Dominatrix, Dominatrix

A common form of address for a submissive to a dominatrix is "mistress", "ma'am", "domina" or "matresse"--although some prefer to be addressed in the masculine as "Master". Note that a dominatrix does not necessarily dominate a male partner; a dominatrix may well have female submissives.

Its use in English dates back to at least 1561. Its earliest recorded use in the prevalent modern sense, as a female dominant in S&M, dates to 1967. OED, "Dominatrix." http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50068518?query_type=word&queryword=dominatrix&first=1&max_to_show=10&single=1&sort_type=alpha Although the term "dominatrix" is not used, the classic example in literature of the female dominant-male submissive relationship is portrayed in the 1870 novella Venus in Furs by Austrian author Leopold von Sacher-Masoch. The term masochism was later derived from the author's name.

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