Femdom is a consensual power dynamic in which a woman takes the dominant role and her partner, of any gender, takes the submissive role. It can range from a light, playful exchange of control to a structured, full-time arrangement depending on what the people involved want.
Some people are drawn to femdom because it gives a woman authority and agency that mainstream culture rarely hands her, while others find the release of surrendering control intensely freeing. In practice it can look like anything from teasing and verbal domination to service, chastity, or formal rituals, and plenty of couples keep it to the bedroom while others live it as part of their everyday relationship.
Worth knowing: Because femdom involves a real power exchange, agreeing on limits and a safeword beforehand and checking in with each other afterward matters just as much here as in any other D/s dynamic.
Also called: female domination, dominatrix, gentle femdom, lifestyle femdom, FLR (female led relationship), dominatrix and submissive, maledom (counterpart)
