dominatrix, Dom/Domme, slave or sub/submissive, masochistic

The Dutch Central Bank (DNB) has fired a supervisor who was secretly moonlighting as a dominatrix. Not, says the DNB, because she was selling sex for money--that is legal in the Netherlands--but because she did not report it. Also, her sex work made her vulnerable to blackmail. Of course, it used to be common to fire gay people for the same reason. http://econ.st/1EaVAgw

Full disclosure

THE stock market was invented in 1602 in central Amsterdam, when traders gathered on the New Bridge for the then-disreputable purpose of speculating in shares of the...

ECON.ST

One online dominatrix, Sadie Lune, pooh-poohs all the knowing talk of the “natural power” of a domme making a “proud man” stoop — you know, the lawyer, doctor or judge who wants to clean toilets on a leash.

masochism

Pronunciation: /ˈmasəkɪz(ə)m/

Definition of masochism

noun

[mass noun]

• the tendency to derive sexual gratification from one’s own pain or humiliation: with things such as bondage and masochism, it’s all right if you both go for it
• (in general use) the enjoyment of an activity that appears to be painful or tedious:there’s plenty to do when the weather turns moorland walks into exercises in masochism

Derivatives

masochist

noun

masochistic

Pronunciation: /-ˈkɪstɪk/

adjective

masochistically

Pronunciation: /-ˈkɪstɪk(ə)li/

adverb

Origin:

late 19th century: named after Leopold von Sacher- Masoch (1835–95), the Austrian novelist who described it, + -ism

dominatrix
n., pl. -na·trix·es or -na·tri·ces (-nā'trĭ-sēz', -nə-trī'sēz).

1. A woman who acts out the role of the dominating partner in a sadomasochistic relationship.
2. A woman regarded as overbearing.

Line breaks: dom¦in|atrix

Pronunciation: /ˌdɒmɪˈneɪtrɪks/ 

Definition of dominatrix in English:

noun (plural dominatrices ˌdɒmɪˈneɪtrɪsiːz ordominatrixes)

A dominating woman, especially one who takes thesadistic role in sadomasochistic sexual activities.

Origin

Mid 16th century (rare before the late 20th century): from Latin, feminine of dominator, from dominat- 'ruled', from the verb dominari (see dominate).

Other common names are slave or sub/submissive for the bottom, and Master/Mistress or Dom/Domme for the top.