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ORIGINAL: SlaveRMneeded

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.

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ORIGINAL: LadyConstanze

Thank you for enlightening me that my choice of Jimmy Choos and Louboutins makes me submissive,

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ORIGINAL: SlaveRMneeded
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.

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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.

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ORIGINAL: ReginaMirus

Mistress can also mean "kept woman", the "little woman on the side", or a concubine, which is why it's not personally my favorite term to use.

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ORIGINAL: LadyConstanze





But you also don't go off and label everybody who doesn't think Birkenstocks should be worn at all times as automatically submissive.

I couldn't care less what anybody likes to wear, but if anybody decides that somebody who likes to wear heels is submissive and does it only to please men, I tend to have a look at the profile, and personally I think letting yourself go "because you're dominant" is not a very dominant trait at all.

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ORIGINAL: ISOPussySlut

can someone explain the difference for me?

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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.

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ORIGINAL: LadyHibiscus
It's a game of semantics. Some of us from Leather traditions will tell you one thing, others something else.

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ORIGINAL: zero69u2



Domme comes from another word..
Domina : someone paid to spank or deliver a S/M service to a paying customer in a brothel pro-domina type capacity.
but the word sometimes can be used as a semantic for a domme who does not have a power exchange type agreement with you in which case she is not your Mistress.. but a Domme in your circle of friends.

again its wording.. like asking for a soda in different parts of the USA..
Coke, Dr.Pepper, Mr.Pibb, Pop,Pepsi, Soda, its the same thing but if you ask for a soda in ohio they will give you a Ice Cream.

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ORIGINAL: ISOPussySlut

can someone explain the difference for me?