About Master Scott

Master Scott came into the leather scene back in the mid 70's on the west coast. She was mentored by a woman who was from Chicago in the 60's.  Her Mentor’s style and her focus on training was one of traditions, protocols and she had a passion for adhering to those ways.  Master Scott refers to herself as “pretty old school”, but not quite as strict as her Mentor. The Leather scene Master Scott came into and the things she was taught are very different than what she sees in most of the scene today.  Many of the changes she sees now are what she calls double edged swords.  She says the up sides have really big down sides to them.  Master Scott believes in mentoring, learning and earning.  She doesn't believe in instant anything.  She feels the net has been a great boon to Leather, but it has also contributed greatly to the "instant gratification" syndrome so rampant in the scene.  As Master Scott is fond of saying, when she came into the scene you had to be invited in.  You didn’t just turn up at the door, pay your $20 and have access to everything.

Master Scott has been "domestically partnered" with the same woman for over 25 years.  People often ask how they have lasted.  Master Scott will say “for one thing, at any moment when one of us is being a bitch the other is being a saint.”  She says, “In all honesty, I don't know how or why we have lasted so long.  Obviously it's love, but love isn't always enough.  I think patience, having a good sense of humor and compatible goals and value systems may be the biggest part of it.  Whatever it is, I'm very thankful.”  Master Scott and her wife are monogamous, so her slaves are not her lovers, but they are a very treasured part of her life.  Master Scott and her wife were officially married in the eyes of the state of California in October, 2008. 

Splitting her time between homes in both Placer County and the San Francisco Bay Area, Master Scott freely admits she prefers the Bay Area.  She plans on being back in the Bay Area full time by the summer of 2012.  Master Scott and her wife moved to Placer County about 10 years ago.  Master Scott missed the Bay Area so much that when there was an opportunity to buy back into the Bay Area, she jumped on it. 

Currently, Master Scott spends her time teaching various classes for the leather community.  She also spends a lot of time working on her many projects.  She kids that she is secretly working on a home kit for building the perfect slave. 

Master Scott’s use of the name Dombutch started when she went online for the first time around 1996.  She says at the time on AOL a screen name could only have 8  letters in it.  The term “Dominant Butch” became DomButch.  The screen name then became a name some people called her.  It has stuck and she uses it for mail, webs, etc. 

Master Scott uses male titles (Master, Daddy and Sir).  She uses female pronouns (she and her).  She says it’s a personal preference and it honors her masculine identity and her biology at the same time. “Besides,” she adds, “I think it’s more of a genderfuck to use Sir and then use she.”

You would classify Master Scott as a bear type.  It has to do with her attitude as much as her body type.  She says to some she is a burly bear type and to others maybe more of a lazy, comfortable bear type.  She thinks both fit her.  I’ve also seen her be a Grizzly Bear if someone doesn’t take the hint to leave her and hers alone.

Master Scott loves service oriented slaves and boys.  She loves it when they come up and introduce themselves and chat.  When considering someone to be in service to her, she is interested in dyke boys or slaves only (she says no bi women, no heteroflexible or homoflexible women, whatever the hell they are).  She says she has a penchant and weakness for boys and butch slaves.  I asked her if she would ever consider a femme slave.  She told me that she is too old to say never about many things because it's too easy to get proven wrong.  But she adds a femme slave isn't likely, but it's not impossible.  She says it is the spit and polish, and dedication to detail boys have that she likes.  She stays away from high maintenance or needy slaves and boys.

Master Scott is part of Mama’s Family.  Her Mama’s Family name is “Mama’s Daddy Curmudgeon”.  In May, 2012 Master Scott will be presenting a class at Northwest Leather Celebration, San Jose.  She also teaches for clubs and organizations when asked.

Master Scott’s Leather Family, Dragon Tear Tribe, is one of her greatest pleasures.  Her family consists of the people she wants around her whenever they can be.  She shares some of her greatest times with them.  She is at her best and her most relaxed with the people she has chosen to be in her family.

Intelligence, sanity, stability, commitment, and a sense of humor are some of the things that Master Scott values and seeks out in others.  She hates drama.  She says, “it just sucks the energy out of the room.”  She steers clear of as much drama as she can.  She has a dismissive attitude towards people she views as trouble or “just fuckin’ nuts” (this is a quote from her).  She is cautious about people when she first meets them.  I think this is because of the way things were at the time she came into the scene. Master Scott says that is probably part of it, but she thinks it’s because she just likes to take it slow when she meets people. 

The M/s community is Master Scott's favorite community.  She says she wishes more leatherdykes were into M/s relationships.  She'd like to find a group of M/s minded leatherdykes who wanted to get together on an ongoing basis.  She thinks she needs to find a good slave to spear head this group for her once she gets moved back to the bay area full time. 

Master Scott will refer to herself as a “dinosaur” because she is old fashioned in her leather.  She doesn’t say this as an apology, but as a quick explanation of how she sees the scene now and how she wishes it still was.  She is always happy to meet and talk with like minded individuals or new people who want to learn some of the older traditions.  She says it gives her hope that not everything she found so important is going to fade completely away.

If you would like to contact Master Scott you may do so directly by emailing her at Master.Scott at Dombutch.com.  Make sure you put something in the title about it being in reference to her website or she might delete it thinking it’s spam.

This page last updated on:  03/01/2012