{{Short description|Sex worker who performs the submissive role in BDSM activities}} A '''professional submissive''' is a person who performs the submissive role in BDSM activities in exchange for money. Most professional submissives do not have sex with their clients.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wischhover|first=Cheryl|date=2015-02-04|title=What It's Really Like to Be a Professional Submissive|url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/news/a36090/what-its-really-like-to-be-a-professional-submissive/|access-date=2020-07-13|website=Cosmopolitan|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Chester|first=Nick|date=16 April 2015|title=I Get Bound and Whipped by Rich British Men for a Living|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/this-is-what-its-like-to-be-a-professional-bdsm-submissive-345/|access-date=2020-07-13|website=Vice.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Parent|first=Stephanie|date=2019-10-04|title=I Was A Professional Submissive In A Dungeon. Here's What It's Really Like.|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/professional-submissive-bdsm-dungeon_n_5d9213d8e4b0ac3cddac418f|access-date=2020-07-13|website=HuffPost|language=en}}</ref>

Professional submissives are rarer than professional dominants.

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== External links == * {{Wikinews-inline|BDSM as business: An interview with the owners of a dungeon}} * {{Wikinews-inline|BDSM as business: Interviews with Dominatrixes}}

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