Darla Crane is a popular american bondage model and adult film performer. Born Shelley Shelnutt, Crane is a buxom redhead - her measurements are 36DD/25/36. She stands 5'6" tall and wears a 7 1/2 shoe. Crane gained notoriety by appearing in Harmony's bondage magazine, Buxom Bondagettes, and other publications in the early 1990s. She has also worked as a photographer, director, and rigger, as well as appearing in mainstre ...

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As of 2003, specialist bondage magazines have been mostly displaced by the availability of bondage material on the World Wide Web, and the presence of bondage imagery in mainstream pornographic magazines such as Nugget and Hustler's Taboo magazine. However, the tradition of bondage magazines continues in the form of "art books" of bondage photographs, published by mainstream publishers such as Taschen. ...

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People who find it erotic to be tied up find it so for a variety of reasons: The most frequently cited reason is a mental freedom from inhibitions and responsibility since they have, in a way, given up control of the sexual situation to follow. This is sometimes referred to as a "power exchange." Some like the tactile feeling of restraint, that is, the feeling of pressure or pulling. Some enjoy the feeling of helplessness for its own sake. Some like to struggle aggressively against their bonds, particularly whe ...

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Studies1 of men's sexual fantasies have shown that the fantasy of being bound during intercourse is second in frequency only to the basic fantasy of sex with a voluptuous nude woman. Consequently, it should be no surprise that bondage themes have been present in pornography for some time. Bondage pornography for heterosexual men almost overwhelmingly depicts bound women, rather than bound men, in spite of the most common fantasy in both sexes being one of being bound, rather than of being the dominant. This may be because m ...

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Bondage can be divided into six main categories: Bondage that pulls parts of the body together (rope, straps, harnesses). Bondage that spreads parts of the body apart (spreader bars, x-frames). Bondage that ties the body down to another object (such as chairs or stocks). Bondage that suspends the body from another object (suspension bondage). Bondage that restricts normal movement (hobble skirts, handcuffs, pony harness). Bondage that wraps the whole body or a part of it in bindings such as cloth or plastic (saran wrap or cling film "mummificat ...

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The bondage hogtie typically has the person who is being tied lie down flat on the belly, with the ankles and wrists tied together behind the back of the person. In common terminology within BDSM play, however, a hogtie is any position that results in the arms and legs being bound behind the person. There is a significant risk of postural asphyxia in this position, in addition to the normal risks of restraint. ...

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While the general principle of a bondage strappado remains the same - with the arms bound upwards behind the subject - there are various different methods and styles used to achieve this. The different styles can be summarised as follows and several can be combined: legs apart - spreader bar or attachment points legs together elbows bound / not bound (see elbow bondage) rope around neck/collar to force increased bend hair bondag ...

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Dedicated bondage magazines again became popular in America in the 1970s. Publishers of bondage magazines included Harmony Concepts, Inc. and the House of Milan, and Lyndon Distributors Limited. House of Milan have since been purchased by Lyndon Distributors Limited. These magazines were not generally available through mainstream distributors, and were sold either in sex shops or by mail order. They contained little advertising co ...

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In partial suspension the bottom is bound in way that part of their body weight is held by suspension ropes, cables or chains. The classic partial suspension position is to have the bottom balancing on one foot with part of their weight supported through a chest harness and the other leg pulled up in some direction. A bottom lying on their upper back with legs tied upwards to a suspension point to pull their lower back off t ...

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Bondage received a positive (if brief) treatment in The Joy of Sex, a mainstream sex manual popular in the 1970s. The publication of Madonna's book, Sex, which included photographs of bound nudes, did a great deal to improve public awareness and acceptance of bondage. By the 1990s, references to bondage could be found in mainstream prime-time television series such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, where equipment such as handcuffs or colla ...

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Many people regard bondage as safe when conducted between relatively sober, trusted partners who are fully aware of the risks involved and the precautions necessary to ensure safety. Partners who are in committed relationships may have a greater basis for trusting each other. Performing acts in a supervised location, such as a dungeon, or with a group of trusted friends may also increase safety. There is also a subculture of people who seek out others interested in bondage and pursue such activities with people who they do not know well. This subculture has given rise ...

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Self-bondage is considered a higher risk activity than a number of other BDSM practices — particularly when combined with autoerotic asphyxia — and has led to many recorded deaths. It is estimated that there are 500 to 1,000 autoerotic fatalities each year in the United States, of which a substantial proportion include self-bondage as a factor. The death in 1994 of Stephen Milligan, the British Conservative MP for Eastleigh, was a case of autoerotic asphyxiation combined with self-bondage, and rumours persist that it was als ...

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Often, additional bondage is combined with a hogtie. The knees are often tied together. A rope around the torso and arms, pressing the arms against the back, makes the arms more immobile. With a more flexible person, it is possible to add other bondage techniques such as elbow bondage, breast bondage, and crotch ropes. Having the head pulled back (see head bondage and hair bondage) can also dramatically increase the stringency of the position. A variation to the hogtie is to tie the ankles to suitably tied elbow bondage. Depending on ...

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It is worth noting that bondage has sexual appeal to persons of both sexes and all sexual orientations. However, a subculture of homosexual men, sometimes called leathermen, were arguably among the first group to make obvious hints of their tastes in bondage in public. The leathermen emulated the biker culture that arose after World War II. While the bikers were not identified as homosexual, the leathermen admired their toughness, tenacity, and willingness to ignore mainstream social mores. Consequently, they adopted the biker style o ...

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The tied person might be left in a kneeling position (pictured) with the feet off the ground. It is not very difficult to get into a lying down position (on front, back or side), but it may be almost impossible to return to a kneeling position if the person is tied correctly. A person may also be tied into this position using ropes tied to the ceiling securing them in place. This leaves the person ...

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Apart from release mechanisms, self-bondage poses a somewhat awkward problem of getting into bondage, especially when using rope. What might be a relatively simple matter for couples can be considerably more complex alone. With rope, the main difficulty is tying the hands in a way that is not easy to untie. One common solution is to use a cinch noose — essentially a slip knot — together with a coil (a loop of rope). The wrists are placed through the coil with the cinch noose between the wrists and around the c ...

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The hogtie position in itself is particularly stringent as it places pressure on the abdomen, which might create difficulty in breathing. Depending on the flexibility of the person, even a "light" hogtie can be very uncomfortable and sometimes cannot be maintained for very long. The classic hogtie position (pictured above) has the wrists bound together then tied to the ankles. Depending on the person, this may be neither a particularly stringent nor an inescapable position. This method leaves the opportunity for the tied person to free themselves from the hogtie ...

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The three main positions are vertical, horizontal and inverted. Suspension bondage - Vertical. This primarily involves the person being lifted from the ground by their wrists. This is usually achieved by use of rope or by special suspension cuffs. When using rope, extreme damage can be caused to the soft tissues of the wrists, as well as reducing circulation, so being suspended by ropes can only normally be achieved for a very short period of time. Often in fiction and movies a person may be pictured hangi ...

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A distinction can be made between strict and sensual self-bondage [1]. In sensual self-bondage, escape from restraints is simple and available immediately, if desired. For example, the keys might be within reach or the knots loosely tied. The chief aim is the sensation of immobility and of constrained movement. Strict self-bondage, by contrast, requires that the means of escape is unavailable for a period of time and the person must remain in bondage until the release mechanism is activated, regardless of whether or not ...

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Bondage hook - Nose hook. The basic nose hook model has two hooks fastened on the other end of a strap, one hook for each nostril. They may be used to force a person to bend his or her head backward in a domineering context. Another common nose hook model has a strap with one hook on each end. The strap goes behind the head and hooks are put in the nostrils to stretch them open sideways. Nose hooks are commonly depicted in Japanese bondage pornography. ...

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A tail hook is approximately a half-inch thick and has a ring on the straight end for a rope attachment. The curved end is inserted into either a vagina or anus. Tail hooks that are not pussy hooks are sometimes referred to by the term ass hook. ...

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