• MissesAutumnRains@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 months ago

    People will attribute masculine and feminine gender to ‘master’ and ‘mistress’ respectively, but I think master would be the ‘neutral’ pick here.

    Or you can shuck the dynamic with: owner, divine, ruler, royal, liege, or any number of ranks with which you attribute subservience! :3

    • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 months ago

      Yeah I have to second the “master” as a gender neutral. People always think of it as masculine, but there is no feminine alternative for most uses of master. You aren’t your dogs mistress, for example.

      • [object Object]@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        I’m not seeing the problem with ‘mistress’. Wiktionary cites the very first meaning as: “A woman, specifically one with great control, authority or ownership”, and provides an example sentence: “She was the mistress of the estate-mansion, and owned the horses.” You know, the same way as ‘master’ was used.

        Apparently I’ve read more than my necessary share of US literature about the slavery times (considering I’ve never been to the US), because I have no trouble imagining a matron commanding the slaves.

        Moreover, further down Wiktionary explicitly cites ‘dominatrix’ as another meaning of ‘mistress’.

        • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          2 months ago

          It’s not that they are looking for a feminine version of master, it’s that they want a gender neutral version. Which master already fills. As do any number of other options the person I replied to mentioned.

      • cloudskater@piefed.blahaj.zone
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        2 months ago

        Whoever uses that one needs to put on a British accent whenever they use it, even in the middle of sex. Sorry, it’s a requirement, I don’t make the rules.

  • Cevilia (they/she/…)@lemmy.blahaj.zonedeleted by creator
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    2 months ago

    Mattress. That’s a gender-neutral dom, according to at least one enby I know. “Yes Mattress.”

    It also helps remind them not to take things too seriously. :)

  • SectoidLexi@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 months ago

    Dom terms I’ve used: Majesty, Highness, Excellence, Liege, Master, Owner. Sub terms I’ve used: Pet, Toy, Slave, Bitch, Dog, Puppy, Kitty, Precious, Doll.

    Some terms like Maid work but that depends on how feminine you see the term. Another interesting one is Knight for like a service sub.

  • cloudskater@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    2 months ago

    “Am I a good e n t i t y ?”

    Genunly tho, I call my non-biney partner a good bean in the same way one would call someone a good boy/girl. Because they is. They is best bean~