Pros and Cons

People both inside and outside of BDSM have strong opinions about Pro-Dommes. It’s often said that when domination is paid for, it becomes a service industry. By accepting money from a client, the Domme is negating any authority she has over him and has to pander to his requirements, and is therefore a prostitute of sorts.

I can only speak for myself and the other Pro-Dommes I’ve worked with, but we get paid to do exactly what *we* want. The majority of clients who approach me for sessions are turned down. I could be very rich if I were to take on those whose fantasies didn’t interest me, or those who had the wrong attitude, or simply didn’t say please in their introduction. I live a financially modest lifestyle because I’m picky.

Otherwise, the sub would have control and the power dynamic would have become decidedly squiffy. It’s interesting to explore a client and discover where the sensitive points inside his (or her) head are, but ultimately, the Domme chooses what she wants to do in the session, and ultimately who she sessions with, and no cheeky bugger ever, ever, EVER gets to make demands of her. I’m willing to forego the mansion and the Bentley in favour of my own dignity.

The practical study of desire and excitement is something that beats in my chest, fills my lungs, and runs through my veins, and getting to live it full-time is a wonderful thing. If I became a scene purist and ceased to charge for sessions, I’d have to take on a vanilla job, and inevitably, no matter how far up the hierarchy I was, I’d have a boss. A boss! A boss who isn’t me! I’d be underpaid, knackered, and frustrated. Why on earth would anyone want to do that? That, for me, would be prostitution.

 

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1. You hit the nail on the head with this article!

   It never ceases to amaze me the number of assumed request that fills my own personal mail in this regard, to which - I shake my head and just sigh.

   I lost the best dungeon I had ever had about a year and half ago, when I moved to South Carolina. Plans are to start on a new and better one this next year, for “my” enjoyment, for my friends, and for those that impress me enough - to take their first steps from fantasy, to reality!

   I do extend my knowledge and experience through Professional Consultations (not services) on a very selective basis.

   Mistress Chianti

   25 Nov 08 at 2:50 am

    

2. Great article. Exactamundo!

   I do things *with* the client, or *to* the client, never *for* the client. There is a huge difference that only the aware will ever truly understand.

   Lady Anna

   27 Nov 08 at 6:28 pm

    

 

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