From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wikinews has related news:

BDSM as business: Interviews with Dominatrixes

Femdom, or female dominance, refers to BDSM activities where the dominant partner is female; the submissive partner may be of either sex. A female dominant is sometimes called a domme (pronounced /ˈdɒm/), femdomme, domina, or dominatrix. In the English speaking world, "Mistress" is by far the most common dominatrix title, while in most of continental Europe, the most common titles are, and some are etymologically related, Maitresse, Maid, Maidress, Matress, Mother, Mate, Madre, or "Domina." The most common dominatrix title in the Spanish language is "Ama." The equivalent Japanese term is 女王様 (joōsama, or queen).

Femdom activities may draw on all areas of BDSM. Feminization and strap-on dildo play are common activities, as well as panty fetishism and boot worship. Cuckold is also a area of female Dominance

Erotic humiliation can focus on the inadequacy of a male's penis, demoting it to a plaything for the dominatrix, over which the male has no real control. Related femdom activities include ballbusting, cock and ball torture (CBT), verbal humiliation, forced chastity, orgasm denial, and forced homosexuality (in which a dominant female forces a heterosexual male to engage in homosexual acts for her amusement, or as part of feminization)

Many participants in this lifestyle conform to the Safe, sane and consensual and RACK models prevalent in the BDSM Community.

Light female domination scenarios may involve ageplay, erotic spanking, cunnilingus and body worship, especially foot worship and ass worship. Heavier and more intense female domination scenarios may involve facesitting or smothering, which tend to focus on the sub giving the dominant female oral pleasure, or the dominant female performing anal sex on the sub using a strap-on dildo (see pegging). Other forms of more intense female domination can include face slapping, hair pulling, caning, heavy torture, dripping hot wax on the genitals and heavy whipping. For these purposes, note the issue of legal consent which may or may not represent a defense to criminal liability for any injuries caused.

In extreme scenarios, there is a focus on exchange of bodily fluids and total forfeit of rights from the slave (TPE), and acts may involve spitting domination or watersports (also known as golden showers). Some dominant women expect to be served orally during their menstrual periods, a practice that is known as having a sub earn his "red wings".

A fairly common variation on this is a rape fantasy in which the female is the dominant partner, or wrestling/fighting in which the female is stronger than the male. These carry a similarity to forced feminization, where the sexual fantasy takes on an intellectual/emotional component, with men either trying to, or pretending to try to, take control, but failing.

Femdom art also exists, showing the female as the domme and the male as the sub. One femdom artist is Namio Harukawa. His paintings usually show plump Asian and European women performing facesitting, smothering, oral sex, whipping, human furniture, scat and piss play.

• Lorelei, The Mistress Manual: The Good Girl's Guide to Female Dominance. Greenery Press, 2000. ISBN 1-890159-19-0.
• Claudia Varrin, Cynthia Lechan, The Art of Sensual Female Dominance: A Guide for Women. Birch Lane Press, 1998. ISBN 1-55972-447-1, Citadel Press, 2000. ISBN 0-8065-2089-2.
• Elise Sutton, Female Domination. Lulu.com, 2003. ISBN 1-4116-0325-7.
• Christina Abernathy, Miss Abernathy's Concise Slave Training Manual, Greenery Press, 1996. ISBN 0963976397
• Stephen Elliott, My Girlfriend Comes To The City And Beats Me Up, Cleis Press, 2005. ISBN 1573442550
• Claudia Varrin, Female Dominance: Rituals and Practices. Citadel Press, 2004. ISBN 0-8065-2659-9
• Claudia Varrin, The Female Dominant: Games She Plays. Citadel Press, 2005. ISBN 0-8065-2669-6
• Claudia Varrin, Dominación Sensual. Edicions Bellaterra, 2006. ISBN 84-7290-316-8
• Claudia Varrin, Die Kunst der weiblichen Dominanz." Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, 2006. ISBN-10: 3-89602-710-7, ISBN 13: 978-3-89602-710-8.

• Georgeann Cross, Sexual Power for Women, 1997
• Ernulf KE, Innala SM. "Sexual bondage: a review and unobtrusive investigation." Arch Sex Behav. 1995 Dec;24(6):631-54. PMID: 8572912
• "The prevalence and some attributes of females in the sadomasochistic subculture: A second report." Eugene E. Levitt, Charles Moser, and Karen V. Jamison Archives of Sexual Behavior 23(4) / August, 1994 DOI 10.1007/BF01541410 PMID: 7993186.
• Breslow N, Evans L, Langley J. "On the prevalence and roles of females in the sadomasochistic subculture: report of an empirical study." Archives of Sexual Behavior 1985 Aug;14(4):303-17. PMID: 4051718

• Cuckold
• Domination & submission
• Loving Female Authority
• Size queen
• Male dominance
• Male submission
• Female submission