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Can someone explain to me the allure of "princess" in the sense of "Princess in the streets, slut in the sheets"? Lots of dom/sub stuff involve the term "Princess", and sometimes ppl message me calling me "Princess." Why is it so common and appealing? It mostly just confuses me.

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Princess = elevated social status

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but queen is this too, but I feel like i 'grok' queen. when a guy calls me a queen, I imagine he wants to submit to me. But when a guy calls me princess, he... doesn't seem to want that? I'm confused

6:00 AM · Jan 25, 2021

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Probably just a (weird) term of endearment

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Princess ~ young, virginal, desirable. Queen ~ older, king’s wife, powerful, respected.

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Queen is old though

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Dunno the sex work world, but if I picture a man calling a pretty woman “princess”, like in a movie, it’s usually sarcastic. “You think you’re too good for me but I’ll take you down a peg.” See: Han Solo calling Leia “princess”.

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queens have power and responsibility. princesses have proximity to power but not as much responsibility. it’s sort of their job to be cute

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I suspect the difference is a queen commands submission by her title/existence, but a princess is served voluntarily as an attempt to impress her. While also enforcing an image of a young, high-class but slightly naive woman.

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Princess = high status + innocence So, corruptible in a way that "queen" doesn't convey. (If Han Solo referred to Leia as "queen" - completely different connotation)

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When I was a child, I pretended to be a prince, not a king, even though kings are the ones with power. But a prince is 1) young and 2) goes on adventures. I feel like there's some similar thing going on here.

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