Female dominance

Female dominant and male submissive

Female dominance, female domination, or femdom refers to BDSM relationships and BDSM scenes in which the dominant partner is female.

Associated activities

Frontispiece from A Full and True Account of the Wonderful Mission of Earl Lavender, illustration by Aubrey Beardsley, 1895

A 1985 study suggests that about 30 percent of participants in BDSM activities are females. A 1995 study indicates that 89 percent of heterosexual females who are active in BDSM expressed a preference for a submissive-recipient role, also suggesting a preference for a dominant male, and 71 percent of heterosexual males preferred a dominant-initiator role.

See also

• Dominance and submission
• Gender role
• Male submission
• Male dominance
• Female submission
• Matriarchy
• Sadomasochism