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The precise number of women actively offering professional domination services is unknown. Most professional dominatrices practice in large metropolitan cities such as New York, Los Angeles, and London, with as many as women working as dominatrices in Los Angeles. Etymology[ edit ] Dominatrix is the feminine form of the Latin dominator, a ruler or lord, and was originally used in a non-sexual sense. Fishnet stockings , seamed hosiery , suspender belts and garter stockings are also popular accents in the representation and attire of dominatrices, to emphasize the form and length of their legs, with erotic connotation. Historically, the black leather female catsuit entered dominant fetish culture in the s with the AtomAge magazine and its connections to fetish fashion designer John Sutcliffe. Some professional dominatrices are also "lifestyle" dominatrices - i. Most, but not all, clients of female professional dominants are men.

Tight, leather corsets are another staple garment of the dominatrix signification. Some contemporary dominatrices draw upon an eclectic range of strong female archetypes, including the goddess, the female superheroine, the femme fatale, the priestess, the empress, the queen, the governess, the KGB secret agent, to their own ends. Nomis characterises as the "Golden Age of the Governess". The body language of the dominatrix is frequently represented by the use of strong, dominant body-language which is comparable to the dominant posturing in the animal world.