Editing Dominatrix (section)

== Notable dominatrices ==
[[Catherine Robbe-Grillet]] is a lifestyle dominatrix. Born in Paris on September 24, 1930, she then became France's most famous lifestyle dominatrix. She is also a writer and actress, the widow of [[nouveau roman]] pioneer and sadist [[Alain Robbe-Grillet]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.wdw.nl/en/review/desk/catherine_robbe_grillet_an_eighty_four_year_old_dominatrix_in_istanbul|title=Catherine Robbe-Grillet: An Eighty-four-year-old Dominatrix in Istanbul|website=WdW Review|date=November 2014|first=Binnaz|last=Saktanber|archive-date=27 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027023543/http://www.wdw.nl/en/review/desk/catherine_robbe_grillet_an_eighty_four_year_old_dominatrix_in_istanbul|url-status=live}}</ref> She currently lives with Beverly Charpentier, a 51-year-old South African woman who is her submissive companion. Although being such a famous dominatrix, she has never accepted payment for her "ceremonies". She's quoted as saying "If someone pays, then they are in charge. I need to remain free. It is important that everyone involved knows that I do it solely for my pleasure."<ref name=":2">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2014/01/Catherine-robbe-grillet-interview|title=An Exclusive Interview with France's Most Famous Dominatrix, Catherine Robbe-Grillet|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=10 January 2014|access-date=2019-11-20|archive-date=13 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413014400/http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2014/01/Catherine-robbe-grillet-interview|url-status=live}}</ref> "Catherine is my secret garden," Charpentier says. "I have given myself to her, body and soul. She does whatever she wants, whenever she wants, with either or both, according to her pleasure—and her pleasure is also my pleasure."<ref name=":2" /> Robbe-Grillet identifies as a "pro-sex feminist" and "the kind of feminist who supports the right of any man or woman to work as a prostitute, if it is their free choice."<ref name=":1" />