The Governess XIII

Official journal of the Alice Kerr-Sutherland Association, in which "Full Membership is Open to Ladies Only", and to which "Gentlemen May Apply for Associate Membership". Their journal "The Governess" makes clear is "not a contact organisation". It is a publication offering articles about the art and craft of the dominatrix and describes itself as ".a group with Victorian nostalgia, designed to provide a safe and secure place for people of like mind to explore and share their experience and knowledge of a Loving Domestic Discipline (LDD) lifestyle."

This issue, measuring 9 in. x 7 in. (64 pp.) features a plain black and white cover and contains such articles as: "The Care and Use of The Hairbrush; Posture Control: A Plethora of Punishment Presentations; Have Birch Will Travel: New Light on Mrs. Walter Smith. Lots of illustrations - line drawings mostly -- nothing improper or lewd -- exposed fannies only, being prepped for or undergoing discipline. A letter to the editor reads: ".I am thirty-seven and my husband forty-eight and we have been contentedly married for ten years.

Ours is not a partnership of equals -- quite the opposite. I have always been the dominant spouse and expect my husband to obey me at all times. I recognised my inner strength before we met and was attracted to him in part because of his respect for my natural superiority and his acceptance of my right to be in command." For a period, the journal ceased publication and resumed sometime around 1998, now fully enmeshed with the internet, chat rooms, etc. "The Alice Kerr-Sutherland Association ", (T.A.K.S.A.) This association is a tribute to Miss Alice Kerr-Sutherland (1870-1939).

All applicants for membership (Ladies & Gentlemen) must be aged over 21! A group with Victorian nostalgia, designed to provide a safe and secure place for people of like mind to explore and share their experience and knowledge of a Loving Domestic Discipline (LDD) lifestyle. Although it is impossible to precisely define the exact nature of LDD because it means different things to different people, in terms of this site, we see it as a fully consensual agreement between two loving, committed, monogamous, (usually) heterosexual adults, in which (most commonly) the female partner takes the leading role as "Head of Household" (HOH) or "Head of Relationship" (HOR). This may, or may not include the introduction of a mutually agreed upon set of rules and conditions of conduct intended to promote connection and harmony within the relationship.