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[[Image:Pedestal04.jpg|thumb|Male submissive wearing a gimp mask]]
 
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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.
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[[Image:R493MAIN.jpg|thumb|right|Gimp mask from [[Westward Bound]]]]
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A '''gimp mask''' or '''slave hood''' is an icon of [[BDSM]] imagery.  Usually made from black [[leather (material)|leather]], it is close-fitting and 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, allowing the hood to be used as a [[blindfold]] or for the use of a [[gag]].
  
As well as leather, slave hoods are available in [[spandex]] and [[latex]].
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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".  
 
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==
 
==See also==
 
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* [[Gimp]]
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* [[Gimp suit]]
 
* [[Hoods]]
 
* [[Hoods]]
  
 
[[Category:BDSM equipment]]
 
[[Category:BDSM equipment]]

Latest revision as of 16:59, 7 February 2009

Male submissive wearing a gimp mask
Gimp mask from Westward Bound

A gimp mask or slave hood is an icon of BDSM imagery. Usually made from black leather, it is close-fitting and completely covers the head. The primary purpose of the hood is to objectify the wearer, to reduce them to the status of a sexual object rather than a person. Gimp masks share many qualities of bondage hoods and isolation hoods 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 blindfolds and mouth coverings. Some will have zip openings for the mouth and eyes, allowing the hood to be used as a blindfold or for the use of a gag.

As well as leather, slave hoods are available in spandex, darlex and latex.

The term gimp was brought into the mainstream by the 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".

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