Editing Dominatrix (section)

{{Short description|Woman who takes the dominant role in BDSM activities}}
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{{About||the band|Dominatrix (band)}}
{{Globalize|article|Western culture|date=September 2018}}
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[[File:Giovanni Buonconsiglio - Arystoteles i Filis.jpg|thumb|[[Phyllis and Aristotle]], a fictional tale written in the 13th century, as depicted by artist [[Giovanni Buonconsiglio]] in the early 1500s]]

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