Why do parents spank bare bottomed?

I guess largely because they were spanked bare bottomed. Its just how it was done.

Guess slight submission element to it.

I would protest my innocence or mitigating circumstance right up to point bared and in position. From that point you admit defeat and instead focus effort on not crying and pretend that I did not give a crap about it.

I feel there are two reasons. First, there is the humiliation factor. Especially, if there is exposed red bottom corner time. Shame can be worse than the spanking. Second, is the effect. A hand striking a bare bum, flesh on flesh, is a psychological factor. That nice rich smacking sound is lost with any clothing covering.

To humiliate , embarrass , . It puts the person being spanked in a submissive position cooperating and accepting their fate. But most important it's so the giver can see how much damage is being inflicted, espically when using a belt or paddle . They see not too much damage is being inflicted.

To humiliate , embarrase , . It putes the person being spanked in a submissive position cooperating and accepting there faith . But most important , so they can see how much damage is being inflicted , espically when using a belt or paddel , so that not to much damage is inflicted.

All true, especially as you said to judge damage. Another thought, it prevented me from running out of the apartment to hide.

I concur with a lot of what's already been said - a bare bottom allows a more effective spanking with less effort on the part of the spanker, ability to monitor progress and not over-spank but, perhaps most importantly, it adds the vulnerability, humiliation and exposure that adds emotional impact to the punishment. Even though I was never spanked on the bare, nor spanked my own kids, I knew plenty of kids growing up for whom the primary mode of punishment was spankings on the bare. For my adult spanking partners, all those same reasons still apply but for those that are a bit 'spicier' than a punishment-only spanking there is the added arousal element that getting or giving a spanking on the bare provides.

So humiliating and embarrassing, especially having someone like a mom pulling your pants down and laying you across her knee, bottoms up for a spanking.

Haven't used spanking in a long time ( sort of off topic), but I can tell you that for lots of women, bare bottom spanking was an unforgettable experience (don't know about men), which became erotic over the years--so much so that it became their major fetish. As someone who's spanked a few adult females, I can say that the tactile enters very strongly into it. As far as kids, I don't know, because as a parent, I didn't like spanking my kids, though I deemed it necessary back then.

I have always thought the element was authority. You need authority over the miscreant to pull down or remove his shorts and pants and choose who sees the punishment and their nakedness. In my day it wasn't only parents but school teachers, scout masters even shopkeepers (if you had done wrong in their shop for example) and others. It also, when older, demonstrated that you were a child with childish behaviours and private parts that can be shown to those watching even though you felt you were 'grown up' and sometimes the evidence demonstrated that you were (physically!)

I think this really says it all. I remember a sociologist’s paper about shame, and how many punitive cultural practices (not only spanking... whippings; tarring and feathering; an 18th century Parisian penalty for adultery) have involved stripping a then-helpless person in public, and thereby reducing him or her to the status of an infant or young child... given that normally, only infants or young children can have their private parts shown in public. It’s one of the ultimate forms of humiliation.

I recall vividly an experience in which my Dad — who often spanked us at home — lost his temper as my brother and I were goofing around in the back seat, distracting him in heavy traffic. He told us that we had three seconds to settle down, or he was going to pull over to the side of the to road, pull us out of the car, pull down our pants "right in front of everyone" and spank us. (I was about 10 at the time, and my brother would have been 8.) And he clearly meant it.

We were both horrified, and didn't make a sound for the rest of the trip.

It was also clear that the main point wasn't the physical pain involved in the spanking. It was showing us who was boss by threatening us with public sexual humiliation.

My parents did it so they could See their work. But the most important part is to add embarrassment as a additional punishment. After I Hit Puberty embarrassment was the biggest punishment for me

First I think it hurts a lot more when bare bottomed then the dominance thing enters in and I also think it’s a more humiliating experience I believe humiliation and discipline go hand in hand .

Pants-down spanking is both embarrassing and childish and reminds the spanked kid that he or she is not a grown-up who can do as he wants, but only a young boy (or girl) who has to behave and obey parents and their rules. Spankings are intended to remind the punished kid of his/her subordinate status as a child and to underline parental control, and bare spankings do this more strongly. Being paced through an embarrassing and utterly juvenile ritual of a pants-down spanking and having to obediently comply with the punishment, is an object lesson in submission to parents and their authority.

Finally, pants-down spankings are more dramatic and shocking for a spanked kid, and produce a stronger impression and memory.

I was always spanked bare bottom growing up, and even as a tweenager not to mention as a teen later, spankings were a humbling punishment, always taking me a few good pegs down and totally deflating my pre-teen or young teenager ego, and turning me into a meek and docile cooperative boy trying to be extra-polite with my parents and well-behaved (for a time)

This sums up very well why bare bottom spankings worked so well on me, although like you I doubt parents put that much thought into all the aspects of it. But you can’t even pretend to be that macho, too big to obey your parents, cool kid when your pants are down for a spanking, and you are reduced to howls and tears from some parent or other authority figure slapping your butt. No other punishment reaches your psyche on that level and humbles you like that. It’s also very restorative feeling afterwards, because you feel back in your place instead of fighting to be your own man while still a growing boy.

I think most of the posters here have it right. It was definitely a matter of embarrassment and humiliation to go along with the discipline. You also got to know who was in charge. Another point is that the parent could see what the effects of the spanking were, and would reach a point where the visual told them that their kid had enough. My dad would spank sooner rather later, which meant that when he got home and I did something that would merit a spanking, it would be done right away, even if friends were present. When you are a teenager and get spanked in front of friends, there is not much that can be more embarrassing.

My parents were belt users and I believe my parents did it because they thought it increased the effectiveness of the spanking. It flat out stung a lot more on the bare ass than an ass covered with a pair of Levi's and underwear.

I don't remember getting spanked bare ass until 3rd or 4th grade. I was 10 or so. Prior to that it was always over whatever you were wearing. But the threat was always there. It just didn't happen until I was 10 or so and I remember it stinging so bad it sucked the air out of me for the first few swats. After that it was bare assed everytime but it made a serious impression and I didn't get spanked a lot for the next few years. Then 7th grade rolled around and I got more bare assed whoopings in 7th and 8th grade than I did in the previous 4 years.

Well in my dad's case he spanked my sister bare butt from age 13 to 19, because it turned him on sexually.

I think a lot of dad's do it bare ass for same reason, they just won't admit it

Thanks @Enemas4unme

I rest my case.

Well in my dad's case he spanked my sister bare butt from age 13 to 19, because it turned him on sexually.

I think a lot of dad's do it bare ass for same reason, they just won't admit it

That is the same for moms when they spank boys.

I guess for more effectiveness. I was spanked bare-bottomed mostly at home. It obviously always hurt more than over clothing. It was also embarrsssing.

My parents removed my clothes and spanked my bare bottom from the age of four until age nineteen when I moved out of the home. This was a common form of discipline by some parents in Los Angeles whose goal was to humble, control, and punish a child or teenager. Another goal was to teach obedience and rule governed behavior so that the child or teenager did not break laws, engage in drug abuse or alcohol abuse, and embarrass the family. I was less likely to run out of the room when I was naked, and the parent was able to intensify the level of pain and monitor for bruising when my bare bottom was disciplined. Some of my male friends reported to me that their parents removed their clothes and spanked them on the bare bottom. Spankings typically were done by hand or with a hairbrush, slipper, or belt. Teachers and administrators in the high school used large wooden paddles with holes in them to discipline students. I can remember the pain and embarrassment I felt when my bottom was paddled by a PE teacher in front of the class. Some of my high school buddies would rather accept a paddling at school than have a school official call their parents and report misbehavior because they knew that when they got home that their clothes would be removed and they would be spanked on the bare bottom.

I chose never to spank my child. I felt it only instilled in him that hitting equated to discipline. I chose to try and correct the bad behavior over physical attacks. There are many other ways to discipline a child than to strike them. We try to teach our children not to resort to violence to solve problems. I was never spanked as a child and have always been thankful. It taught me a good lesson and I am proud to have done the same.

I should also add that I do engage in occasional spankings today but purely for sexual arousal. As an adult I can rationalize the experience as painful, embarrassing, and sexual without relating it to a negative childhood experience by angry parents.

I was never spanked as a child and have always been thankful. It taught me a good lesson and I am proud to have done the same.

I agree with you, it I love hearing accounts of childhood and adolescent spankings—especially beltings.

This sums up very well why bare bottom spankings worked so well on me, although like you I doubt parents put that much thought into all the aspects of it. But you can’t even pretend to be that macho, too big to obey your parents, cool kid when your pants are down for a spanking, and you are reduced to howls and tears from some parent or other authority figure slapping your butt. No other punishment reaches your psyche on that level and humbles you like that. It’s also very restorative feeling afterwards, because you feel back in your place instead of fighting to be your own man while still a growing boy.

I agree with this spanking on bare buttocks brings the boy to the role of a child. In my childhood I hated it and asked many times not to have to lower my pants. But my mother did not agree, I always had to show my bare buttocks.

Now I think that was right. If a boy behaves like a child breaking the rules and regulations he must feel like a child. That's how I felt in my childhood. When I was growing up, I considered myself an adult. Suddenly this adult felt like a small child. I was very ashamed of it and I didn't understand it at the time. It did not embarrass me that my mother saw me naked when when I dressed or washed. However, showing my buttocks for spanking was humiliating for me. I think it is a good experience for a child if the punishment is right and in moderation. Shame complements the fear and pain that are part of the punishment.

I had not been spanked many times bare-bottomed, maybe overall 6-8 times, between age 12 and 16, but I know one important thing: a belt is MUCH more painful on bare! Wooden implements feel only slightly worse, but leather... it's a whole new level of pain if applied on bare. And since spanker can see effects of the belt, she/he can spank longer without being afraid of making horrible welts.

As my parents use to say I am not spanking your pants they did nothing wrong. I also think it was how they were spanked and adds to the ritual.

It hurts more and it's more embarrassing and therefore, a better deterrent.

I used to get spanked bare bottomed in front of whoever was around. When Mom was determined to spank me I couldn't always prevent it, but believe me if there was any possible way to avoid it by behaving myself, I would.

For the quick swats on my behind I got, if I didn’t have pants on, I definitely felt it more, but I never had my bottom bared intentionally to be spanked. However, having witnessed friends, classmates, or just other kids I didn’t know, getting this type of spanking, I think it was for the more direct contact, but also equally as much for the embarrassment and humiliation. Certainly seemed that way when this was happening in front of others, probably more so than the pain. I think, as is evidenced so many times on this site, having your pants down in front of others, that stayed with you much more than the actual spankings.

While I was bathing on one occasion when I was about 12 years old, someone meanwhile called my mother on the phone to tell her I had done a great stupid thing, as soon as I left the bathroom I only had a towel my mother hit me in the face and told me I was not ashamed what I did, at first I didn't know what it was about but then she told me and hit me one more time, my towel fell off and I was naked in front of her it was very uncomfortable I had an erection I don't even know why because it wasn't pleasantly, she took a stick and hit me 3 times on the buttocks and drove me to her room, later it turned out I wasn't guilty and she apologized to me for being me.

Why does someone always have to interject how great they think they are for not spanking their kids into these threads? It’s seriously annoying. That has nothing to do with “why do parents spank bare bottom?”

My father never spanked me and my sister clothed or unclothed with the exception of a swat or 2 over over our clothes when we were little. Mom on the other hand almost always spanked sis and I bare bottom over her lap. One day after she had warmed my bottom for sassing her, I asked why she always took sis and my panties down every time she spanked us. Her answer was very simple "that's how your grandma spanked me and that is how I am always going to spank you and your sister".

It hurts a lot more than over clothes