Dominatrix

A dominatrix is a women who takes control over sexual pleasures or sexual positions in sexual activities. A dominatrix often wears tight black-leather clothing and sometimes carries a stick (as a paddle) to “punish” (consensually and playfully) her partner; this is called a fetish to many people who engage in this type of activity.

Dominatrix holding a paddle

A dominatrix can either dominate a man or a woman. If she dominates a woman this is an instane of female submission, and if she dominates a man this is an example of male submission.