why "mistress" and from when? (7)

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Wed 2 Feb 11, 4:32 PM
slave2ma
UK, 5 yrs

I wonder why most Dommes use the prefix and what was the origin?

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2 Feb 11, 5:07 PM
bohnanza
UK(FK), 12 yrs

They don't. They use plenty of other prefixes eg Lady, Miss etc. I got 125 profiles with Mistress, 97 with Miss and 73 for Lady, which puts Mistress well into the minority though it may be the most common.

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2 Feb 11, 5:12 PM
Belasarius
UK(M), 8 yrs

ORIGIN Middle English : from Old French maistresse, from maistre 'master.'

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2 Feb 11, 6:43 PM
roblxxx
UK(PO), 17 mths

slave2ma wrote:
why "mistress" and from when?

I wonder why most Dommes use the prefix and what was the origin?

The correct abbreviation for Mistress is Ms.

Always amuses me when Feminists insist on using it

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2 Feb 11, 7:17 PM
MisterAndy
UK(SS), 4 yrs

Many Dommes probably use the term because it reminds men of the strict school mistresses that they experienced as children.

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Edited 2 Feb 11, 7:18 PM by MisterAndy

2 Feb 11, 7:31 PM
Muzzlehatch
UK(TN), 7 yrs

roblxxx wrote:

slave2ma wrote:
why "mistress" and from when?

I wonder why most Dommes use the prefix and what was the origin?

The correct abbreviation for Mistress is Ms.

Always amuses me when Feminists insist on using it

Mrs a title used before the name or names of a married woman. (C17: originally an abbreviation of MISTRESS)

Ms a title substituted for Mrs or Miss before a womans name to avoid making a distinction between married and unmarried women.

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2 Feb 11, 7:32 PM
SteveDuk
UK(CM), 11 yrs

It's the word for someone between a master and a mattress.

Well someone had to say it

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2 Feb 11, 7:35 PM
Richtea
UK(BN), 2 yrs

slave2ma wrote:
why "mistress" and from when?

I wonder why most Dommes use the prefix and what was the origin?

There are many theories for why. I am fairly certain it comes from the 1961 episode of "Herge's Adventures Of Tin Tin" called; "Captain Haddock and the Cruel Mistress".

As to when it became a popular title? That's easy; it was last Tuesday.

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