Bondage
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Bondage may refer to:
- Debt bondageDebt bondageDebt bondage is when a person pledges him or herself against a loan. In debt bondage, the services required to repay the debt may be undefined, and the services' duration may be undefined...
, a modern form of slavery in which people are bound by debt, rather than legal ownership - Bondage (sexual)Bondage (sexual)Bondage is the use of restraints for the sexual pleasure of the parties involved. It may be used in its own right, as in the case of rope bondage and breast bondage, or as part of sexual activity or BDSM activity.- Private bondage :...
, the practice of tying people up for pleasure - Self-bondageSelf-bondageSelf-bondage refers to the use of restraints on oneself for sexual pleasure. It is a form of sexual bondage which can be practiced alone.Self-bondage is characterized by experimentation and ingenuity, and can be riskier than conventional bondage...
, the practice of tying oneself up for pleasure - Physical restraintPhysical restraintPhysical restraint refers to the practice of rendering people harmless, helpless or keeping them in captivity by means such as handcuffs, fetters, straitjackets, ropes, straps, or other forms of physical restraint...
in a more general sense - The term bondage is also used figuratively to mean spiritual attachment, such as to the physical world, or an evil compelling force, such as original sinOriginal sinOriginal sin is, according to a Christian theological doctrine, humanity's state of sin resulting from the Fall of Man. This condition has been characterized in many ways, ranging from something as insignificant as a slight deficiency, or a tendency toward sin yet without collective guilt, referred...
- SerfdomSerfdomSerfdom is the status of peasants under feudalism, specifically relating to Manorialism. It was a condition of bondage or modified slavery which developed primarily during the High Middle Ages in Europe and lasted to the mid-19th century...
- Bondage (play)Bondage (play)Bondage is a 1992 play by American playwright David Henry Hwang. It deals with issues of race and racial stereotypes by placing a fully disguised man and woman in an S and M parlor playing out sexual games. The play premiered as part of the Actors Theatre of Louisville's Humana Festival on March 1,...
, a 1991 play by David Henry Hwang - The Bondage, a 2006 film by Eric Allen Bell
- Bondage (album)Bondage (album)Bondage is Nana Kitade's third full-length album and her first in two years and three months. It features her singles Antoinette Blue, Suicides Love Story, Punk&Baby's, and 月華-tsukihana. The album also contains a remake of single Punk&Baby's B-side, "Lamia", and the featured song "She Bop" from the...
a 2009 album by j-pop singer Nana Kitade