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CeriseNin -> RE: diff between a Mistress & a Domme (1/19/2011 2:50:02 PM)
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ORIGINAL: SlaveRMneeded
They are often used interchangeably, and, in some languages, Domme simply means the female version of Dom, which is short for dominant.
A Mistress does not have to be dominant. She can have a Master, or husband who is the manly man type, or whatever. Mistress literally means the female head of the household or owner of the slaves. She's the female in charge. It doesn't matter if slaves are there, or subs, or she is a slave to someone, she is still the top female of the house.
However, when most people choose to call themselves Mistress, in this day and age, it is to point out that they are dominant in some manner. And, this is where it gets hinky, because a lot of them are really dominatrixes.
Dominatrixes are often not really Mistresses, though, and vice versa.. Because a dominatrix is a female that is sexually dominant to her partner. She may be completely submissive in all other aspects of their life, or there may be no other aspects of their life, together.
A woman can be both, of course.
However, a good rule of thumb for telling a dominatrix apart from a dominant female is that dominatrixes are usually still dressed submissively, to please the men they wish to entice into a sexual relationship. Whereas the other women, they are not looking for the same things in a man, and, therefore they get to wear comfortable shoes.
Oh what rubbish!
ETA: Hmm, well, the profile explains a lot.
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