bondage hood

{{Short description|Hood used in BDSM and fetish fashion}}

{{Other uses|Hood (disambiguation){{!}}Hood}}

File:Lhood.jpg and a full-faced leather bondage hood or "gimp mask" that features a ring attachment at the nose and barely visible nostril openings.]]

A bondage hood (also called a gimp mask or bondage mask) is a fetishistic hood.{{citation|first=Tristan|last=Taormino|title=50 Shades of Kink: An Introduction to BDSM|year=2012|publisher=Cleis Press |isbn=9781573449403}}, in the section "Hoods"{{citation|isbn=9780963976383|title=SM 101: A Realistic Introduction|first=Jay|last=Wiseman|year= 1996|pages=154 and 155|publisher=Greenery Press }} It may be made from rubber, latex, PVC, spandex, darlexx or leather. Full-faced hoods are typically used for the practice of head bondage, and to restrain and objectify the wearer through depersonalization,{{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia of Unusual Sex Practices|last1=Love|first1=Brenda|last2=Perry|first2=Michael|publisher=Barricade Books|year=1994|isbn=9781569800119|pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781569800119/page/41 41]|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781569800119/page/41}} disorientation and/or sensory deprivation.

The use of bondage hoods can be hazardous if breathing is impeded.

Bondage hoods are frequently referenced in popular culture,{{Cite web|url=http://www.laweekly.com/arts/brad-pitt-wears-a-gimp-mask-and-kisses-a-dolphin-in-his-lost-film-debut-video-4473951|title=Brad Pitt Wears a Gimp Mask and Kisses a Dolphin in His Lost Film Debut|last=Nicholson|first=Amy|date=2014-02-27|website=LA Weekly|access-date=2016-07-15}} most notably in the film Pulp Fiction.{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2014/05/24/315251305/bring-out-the-gimp-the-man-behind-the-mask-in-pulp-fiction|title='Bring Out The Gimp': The Man Behind The Mask In 'Pulp Fiction'|website=NPR |access-date=2016-07-15}}