blackish

Most spankos in my acquaintance treat M/m, F/m, M/f and F/f spankings as being purely in the realm of discipline.   We admit some of our fellow spankos get a kick out watching and reading about such activity - but those fold do seem to be in a tiny minority.

A recent episode of the sitcom "blackish" revolved around whether the son of the lead couple should get spanked for some misdemeanor.    Spoiler alert - in the event, he did not.

But on the way, various stereotypical characters we able to make various stereotypical comments about the goods and evils of  the corporal punishment of juveniles.   An added canned laugh track made it all seem fresh, original and humorous.

Perhaps it is the series, or the topic, but I found nothing to smile about while watching this episode.   But as a matter of full disclosure, that is true of all the episodes that I have watched so far.   Perhaps I am the wrong demographic.

But since two thirds or all spankos are anti-juvenile corporal punishment of any kind, it may be just that most spankos are hard wired not to find gratuitous humor to be found within the topic of beating kids - no matter how abstract the discussion is.   It is not impossible to divvy up a smile-worthy gag about spankings, just that the task seems to be too high a hurdle for most script writers to clear.

I think it might be some sort of move in the right direction.   That beating kids can be a suitable sitcom topic shows some sort of loosening of the ties over all things spanking:  it is just that on this occasion, it was one that I would not have minded having been left in place.    By all means have serious discussions whether spanking of kids is an acceptable method of discipline:  but perhaps it is not a good thing to try to make you think the subject is quite hilarious.