Draws on extensive fieldwork and interviews with professional dominatrices in New York City and San Francisco to offer a portrait of these unusual specialists, their work, and their clients. This work presents an analysis of how gender, power, sexuality, and hierarchy shape all of our social experiences.
"Don't be all, like, uncool" (the self) -- "Here for all the right reasons" (couples) -- "Not here to make friends" (groups) --"Kim is always late" (families) -- "Sparkle, baby!" -- (childhood) -- "I question your taste level" (class) -- "Who gon' check me, boo?" (race) -- "We're all born naked ..." (gender) -- "Food, a drink, and a gay" (sexuality) -- "Bad boys, bad boys" (deviance).