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mp072004 -> RE: going pro (2/28/2007 3:31:39 PM)
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Professional dominants and professional submissives get paid for doing negotiated BDSM activities. You might look at other forms of private sex work--escorting, especially--for examples of how transactions might work, and some of the dangers and attractions. What's the enticement? As LA said, like any other job: You like the work, you think you're reasonably good at it, you think that the risks and unpleasant bits of the work are fewer and less significant than the benefits, and you believe you have sufficient business sense to turn it into a lucrative occupation.
From a September 2003 issue of Control Tower, a column written by a professional dominant:
"There are some [professional submissives.] But there's a greater risk in dealing with dominant clients, because they may be well-meaning but dangerously unskilled, or they may prove unwilling to respect limits and safewords once the scene has started. Pro subs will frequently work in places like L.A. or New York, where a number of women will work together in a pro-dom "house." A coworker can then supervise the pro-sub scenes. There are pro subs who work alone, but it's uncommon."
A later issue of the column took on the question of professional dominants: http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=17063 and the author addressed the problem on her blog, as well: http://mistressmatisse.blogspot.com/2005/10/so-you-want-to-be-pro-domme-i-got.html
Monica
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