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oJTte art of
domination
Welcome to the dungeon lair
of a professional dominatrix
P H O TO S BY MARTY DAVIS
by H adley Scott
oddess Severina is, according to her Web site, “The
Superior Sadist,” a highly skilled dominatrix trained
in the fine art of discipline.
Her specialties include severe punishment, blood
sports and any form of hardcore sadism. She could
he your wildest fantasy or your worst nightmare, depending on
your particular vice.
Severina has been a professional dominatrix for 14 years. She
was introduced to S/M by the leather fags who were her clients
when she was a professional body piercer in San Francisco.
Piercer, eh? 1 decide to test the Goddess’ simpler credentials
and have my nipple pierced.
St) here 1 sit, waiting with sweaty palms, getting a little upset
that she is late. But do you think 1 am going to say something to her
about her tardiness? Hell no! I don’t think it’s a good idea to upset a
domme whose specialty is blood sports before she pierces you.
She arrives, towering over me by more than a foot, looking
very serious. I continue to sweat.
We enter the dungeon, a 3,500-square-foot space with vari­
ous rooms to cater to any fetish or desire. There’s a classroom,
complete with two desks and a chalkboard (for all you naughty
boys and girls); an unlit isolation room featuring a large metal
cage; a Japanese bondage room; an elegantly
decorated dark red room with a futon on the
floor and two “D” rings in the ceiling; and the
“Main Theatrical Dungeon” featuring two
stocks, two racks, a spanking bench, a sus­
pended bondage table and a 12-foot cross.
“The government could hire me,” the goddess
deadpans, “to torture spies.”
And then there’s the medical room, com­
plete with an exam table, which is evidently
where I will he pierced. I am told to take off
my shirt and lay down. You don’t have to tell
me twice.
While Severina sterilizes the equipment 1
am busy checking out my surroundings, curi­
ous about all the tools of the trade. 1 nervous­
ly inquire about the IV bag, which she
informs me is for giving saline injections, usu­
ally into the scrotum— something she com­
pares to having weights on one’s halls for
about two weeks, which is how long it takes
for the saline to absorb into the body. What
have 1 gotten myself into?
1 lay hack on Dr. Severina s table, allowing
myself to be mesmerized by her long, swinging
braids. She calms me by reminding me to
relax in her smooth, cool voice, and the
piercing goes without a hitch.
he velvet purr of her vocal chords shouldn’t fool one,
I | however She’d he glad to strap, chain or encase you into
\ w f one of the many handy contraptions featured in her pri­
vate dungeon and heat you senseless. Provided, of course, you
pay the fee (which she chose not to disclose) and follow the
house rules (show respect; never stare at her—only glance, for
example).
Severina says what she enjoys most about this work is the
diversity. She sees everyone from loggers to doctors, from a one-
hour session to a one-week in-house slave stay. Most of her
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clients are straight men; only
about 10 percent are female,
and she admits she has a much
harder time being extremely
sadistic with women.
Obviously this lifestyle is
not for everyone. And obvious­
ly not everyone requires or
desires the services of a profes­
sional dominatrix.
But even if you think S/M
is unhealthy, remember one
integral thing: While there
are plenty of folks out there
waiting to maim, abuse and
destroy you without your con ­
sent, G oddess Severina is not
so inclined. She never will do anything to you that you do
not want and pay her to do.
1 ask Severina why someone should trust her. She responds,
simply, “Because I am educated.”
And a job is a job, including S/M work. “1 don’t degrade
myself in any way, but I will be more than
happy to degrade someone else,” she asserts,
without the hint of a smile.
everina was trained in female
supremacy at the House of Domina­
tion in San Francisco, where, after two
years of working her way through the levels of
“Ma’am,” “Mistress," then “Empress,” she
earned the title “Goddess,” indicating she is a
blood sport specialist and heavy sadist.
At the House of Domination, she
learned the importance of safe, sane and
consensual S/M play, which, according to
the hook Screu; the Roses, Send Me the
Thoms, “characterizes the acceptable play
within the S/M community: Players adhere
to safety precautions within their activities,
do not participate in practices that will
injure their partners (mentally or physical­
ly) and obtain consent by negotiating
scenes and scene-related activities before
carrying them out.”
So you want to he a dominatrix? Think
it sounds too good to he true? Well slow
down, because it’s not that easy.
Misconceptions abound, Severina explains.
“We are not prostitutes, we are not millionaires, and it’s not all
glamour. There is a lot of creativity, though, and energy that
goes into all of this. This isn’t just about spanking people.”
When you visit Goddess Severina, tell her the devil made
you do it. Or tell her Hadley sent you. But be nice, or she’ll kick
your ass. Really. J H
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True fetishists and submissives in need of an attitude readjustment
can find Severina at tvtuw.goddessseverina.net.
HADLEY S c o t t is a Portland free-lance writer who can be reached at
hscott@bestweb.net.
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