Archive for November, 2009
Markham project era punishments
Strictly speaking, nothing new on the Markham project but here is more information from the same era, some of it has been provided by David Roman. Along side corporal punishment, there were additional techniques employed by governesses and disciplinarians to augment the correction of young women during the late 19th and early 20th century. Here […]
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Tags: cornertime, edwardians, governess, spanking, victorians
Five types of submission
After another scan of the web boards this week there has been another discussion on safe words and the difference between discipline and erotic spanking. Here for what it is worth are five types of submission and examples drawn from various sources. Play spanking – the spankee wants it and you want to give it […]
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Tags: BDSM, spanking, submission
A brief history of spanking
Recently there was an entry on a web forum from someone who suggested that general interest in spanking and any form of BDSM or SBF only emerged, maybe in the 1950s, but probably did not get going until the permissive society in the 1960s. Now it is certainly probable that until the 20th century it […]
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Tags: birching, history of punishment, spanking
50,000 spankings
Another small landmark as we hit the 50,000 mark. Thanks for the support. The top ten posts of all time are: The Markham Project Lizzie Baines: a 1950s spanked wife Angela’s story A mother’s comeuppance The book shop in the corner Spanked public schoolgirl lends a firm hand The Ritual of Properly Smacking a Bottom […]
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Tags: spanking
Dotes: birching in Kent
This is an anecdote that has not been published because it is almost too brief and trivial. But recent posts have led this to take on more significance. Do we have a mystery on our hands? Some years ago at a dinner party with some of the in-laws and their friends the conversation got around […]
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Tags: birching, birching in kent, sixth-form, spanking