Editing Bondage positions and methods (section)

{{Short description|Techniques for consensually restraining people for sexual pleasure}}
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[[File:Clothed breast bondage.jpg|thumb|upright|Combination of four bondage methods: breast bondage, elbow bondage, wrist bondage and crotch rope]]
[[File:Ball tie.svg|thumb|Western bondage ball tie]]

[[Bondage (BDSM)|Bondage]] in [[BDSM]] is the activity of tying or restraining people using equipment such as chains, cuffs, or collars for mutual erotic pleasure.<ref name="Redmayne-about">{{cite web |last1=Redmayne |first1=Lazarus |title=About TheDuchy – TheDuchy |url=https://www.theduchy.com/about/ |website=TheDuchy |date=17 December 2017 |access-date=24 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430222008/https://www.theduchy.com/about/ |archive-date=30 April 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> According to the [[Kinsey Institute]], 12% of females and 22% of males respond erotically to BDSM.<ref name="Redmayne-about" />

A number of '''bondage positions and methods''' are used in [[rope bondage]] and other [[BDSM]] activities. [[Rope]]s are a common element of these positions, although [[strap]]s, [[webbing]], [[chain]]s, [[hook]]s, [[Bondage cuffs|manacles]], [[spreader bar]]s, [[Collar (BDSM)|collars]], common furniture, purpose-built frames, [[Gag (BDSM)|various gags]] and [[Armbinder|monogloves]] may also be used. The ties and frictions often are variants of [[Japanese bondage]], ''shibari'' and ''kinbaku'' from where they derived.