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| '''Erotic spanking''' is the practice of ] another for the sexual gratification of either or both parties. Erotic spanking can be regarded as a form of ] activity. | '''Erotic spanking''' is the practice of ] another for the sexual gratification of either or both parties. Erotic spanking can be regarded as a form of ] activity. | ||
| <br/>Representations of erotic spanking and its close relative, flagellation, make up a large portion of Victorian pornography (see ''1000 Nudes'', by Koetzle, and ''The Other Victorians'', by Steven Marcus). As Marcus details, this was done not merely for the reasons practiced today, but because it provided a way for men to express homosexual fantasies. Homosexual pornography was unacceptable at this period in history, so the closest gay men could get was a masculinized female taking power over another man, or a figure representing another man. Literally hundreds of thousands of engravings, photographs, and/or literary depictions of spanking and flagellation (a. k. a. birching) fantasies circulated during the Victorian era, including erotic novellas like ''Lady Bumtickler's Revels'', ''The Whippingham Papers'', or ''An Exhibition of Female Flagellants''.*<br/> | <br/>Representations of erotic spanking and its close relative, flagellation, make up a large portion of Victorian pornography (see ''1000 Nudes'', by Koetzle, and ''The Other Victorians'', by Steven Marcus). As Marcus details, this was done not merely for the reasons practiced today, but because it provided a way for men to express homosexual fantasies. Homosexual pornography was unacceptable at this period in history, so the closest gay men could get was a masculinized female taking power over another man, or a figure representing another man. Literally hundreds of thousands of engravings, photographs, and/or literary depictions of spanking and flagellation (a. k. a. birching) fantasies circulated during the Victorian era, including erotic novellas like ''Lady Bumtickler's Revels'', ''The Whippingham Papers'', or ''An Exhibition of Female Flagellants''.*<br/> | ||
| Many spankings are carried out with the use of bare hands, or with spanking implements such as ], ], |
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| Spanking appeals particularly to those who are physically under sensitive, and need more active arousal to stimulate erogenous zones than mere touching. Also, the loud sound of spanking can stimulate the emotions through startling both participants. | Spanking appeals particularly to those who are physically under sensitive, and need more active arousal to stimulate erogenous zones than mere touching. Also, the loud sound of spanking can stimulate the emotions through startling both participants. | ||
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Erotic spanking is the practice of spanking another for the sexual gratification of either or both parties. Erotic spanking can be regarded as a form of BDSM activity.
Representations of erotic spanking and its close relative, flagellation, make up a large portion of Victorian pornography (see 1000 Nudes, by Koetzle, and The Other Victorians, by Steven Marcus). As Marcus details, this was done not merely for the reasons practiced today, but because it provided a way for men to express homosexual fantasies. Homosexual pornography was unacceptable at this period in history, so the closest gay men could get was a masculinized female taking power over another man, or a figure representing another man. Literally hundreds of thousands of engravings, photographs, and/or literary depictions of spanking and flagellation (a. k. a. birching) fantasies circulated during the Victorian era, including erotic novellas like Lady Bumtickler's Revels, The Whippingham Papers, or An Exhibition of Female Flagellants.*
Many spankings are carried out with the use of bare hands, or with spanking implements such as paddles, straps, hairbrushes, and whips . Sometimes other implements are used for this, such as a belt cane, riding crop, whip, switch (rod), birch, gloves, a ruler or martinet but this would not accurately be called spanking. (see Category:Spanking implements). Erotic spankings are commonly combined with other forms of sexual foreplay, such as oral sex, sexual roleplaying and/or ageplay. The most common type of erotic spanking is administered on the bare buttocks , but can also be combined with Bondage, in order to heighten sexual arousal and feelings of helplessness in the spankee.
Spanking appeals particularly to those who are physically under sensitive, and need more active arousal to stimulate erogenous zones than mere touching. Also, the loud sound of spanking can stimulate the emotions through startling both participants.
Positions for spanking include:
- over the knees (OTK) or across the lap
- stooped over a chair or couch, or bench
- on hands and knees (bed or floor)
- kneeling on a bed or ottoman, stooped over with hands on the floor
- bent under the arm of the spanker
- lying face down on a bed
Those interested in giving or receiving erotic spankings are sometimes (rarely) known as spankophiles. Examples include the poet Algernon Swinburne (as implied repeatedly in his poetry) and the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as detailed in his autobiography Confessions.
A few people with a sexual interest in spanking draw on historical corporal punishment techniques used in homes, schools, courts or prisons. However they are generally careful to distinguish their consensual sexual activities from their views of child-rearing, education and public policy. Punishment spankings and erotic spankings are easy to to separate, as punishment spanking usually involve the spankee experiencing medium to extreme physical discomfort or pain in the administration of the spanking, sometimes to the point of crying, which in the context of domestic discipline, is a form of emotional release and behavioral modification, and/or mental/physical control over the spankee by the spanker.
- Henry Spencer Ashbee (long suspected to be the anonymous author of the erotic memoir My Secret Life) was a great collecter of erotica; upon his death the entire collection - thousands of items - was donated to the (?) Library. After a fire it eventually made its way across the Atlantic ocean to Emory University, where the collection was converted to microfiche and stored (appropriately enough) in the basement.
Playful non-erotic spanking
Sometimes spanking is done in a playful manner that is neither a form of punishment nor is it intended as an erotic act. A tradition that often begins with childhood and can continue to adulthood is a "birthday spanking". This type of spanking is most often associated with a birthday celebration during which sometimes the person celebrating the birthday is spanked playfully, one time for each year of their life - and then some more "to be good on and to grow on," sometimes also "for luck and for love." It is not meant to hurt or overly humiliate the spanked party (although sometimes a paddle is used, and occasionally it is given on the bare bottom). Often the act is also associated with sports participants, who congratulatorily slap one another on the bottom.
It is a fairly common practice in the United States for a stripper to spank the groom-to-be during his bachelor party, while his drunk friends cheer her on. This can be done either on the stage at a strip club or by a stripper or strippers hired for a private bachelor party.
More rarely, at her wedding shower a bride-to-be is given a "gag gift" such as a pair of pink panties that say "Remove before spanking" on the back; and her friends may threaten to have her "try them out" (by having them spank or paddle her) to "see how they work." Similarly, the groom may as a gag be given a paddle with step-by-step "How to spank your wife" instructions painted on it.
Sources and further reading
- Koetzle, Michael. 1000 Nudes: A History of Erotic Photography from 1839-1939. Taschen, 2005.
- Lady Green, The Compleat Spanker. Greenery Press, 2000. ISBN 1-890159-00-X.
- Marcus, Steven. The Other Victorians. Basic Books, 1966.
- Rousseau, Jean-Jaques. The Confessions of Jean-Jaques Rousseau. London: Penguin Books, 1953.
- Swinburne, Charles Algernon. The Works of Charles Algernon Swinburne. Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions, 1995.
References
- ^ Rebecca F. Plante. "Sexual Spanking, the Self, and the Construction of Deviance". Journal of Homosexuality. The Haworth Press. doi:10.1300/J082v50n02_04.
See also
- Spanking magazines
- Berkley horse
- Spanking bench
- Flagellation
- Nexus Books
- Penny Birch
- Yolanda Celbridge
- Wendy Swanscombe
- Dippoldism