Domination has literally been around since before man. Admittedly, back in those earliest incarnations there weren’t apes dressed up in nipple clamps and choke chains spanking each other over a tree stump, but even then someone wilfully accepted their position as physically or mentally submissive to a dominant partner because it made them feel good. And that’s still the basis of domination in the modern era.

The terminology is simple. The submissive half of the duo is called a sub, the dominant half is called a dom. They both get off on how their power or meekness makes them feel.