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[[Image:Pedestal04.jpg|thumb|Male submissive wearing a gimp mask]]
 
A '''gimp mask''' or '''slave hood''' is an icon of [[BDSM]] imagery.  Usually made from black [[leather]], it is close-fitting amd completely covers the head. The primary purpose of the [[hood]] is to [[objectification|objectify]] the wearer, to reduce them to the status of a sexual object rather than a person. Gimp masks share many qualities of [[bondage hood]]s and [[isolation hood]]s but tend to be simpler in construction and made from thinner leather as they do not need to deaden sound or provide secure anchorage points for [[bondage]]. Many designs of slave hood will have detachable [[blindfold]]s and mouth coverings; some will have zip openings for the mouth and eyes.
 
  
As well as leather, slave hoods are available in [[spandex]], [[darlex]] and [[latex]].
 
 
The term '''gimp''' was brought into the mainstream by the film [[Wikipedia:Pulp_Fiction_(film)|Pulp Fiction]] which featured a scene where a man wearing a gimp mask was kept in the basement of two homosexual rapists. A track on the film soundtrack has one of the rapists saying "Bring out the gimp".
 
 
==See also==
 
 
* [[Hoods]]
 
 
[[Category:BDSM equipment]]
 

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