I think you are right about how it used to be in places with a strong Head-Mistress presence. I tried to build a house of domination with smart, well-trained mistresses as this went into decline. I feel I had a great group and honestly, it was an ego boost. Not the best business model. The larger houses pretty much started revolving doors of hot young women who would do well for a few months and then leave. It worked for all the people wanting to try the new flavor, but yes it was very dangerous.

Rapture, as much as I hated Ted, at least trained the women there. Pandoras and Nutcracker left the women to fend for themselves. We know how that turned out.

Fox definitely made the best out of what she had. I can respect that. I am old and "harumphing" over people not getting the training they need.