Professional dominant

A professional dominant is a sex worker who performs the dominant role in BDSM activities in exchange for money. Most professional dominants do not have sex in exchange for money, and do not regard themselves as prostitutes.

Most professional dominants are dominatrices, as most customers of professional dominants are submissive heterosexual males. However, there are also male professional dominants serving gay men, and straight and gay women.

A professional dominant may either work by themselves (often with a maid or minder present) or in an establishment with other professional dominants. Professional dominants advertise in specialist magazines, as well as on the Web; there are a number of Web-based directories for professional dominants.

The fictional film Maîtresse[?], starring Gérard Depardieu and Bulle Ogier[?], depicted a professional dominant.

External links:

• Interviews with Professional Dominants (http://www.sexuality.org/l/wh/mrw)
• Two essays on the prodomme experience (http://gloria-brame.com/domidea/prodomop.htm)
• The Dominatrix in Print and Other Media (http://www.sexuality.org/l/bdsm/femdom) - detailed bibliography