Sit down and take a deep breath - I have something very important to tell you. Ready? Girls and boys are different. There, I have said it.
And it is more than a simple matter of plumbing. We all know that lady bits and gentlemen bits are in different shapes and sizes, yet often fit together very comfortably. Wat we often miss is that the two sexes also have dissimilar mental processes which work quite wonderfully in their different manners.
So what does this have to do with writing spanking fiction? It is all a matter of what is called the "Point of View". A quick segue for beginners to the craft of writing fiction: a point of view (or POV) is used to identify who is telling the tale: the line "I listened carefully before entering the room" has a different effect on the reader depending upon whether the person "writing" that line is supposed to be the hero or the heroine.
It is quite nifty to change the POV during a short story: the first half, say, from one character's viewpoint and the rest from the others. A trick I have used more than once to dress up what would otherwise have been a pretty lame standard tale. (Changing POV's during a novel is trickier: do it too often and you can confuse the reader and don't do it enough makes the exercise not worth doing. A tricky line to keep your balance on.).
The potential problem with selecting a POV for us short story writers? We might find that we are telling the tale from the POV of someone who is of the opposite sex of our own.
You have to go where your guts tell you on this one. For me, when I am relating the incident from a lady's point of view, I try to keep to the basic facts of what is going on. If the plot demands that my heroine has an orgasm, I will state that this is what happened. I, personally, would never try to describe the sensations or emotions that happen to ladies when this welcome event takes place in such a lady's life Lack of empathy with what is actually felt by them can lead into writing something that ia a total disconnect for readers who have actually experienced the event. Plowing on and making up stuff that your think will be adequate is sometimes known as the "50 Shades syndrome".
Having said that you should take great care in staying within your own sexual experience, you might have spotted that in more than one of the tales written under my nom de plume, descriptions are provided in full and complete detail - even thought they are ones that are impossible for me to have any personal experiece. Well - one of the perks of writing with a nom de plume is that it is perfectly OK for a co-author to step in from time to time to flesh out the bits we have no idea about.
You might want to consider this approach when your plot takes you into unfamiliar land. Say you have no idea what goes on in the mind of a switch when acting in manner 180 degrees from your own inclination (assuming that you are not a switch). Getting helpful prose from a fellow writer who has the necessary quirk to be an expert - that is no sin. Particularly if you have made some sort of arrangement as to how to share the proceeds, if you are writing is for profit.
Sunday, June 7, 2015
Friday, June 5, 2015
F is for Fact Finding
I write spanking fiction and have given myself perhaps excessive liberties to ignore some factual background elements in my tale. I call it poetic license. My critics call it bone idleness.
Sometimes it is obvious that what you have written has no bearing on the real world. If you have Julius Caesar and his army using their wrist-watches to coordinate the invasion on the English mainland, at best your readers will think you are playing some sort of joke on them.
In one of my tales set in the early 1800's, I had a young lady disguised as a Midshipman get a caning while tied to the barrel of a gun on a Royal Navy battleship. It might not matter to you that I had her across a 21-pounder on the top deck of the vessel. And it did not matter to me. But I got such a chorus of boos from those who knew that putting a 21-pounder on the top deck of wooden battleship was as silly as having Roman soldiers wearing wrist-watches.
Knowing about what guns went where on ancient Royal Navy vessels might lead you into the trap of go-gullibility (a condition of believing anything that is in a wiki). But even so, there is some basic research you really ought to carry out if your tale is not set about today, about where you reside and about activities you are familiar with. Our aim is to entertain, and the distraction of impossibilities really ought to be kept to the least we can manage.
But sometimes we don't stand a chance. Suppose, for instance, you want some Puritan wench to get a beating for whatever plot device you happen to be using. And suppose a Cromwellian soldier asks your heroine a question. Her answer "I don't know" might be the very trigger that sparks the spanking action. Now - did you spot the deliberate error in that short set up? No - and neither did I when that very line of dialog took place in my piece, A very kind person let me know that no Puritan could ever have said "I don't know" for that language format was another century in the making. She could only have said "I know not." I would suggest that knowledge of things that arcane is beyond the reach of most of us.
So, having said you should do sufficient research to satisfy your average reader, it is quite OK if that piece of advice is taken with a large pinch of salt. After all, some readers would find great pleasure in contemplating Roman soldiers coordinating their attack by using wrist watches. It really does take all sorts...
Sometimes it is obvious that what you have written has no bearing on the real world. If you have Julius Caesar and his army using their wrist-watches to coordinate the invasion on the English mainland, at best your readers will think you are playing some sort of joke on them.
In one of my tales set in the early 1800's, I had a young lady disguised as a Midshipman get a caning while tied to the barrel of a gun on a Royal Navy battleship. It might not matter to you that I had her across a 21-pounder on the top deck of the vessel. And it did not matter to me. But I got such a chorus of boos from those who knew that putting a 21-pounder on the top deck of wooden battleship was as silly as having Roman soldiers wearing wrist-watches.
Knowing about what guns went where on ancient Royal Navy vessels might lead you into the trap of go-gullibility (a condition of believing anything that is in a wiki). But even so, there is some basic research you really ought to carry out if your tale is not set about today, about where you reside and about activities you are familiar with. Our aim is to entertain, and the distraction of impossibilities really ought to be kept to the least we can manage.
But sometimes we don't stand a chance. Suppose, for instance, you want some Puritan wench to get a beating for whatever plot device you happen to be using. And suppose a Cromwellian soldier asks your heroine a question. Her answer "I don't know" might be the very trigger that sparks the spanking action. Now - did you spot the deliberate error in that short set up? No - and neither did I when that very line of dialog took place in my piece, A very kind person let me know that no Puritan could ever have said "I don't know" for that language format was another century in the making. She could only have said "I know not." I would suggest that knowledge of things that arcane is beyond the reach of most of us.
So, having said you should do sufficient research to satisfy your average reader, it is quite OK if that piece of advice is taken with a large pinch of salt. After all, some readers would find great pleasure in contemplating Roman soldiers coordinating their attack by using wrist watches. It really does take all sorts...
E is for Extreme
I was chatting on Second Life to a fellow spanko - he goes by the name of Hammer - and we were sharing prior real life incidents.
It has always been clear to me that the sex drive and the spanking drive are quite separate: spanking can be part of foreplay, but it does not have to be - and spankings do not lead inexorably to some sort of sexual relief. Of all things spanko that baffle vanillas is that sometimes the spanking is the be all and end all of some mutual time spent together. It is not always a substitute for Viagra.
It does occur to me that at the extreme end of those who get pleasure from the pain side of spanking really do take away the consent part of the usual occasion. We who spank get most of our kick out of the reflected glow coming from the partner's real tingle: and the reverse sometimes happens. The willing victim is getting all her pleasure second hand from the tingle the spanker gets by delivering a whack. The harder the whack, the more pleasure the spanker must feel and it echoes back to her.
Now, when it comes to writing spanking fiction, you might want to pitch your plot at a level the widest audience finds acceptable - unless of course (usual caveat) you have found a niche market place and your readers revel in your ability to bring extreme actions and extreme emotions into a sharp, if second hand, reality. If you are on the fringe and are enjoying the ride as much as your fans, then you do not need me to tell you that not everyone enjoys the extreme.
And although I have not met such a lady, I am told that some just revel in the sheer sensation of pain across their backside - the harder the pain, the greater the sensation, the more enjoyable the experience is. A welted, bruised and lacerated pair of buttocks is not regretted for one second, but simply the price of achieving a great experience.
I have never been out at the extreme limits - despite what my fictional fantasies may suggest. For me, the prime purpose of giving a spanking is to meet the needs of my partner first, and my own second. And the mutual delight is as satisfactory as it is important. So - I am not really sure what the outcome would be if I did come across some lady who wanted to be given a non-consensual beating to the maximum. I sort of think it might end up not working out how it was hoped to unfold - but if such a session ever comes my way, I promise to report what happens in some future post to this blog.
Incidentally, if you have never tried Second Life, you might like to give it a go. You get to steer an avatar around a virtual world, and if your travels should take you to one of the spanking sites (such as RLD) you will meet other avatars being steered by spankos. Worth a try, I promise you
It has always been clear to me that the sex drive and the spanking drive are quite separate: spanking can be part of foreplay, but it does not have to be - and spankings do not lead inexorably to some sort of sexual relief. Of all things spanko that baffle vanillas is that sometimes the spanking is the be all and end all of some mutual time spent together. It is not always a substitute for Viagra.
It does occur to me that at the extreme end of those who get pleasure from the pain side of spanking really do take away the consent part of the usual occasion. We who spank get most of our kick out of the reflected glow coming from the partner's real tingle: and the reverse sometimes happens. The willing victim is getting all her pleasure second hand from the tingle the spanker gets by delivering a whack. The harder the whack, the more pleasure the spanker must feel and it echoes back to her.
Now, when it comes to writing spanking fiction, you might want to pitch your plot at a level the widest audience finds acceptable - unless of course (usual caveat) you have found a niche market place and your readers revel in your ability to bring extreme actions and extreme emotions into a sharp, if second hand, reality. If you are on the fringe and are enjoying the ride as much as your fans, then you do not need me to tell you that not everyone enjoys the extreme.
And although I have not met such a lady, I am told that some just revel in the sheer sensation of pain across their backside - the harder the pain, the greater the sensation, the more enjoyable the experience is. A welted, bruised and lacerated pair of buttocks is not regretted for one second, but simply the price of achieving a great experience.
I have never been out at the extreme limits - despite what my fictional fantasies may suggest. For me, the prime purpose of giving a spanking is to meet the needs of my partner first, and my own second. And the mutual delight is as satisfactory as it is important. So - I am not really sure what the outcome would be if I did come across some lady who wanted to be given a non-consensual beating to the maximum. I sort of think it might end up not working out how it was hoped to unfold - but if such a session ever comes my way, I promise to report what happens in some future post to this blog.
Incidentally, if you have never tried Second Life, you might like to give it a go. You get to steer an avatar around a virtual world, and if your travels should take you to one of the spanking sites (such as RLD) you will meet other avatars being steered by spankos. Worth a try, I promise you
Thursday, June 4, 2015
D is for Discipline
Surveys show that we Spankos are far more opposed to the corporal punishment of children than the population at large. 77% are against the practice as opposed to 35% of adults in general.
We take our stance from the personal knowledge that non-consensual spankings are very unpleasant indeed, and will not condone any form of child abuse.
I think we might have taken the propaganda from the "no-Spanking" brigade hook, line and sinker without bothering to examine the rhetoric that they have brought into play. We are all opposed to abuse, and they shout from the house tops that all spankings are abusive and hitting children is invariably wrong.
There are a number of "single issue" campaigns out there from "No Vaccinations!" through to "Ban Tobacco!" - and they all use pretty much the same tactics: The state personal unsupported opinions as if they were facts, they use bad science to bolster their claims, and they use shame tactics to try to silence any opposition.
As I discussed in the piece "O Canada", independent researchers find that when "conditional spankings" are examined in isolation from other types of corporal punishment, they turn out to be the very best parental method known for removing bad behavior traits from kids. A conditional spanking is one that is administered under control, after due warnings, to the clothed bottom, with the bare hand, for a short duration, for a lapse in some behavioral conduct. That is, one should not spank a child for being bad at some academic topic - but if that child continues to play with matches in reckless manner, then a couple of slaps to the rump might start a change in behavior: one that perhaps saves your house from getting burned down.
In general, conditional spankings tend to be beneficial in their effectiveness - and all others are abusive. I think it behooves us to distinguish between the two, and to accept that conditional spankings can have a positive effect when it comes to discipline. And continue to make it very plain that no child should ever suffer and abusive beating. Regardless of circumstances - never.
We take our stance from the personal knowledge that non-consensual spankings are very unpleasant indeed, and will not condone any form of child abuse.
I think we might have taken the propaganda from the "no-Spanking" brigade hook, line and sinker without bothering to examine the rhetoric that they have brought into play. We are all opposed to abuse, and they shout from the house tops that all spankings are abusive and hitting children is invariably wrong.
There are a number of "single issue" campaigns out there from "No Vaccinations!" through to "Ban Tobacco!" - and they all use pretty much the same tactics: The state personal unsupported opinions as if they were facts, they use bad science to bolster their claims, and they use shame tactics to try to silence any opposition.
As I discussed in the piece "O Canada", independent researchers find that when "conditional spankings" are examined in isolation from other types of corporal punishment, they turn out to be the very best parental method known for removing bad behavior traits from kids. A conditional spanking is one that is administered under control, after due warnings, to the clothed bottom, with the bare hand, for a short duration, for a lapse in some behavioral conduct. That is, one should not spank a child for being bad at some academic topic - but if that child continues to play with matches in reckless manner, then a couple of slaps to the rump might start a change in behavior: one that perhaps saves your house from getting burned down.
In general, conditional spankings tend to be beneficial in their effectiveness - and all others are abusive. I think it behooves us to distinguish between the two, and to accept that conditional spankings can have a positive effect when it comes to discipline. And continue to make it very plain that no child should ever suffer and abusive beating. Regardless of circumstances - never.
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
C is for Coarse language
A dilemma that faces all writers, and not just spanko authors, is whether to use coarse language in their works. Euphemistically called "Adult Language", it often has the effect of making a scene very childish indeed - as if the plot has been taken over by a smutty school-boy who revels in using the most swear words he can remember. On the other hand, you might make note that using anatomically correct terms to identify specific parts of the human body is no longer considered coarse - a tad clinical maybe - but never coarse.
But in adult situations, adults use language that would be very impolite in other situations. In the bedroom, almost anything goes between consenting adults. On the other hand, telling a group of acquaintances how enjoyable last night's romp was, using graphic phraseology, might mean that you never get invited to another tea party hosted by your local Vicar. There is a time and place for everything.
What we writers have to come to terms with is that the use of obscenities in our text will turn some readers on and some readers off. And never using rude words might make your piece sound as if it had been written by one of your maiden aunts. (Incidentally, my maiden aunt likes to read stuff so spiced up that it would make a Navy stoker blush with embarrassment - but I think she is an exception to the rule). The thing is, you can win or lose readers by using, or not by using, really steamy descriptions. Either way is the writer's equivalent of a crap shoot.
My advice? Use the blue pencil sparingly when it comes to dialog: adults in romantic settings are very likely to use words to engender intimacy: use the words that your characters would really say in those circumstances. But in line with what we discussed in A is for Asinine if you could. She looked up at him, eyes glistening and whispered "That spanking has given me soaking wet panties" For some audiences, that would be a knee trembler: but even they would agree was a very strange thing to be said aloud. Realistic first, added steaminess second.
And in the rest of the text? I have said this before: write to your own comfort zone. If you revel in reading works peppered with four letter words, then if you do the same, you will attract readers with identical tastes as yours. And if you don't - you don't have to boldly go where no infinitive was split before and force yourself to write material you don't like. (Exception: if you are commissioned to produce a specific type of material, and you accept the commission, stiffen your spine and get on with it.)
When you write outside of your own comfort zone, in areas that are new to you, you might end up with a piece on par with "Fifty Shades" without the resources to pay for rave reviews. And you would not like that, would you?
But in adult situations, adults use language that would be very impolite in other situations. In the bedroom, almost anything goes between consenting adults. On the other hand, telling a group of acquaintances how enjoyable last night's romp was, using graphic phraseology, might mean that you never get invited to another tea party hosted by your local Vicar. There is a time and place for everything.
What we writers have to come to terms with is that the use of obscenities in our text will turn some readers on and some readers off. And never using rude words might make your piece sound as if it had been written by one of your maiden aunts. (Incidentally, my maiden aunt likes to read stuff so spiced up that it would make a Navy stoker blush with embarrassment - but I think she is an exception to the rule). The thing is, you can win or lose readers by using, or not by using, really steamy descriptions. Either way is the writer's equivalent of a crap shoot.
My advice? Use the blue pencil sparingly when it comes to dialog: adults in romantic settings are very likely to use words to engender intimacy: use the words that your characters would really say in those circumstances. But in line with what we discussed in A is for Asinine if you could. She looked up at him, eyes glistening and whispered "That spanking has given me soaking wet panties" For some audiences, that would be a knee trembler: but even they would agree was a very strange thing to be said aloud. Realistic first, added steaminess second.
And in the rest of the text? I have said this before: write to your own comfort zone. If you revel in reading works peppered with four letter words, then if you do the same, you will attract readers with identical tastes as yours. And if you don't - you don't have to boldly go where no infinitive was split before and force yourself to write material you don't like. (Exception: if you are commissioned to produce a specific type of material, and you accept the commission, stiffen your spine and get on with it.)
When you write outside of your own comfort zone, in areas that are new to you, you might end up with a piece on par with "Fifty Shades" without the resources to pay for rave reviews. And you would not like that, would you?
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
B is for Bondage
Bondage isn't really embedded into the spanko psyche, but (pardon the pun) is often its bed-mate.
The dynamics are very complex: the relationship is consensual but when one partner is tied to a spanking frame, handcuffed to the bed or immobilized by the other partner's personal most enjoyable form of restraint, then both players - to some degree - are pretending that the session has become non-consensual. Even though it really hasn't - not at its heart - both pretend the victim is totally at the whim of the spanker. Why. Because it makes the game far more intense.
There is not one chance in hell that a member of the vanilla community can understand why that works.
So - may I offer a bit of advice? In your tale, by all means have someone incredibly securely bound to be unable resist the upcoming whipping - and since it is just fantasy, you might make her/him really not enjoy the experience - but (particularly if your characters are in a consensual relationship) do not try to explain the "why" of what is going on. Your spanko audience already knows, and your vanilla audience (if they have stayed with your this far into your tale) will never believe you, even if they care to try to understand.
This will save you from taking on an exceedingly difficult writing chore, and improve the readability of your story at the same time. Which cannot be a bad thing.
Now - should you really, really like to propound on why bondage pushes the intensity up a notch get your characters to talk to each other (using realistic dialog) about what is going on. Use their curiosity about each other to unravel the mystery. That way what might be read as personal posturings is turned into part and parcel of the plot, without ever getting you to look as if you are standing on a lecture podium.
The dynamics are very complex: the relationship is consensual but when one partner is tied to a spanking frame, handcuffed to the bed or immobilized by the other partner's personal most enjoyable form of restraint, then both players - to some degree - are pretending that the session has become non-consensual. Even though it really hasn't - not at its heart - both pretend the victim is totally at the whim of the spanker. Why. Because it makes the game far more intense.
There is not one chance in hell that a member of the vanilla community can understand why that works.
So - may I offer a bit of advice? In your tale, by all means have someone incredibly securely bound to be unable resist the upcoming whipping - and since it is just fantasy, you might make her/him really not enjoy the experience - but (particularly if your characters are in a consensual relationship) do not try to explain the "why" of what is going on. Your spanko audience already knows, and your vanilla audience (if they have stayed with your this far into your tale) will never believe you, even if they care to try to understand.
This will save you from taking on an exceedingly difficult writing chore, and improve the readability of your story at the same time. Which cannot be a bad thing.
Now - should you really, really like to propound on why bondage pushes the intensity up a notch get your characters to talk to each other (using realistic dialog) about what is going on. Use their curiosity about each other to unravel the mystery. That way what might be read as personal posturings is turned into part and parcel of the plot, without ever getting you to look as if you are standing on a lecture podium.
Monday, June 1, 2015
A is for Asinine
The word asinine refers to acts that are likened to those of a mule, or ass, than those that relate to the hindquarters. But sometimes some of us get the wrong end of the stick, if you know what I mean.
There is one area of spanking entertainment that stands out as being capable of being as asinine as one could ever imagine: dialogue.
When we write dialogue, it is possible to revamp it and reword it until it rings true - both in how it sounds and what it says. Take a first pass of "You should not do that if you expect me not to smack your naughty little bottom with my finely tooled oaken paddle,' he sneered evilly. With enough rewrites your might get to something like: "You say you're sorry. You expect me to buy that? You expect me to ignore what you've done? By all that is holy, before I'm done, I'll make you howl your regret - but this time as if you mean it!" Yeah - that one probably needs another four or five re-writes to get to where we need to be...Which is without all those horrible cliches.
But we do have the ability to go back and change it as often as change is needed. Sloppy dialog in the market place for written works simply indicates that those who self publish can be very lazy when it comes to crafting good material for readers to enjoy.
But to a pet peeve. Spanking videos. A delight to watch (most of the time). But when it comes to dialog in those videos, we see (hear) three main approaches for the actors: those who say nothing (or very very little), those who make it up as they go along and those who work to scripts.
The "less you say" brigade have a fairly easy time of it: the victim is strapped down for some unstated "crime", is whacked and is released. The only "dialog" is "Ow!" and "Ouch!" as the whacks are delivered.
And by my way of thinking, that works far better than actors who are told to ad lib dialog within the general direction of the plot. I am honestly not making up - one actor wielding a school cane came up with "I did not get to become a leading accountant without knowing the value of firm discipline". (I sort of think that gets to be number one on the list of asinine lines in spanking videos. And why, oh why, do directors think that shouting makes watching more fun? Not only are the lines puerile, they get yelled at the top of one's voice to make them more real.)
There are well scripted and well acted spanking videos out there - but well scripted and well acted costs a lot of money to be spent before anything has been earned. The cost/risk ratio may be irrelevant if you cannot afford the initial cost.
So - if you are going to make a spanking video - do consider the less said the better: if you cannot afford a spanko author to give you well crafted lines.
And if you are a spanko author, do consider making your fees ridiculously small when working with a first time video maker. The enhanced success of the early releases will stand you in very good stead when later releases are planned.
And since the A to Z challenge is also a blog hop - might like to visit this site to a see a fellow author's entry for "A is for ..."
There is one area of spanking entertainment that stands out as being capable of being as asinine as one could ever imagine: dialogue.
When we write dialogue, it is possible to revamp it and reword it until it rings true - both in how it sounds and what it says. Take a first pass of "You should not do that if you expect me not to smack your naughty little bottom with my finely tooled oaken paddle,' he sneered evilly. With enough rewrites your might get to something like: "You say you're sorry. You expect me to buy that? You expect me to ignore what you've done? By all that is holy, before I'm done, I'll make you howl your regret - but this time as if you mean it!" Yeah - that one probably needs another four or five re-writes to get to where we need to be...Which is without all those horrible cliches.
But we do have the ability to go back and change it as often as change is needed. Sloppy dialog in the market place for written works simply indicates that those who self publish can be very lazy when it comes to crafting good material for readers to enjoy.
But to a pet peeve. Spanking videos. A delight to watch (most of the time). But when it comes to dialog in those videos, we see (hear) three main approaches for the actors: those who say nothing (or very very little), those who make it up as they go along and those who work to scripts.
The "less you say" brigade have a fairly easy time of it: the victim is strapped down for some unstated "crime", is whacked and is released. The only "dialog" is "Ow!" and "Ouch!" as the whacks are delivered.
And by my way of thinking, that works far better than actors who are told to ad lib dialog within the general direction of the plot. I am honestly not making up - one actor wielding a school cane came up with "I did not get to become a leading accountant without knowing the value of firm discipline". (I sort of think that gets to be number one on the list of asinine lines in spanking videos. And why, oh why, do directors think that shouting makes watching more fun? Not only are the lines puerile, they get yelled at the top of one's voice to make them more real.)
There are well scripted and well acted spanking videos out there - but well scripted and well acted costs a lot of money to be spent before anything has been earned. The cost/risk ratio may be irrelevant if you cannot afford the initial cost.
So - if you are going to make a spanking video - do consider the less said the better: if you cannot afford a spanko author to give you well crafted lines.
And if you are a spanko author, do consider making your fees ridiculously small when working with a first time video maker. The enhanced success of the early releases will stand you in very good stead when later releases are planned.
And since the A to Z challenge is also a blog hop - might like to visit this site to a see a fellow author's entry for "A is for ..."
Sunday, May 31, 2015
A to Z
The new annual A to Z spankathon starts tomorrow. Last year I had 26 topics reasonably relevant to the art and craft of writing spanko fiction: this year somewhat less than one.
But still, I am sure I shall find something to write about each day. I am just setting up my alibi in case we stray a little from the mainline topic from time to time.
:)
But still, I am sure I shall find something to write about each day. I am just setting up my alibi in case we stray a little from the mainline topic from time to time.
:)
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Not an unpractical joke, Honest
The link to my free tale "Unpractical Joke" was broken which may have led you to believe that it was some sort of unpractical joke that I was pulling on you.
That was not the case - it was a genuine error and it is now corrected.
However, it has occurred to me that Erato (the muse of the Spanko author) had cunningly prevented you from stumbling into one of the worst spanking stories ever written (Think "8 Heads In A Duffel Bag" with a gratuitous spanking added in just for color, and you will get the idea).
Anyway, for those of you with a stomach for humor too black to raise even a smirk, here is another quick access point to it. Unpractical Joke
That was not the case - it was a genuine error and it is now corrected.
However, it has occurred to me that Erato (the muse of the Spanko author) had cunningly prevented you from stumbling into one of the worst spanking stories ever written (Think "8 Heads In A Duffel Bag" with a gratuitous spanking added in just for color, and you will get the idea).
Anyway, for those of you with a stomach for humor too black to raise even a smirk, here is another quick access point to it. Unpractical Joke
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
O Canada!
Canadian parents need to be alerted to the fact that Joyce Murrary (one of their legislators) is campaigning to having spanking banned as a method of disciplining children by their parents. Since it is assessed that over 50% of Canadian parents give their kids an occasional whack, she seems to be swimming against the tide: but she might succeed.
The tactics of the Single Issue Fanatic is to state opinion as if it were fact, quote bad science as if it were holy scripture and use shaming tactics to try to silence the opposition. Here in the US, anti vaccination crazies use these tactics with no avail - but the anti-abortion clique does the same with varying degrees of success: as is witnessed by the number of doctors in Family Practice who get murdered to further the cause.
Back to the chase.
Ms Murray is on record as saying "Shockingly, Section 43 of the Canadian Criminal Code still permits this cruel form of punishment." Which, I think you might agree, is a personal opinion being masqueraded as hard fact. It should be noted that the Canadian Supreme Court did rule it was legal to spank a child aged between 2 and 12 with the open hand - so those poor people do have some friends left in high places..
Ms Murray does have some bad science to back her point of view - which was revealed by a study into 26 "research papers" over the last two decades which all concluded spanking was downright evil. But it was discovered that the underlying data showed that when spankings are conditional, (that is administered caringly and under control), they outperformed every other form of child punishment known to man by a significant degree. The anti-spanking brigade still quote the bad research: which is only accurate when studying abusive physical punishment which is outlawed in every jurisdiction in the world. Prior researchers had blandly assumed that a swat to the rump of a child playing with matches was equal in all respects with a beating with an electric cord whip that sent the victim to the emergency room.
Even so, why am I advocating that should the Canadians stand firm from this unwelcome intrusion into their lives? Well, the best data we have of what happens when a country does outlaw spanking comes from one of the world's most favorite secular nations - Sweden. They banned the practice in 1979, and that gives us the longest window in which to see the progress that has been made.
One of the more noticeable effects is that children under 15 now commit 500% more criminal assaults on younger children than the numbers before the no spanking law was passed. But that could be sheer coincidence, however unlikely. However - and this is the biggie - compared with 700 kids a year in nearby Germany, 20,000 kids are year in Sweden are permanently removed from their homes if a parent should raise a hand to chastise them: and a witness reports it to the authorities. Permanently removing a child from its home is not a cruel and unusual punishment if it is done in the child's best interests: we are assured that bureaucrats are better equipped to make such a distinction.
Now - all together - "Spanking is not child abuse and child abuse does not come by spanking". Please, administrators, learn the difference before you set your thought-crime police on us to make us obey your edicts.
The tactics of the Single Issue Fanatic is to state opinion as if it were fact, quote bad science as if it were holy scripture and use shaming tactics to try to silence the opposition. Here in the US, anti vaccination crazies use these tactics with no avail - but the anti-abortion clique does the same with varying degrees of success: as is witnessed by the number of doctors in Family Practice who get murdered to further the cause.
Back to the chase.
Ms Murray is on record as saying "Shockingly, Section 43 of the Canadian Criminal Code still permits this cruel form of punishment." Which, I think you might agree, is a personal opinion being masqueraded as hard fact. It should be noted that the Canadian Supreme Court did rule it was legal to spank a child aged between 2 and 12 with the open hand - so those poor people do have some friends left in high places..
Ms Murray does have some bad science to back her point of view - which was revealed by a study into 26 "research papers" over the last two decades which all concluded spanking was downright evil. But it was discovered that the underlying data showed that when spankings are conditional, (that is administered caringly and under control), they outperformed every other form of child punishment known to man by a significant degree. The anti-spanking brigade still quote the bad research: which is only accurate when studying abusive physical punishment which is outlawed in every jurisdiction in the world. Prior researchers had blandly assumed that a swat to the rump of a child playing with matches was equal in all respects with a beating with an electric cord whip that sent the victim to the emergency room.
Even so, why am I advocating that should the Canadians stand firm from this unwelcome intrusion into their lives? Well, the best data we have of what happens when a country does outlaw spanking comes from one of the world's most favorite secular nations - Sweden. They banned the practice in 1979, and that gives us the longest window in which to see the progress that has been made.
One of the more noticeable effects is that children under 15 now commit 500% more criminal assaults on younger children than the numbers before the no spanking law was passed. But that could be sheer coincidence, however unlikely. However - and this is the biggie - compared with 700 kids a year in nearby Germany, 20,000 kids are year in Sweden are permanently removed from their homes if a parent should raise a hand to chastise them: and a witness reports it to the authorities. Permanently removing a child from its home is not a cruel and unusual punishment if it is done in the child's best interests: we are assured that bureaucrats are better equipped to make such a distinction.
Now - all together - "Spanking is not child abuse and child abuse does not come by spanking". Please, administrators, learn the difference before you set your thought-crime police on us to make us obey your edicts.
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