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Yes, but I'm saying that to me that's almost a bad word for any woman

ok, I can see that

maybe I'm old enough to hear mistress and picture the head of a school, but I can see where your reservations come from
(specially since mistress also brings to mind leather and riding crops)



I remember when one of my boys teakwondo instructors got her 3rd degree black belt (or 4th, im not sure)
until then her title was "miss"
but when you reach that level, the proper term is "master"
you can imagine I was a little hesitant to ask her if the proper term now became "mistress"

(turns out, its master, even for females)