Public spanking

Here in Argentina in the 90s, spankings were used in front of everyone in the classroom, spanking with a wooden stick or plastic ruler on clothing. In the nun schools it was stricter. My question is if they used the same method in the United States or Europe?

In the US instructors would be terminated for touching a student in any way. It has been decades since discipline methods as you mentioned have been practiced. Best guess would be late 1970s, maybe early 1980s were the last period of time such methods were tolerated. Hope that helps.

I grew up in the 50's and 60's/ Never happened and I never heard of anyone getting spanked at school. My piano teacher Nun rapped my knuckles lightly with a a ruler when I made a mistake. Closest thing to corporal I remember.

I think in Europe it was not common in the schools or even public. However there are always exceptions. We observed in our school when a boy were spanked by a teacher for some serious wrongdoing. Having spent several years all over in the Middle East the experience is very different. In some countries corporate punishment still practiced and you can listen sad stories of family abuse as well. One of my close friend told me during a general discussion, that she was spanked by her mom and grandma at home, in front of her brothers, father and a few other men who were present. She was stripped off from her clothes and got beaten with a belt. 😢

@maria_fetish I went to Catholic School and the nuns were very proficient with the use of a yardstick on my bottom.

Bob

My first grade teacher paddled students over her lap in front of the whole class. After first grade, almost all paddling was done in the hallway with another teacher as a witness and the door left slightly ajar so the class could hear but not see. I did see a few people after that paddled in front of the class while bent over the desk, but not many.

I grew up in Argentina, and I was never spanked, saw or even heard of anybody getting spanked at school, and this was in the 60s and early 70s, so I call BS on it!

Paddling is actually allowed in 18 states in the USA as of 2020. Here in Canada, use of a rubber strap on the palms was permitted until a 2004 court decision, but had generally petered out by the early 80's. It was most often administered in the office or nurse's room, in later years ; but classroom and hallway strappings were still common " pour encourager les autres".

( as an example) Many of us developed our interest in BDSM from an early introduction to the strap, even though it was extremely painful and frightening at the time

Back in the early 1950's public spanking did take place. I would say they were NOT common, but I saw in total less than 10. In my second grade class the teacher announce that she had gotten permission for some of the parents to spank their children after school if they misbehaved in class. My friend and I were all ears as seeing others get spanked always interested us.

In the 60's, spanking in the high school and junior high school classroom was not common but I observed both boys and girls receive a few swats from the teacher(s) in the classroom. It was embarrassing for both the student being spanked and for the rest of the class. There were visible tears on the faces of the recipients. Hard to imagine anything like that would be tolerated today, and for good reason.

Here in Canada, use of a rubber strap on the palms was permitted until a 2004 court decision, but had generally petered out by the early 80's. It was most often administered in the office".

In my small school it was used as long as I attended 1979-1988, although only a few times a year at most in a school population of about 90.

In the 60's, spanking in the high school and junior high school classroom was not common but I observed both boys and girls receive a few swats from the teacher(s) in the classroom. It was embarrassing for both the student being spanked and for the rest of the class. There were visible tears on the faces of the recipients. Hard to imagine anything like that would be tolerated today, and for good reason.

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I grew up in the 50s left high school in the early 60s. By the time I got to high school, whatever spanking may have been done there earlier had ceased. In Jr. High (Grades 7-9), however, there was one shop teacher who acted as the disciplinarian and each year he made a paddle. At the end of the day, offending students bent over his desk, (fully attired in pants or skirt) and received the required number of swats based on the infraction. The student then signed the paddle (my signature was on there once). At the end of the school year, he varnished the paddle and it hung along the walls of his mechanical drawing classroom. By the time my sisters entered the school five years later, he had retired, and so had that practice.

My schools in the US 1980’s, no, never saw or heard of anyone getting corporal punishment. My own daydreams of certain female classmates getting spanked bare bottom, that’s the closest it came!

I went to Catholic elementary school, grades 6, 7, & 8, many decades ago. The Supreme Commander of the classroom was the nun, who you referred to as "Sister". For whatever reason, if Sister did not like something you did, you were punished with slaps, kicks in the shin, hard bound book slammed over your head, hit with the ruler, and lets not forget that long pointer with the rubber tip. There was no such thing as telling her "my parents will take you to court'. We were required to wear uniforms daily. My shirts we so starched and bleached that one day the nun reached out and grabbed me cause I was running in the hall and my shirt disintegrated in the her hand. I came home with the collar since the neck tie was attached to it, and part of the left sleeve. The was no telling mom what happened cause then you'd get the "Wait till you father gets home, boy are you gonna get it" speech. It was a lot easier to say we were playing in the school yard and I fell. Living with the nuns beating you up, was a daily occurrence and I may add; it was not something only reserved for boys only.

I must say that my drill sergeant in Boot Camp couldn't even come close to "Sister", in the making you miserable department. Then again; the sergeant didn't have eves behind his head.

I took piano lessons from a nun. She used a ruler to correct my mistakes. I hated her and music development after that. Catholic bitch. Frustrated cunt!

I'm in the Netherlands and over here, spanking was banned from schools in the 50's, so I never witnessed “public spankings”. However, in my childhood, spanking was a common punishment. And it happened occasionally, that I entered a friend's house and she or one of her siblings were disciplined in the living room. Or it happened in their own bedroom, but you could hear it happening. Especially at the house of one friend I had. Her parents were strict Christians, and they “didn't spare the rod”, so to speak 😃 Sometimes you could hear one of their kids being spanked, when we were playing outside. It was a normal thing. Still, it was exciting as well.

Catholic school mostly through the 70s for me, and very early 80s, spent 9 years. Corporal punishment was allowed and frequent. Mother Superior, the head cunt, I mean Sister, was an ugly, huge nun who ruled the school. She had a 2 in thick 3 to 4 inch wide paddle with holes. Some of the boy's butt saw it, but few girls as I recall.

The nuns would do whatever they wanted, kick, punch, swat, use a ruler etc. I now understand they were frustrated bitches that were given the “bait and switch”. “Marry Jesus and your life will be fulfilled”. That was the pitch when they tried to groom us into the convent.

The truth was the were stuck, teaching us brats. But, they still were the biggest assholes going.

I went to Catholic school and they did paddle kids when you screwed up. I don't recall anyone getting paddled in front of the class or in a hallway. If you were going to be paddled you were taken into to the principles office, the door was shut and you had to bend over her desk.

She made boys drop their pants but not your underwear and girls had to lift their skirts. I find that odd in a school situation.

They also didn't paddle kids that often. It definately happened but you had to really screw up to get paddled.

I went to Texas public schools in the ‘60s and early’70s. Most of the teachers in my junior high school (Grades 7 through 9) paddled. Some female teachers would send boys to male teachers for paddlings but students were always subject to the paddle. Most of the teachers paddled in the hallway or after school but there were some that did it right in front of the class. I had one teacher that not only paddled in front of the class but also made the recipient bend over her desk with their head up facing the class so their classmates could see their expressions. Needless to say, she didn't have to paddle very often.

I can relate to what tuxedo posted about Catholic school. I went to Catholic elementary school for 8 years during the 60's and 70's and everything he wrote was right on the mark. Let me tell you that the nuns I had were brutal. I can't say that all of them were like that, because there were a few that were very nice and treated us well. However, the ones that weren't nice were horrible. They would pull your hair, slap you, punch you in your back and drag you out of line if they caught you talking. The yardstick and rulers also were very real and you learned not to cross them if you knew what was good for you. It happened to me a few times and it was mostly for talking in class or not knowing the answer to a problem. That was mostly in the upper grades. When I was in the lower grades, paddles and an occasional spanking were given. I was given an otk spanking by the principle once for being late for class. I wrote about that experience in one of my previous posts here. Today none of this would ever happen, and that's a good thing for sure.

Growing up in the 80’s and 90’s, my mom was not afraid at all to spank me in public. Grocery store, mall, a friends house… it didn’t matter. I even think one time, a stranger offered my mom use of her brush in her purse! Mothers back then definitely had each other’s back.

60s & 70s My mom talked to the principal about not spanking me. She told her to leave the spanking to her. Mom always used a thick belt or my English crop on my bare ass till It wouldn't stop crying. There was times where both the school and mom whipped me Soo often it hurt less because it was callused.

At school, spankings were given (semi) privately for the most part. Teachers took the miscreant out into the hall to paddle them. Principals paddled in their offices, behind closed doors, although a witness was sometimes present. The exception was our high school PE teacher. He spanked misbehaving boys in the locker room in front of all the other boys in the class.

I got spanking in public.

When i was out of home and i deserved à spanking my Dad spanked me where we was.

I had to strip and i got a wooden spoon or the paddle

@Mr-S wrote: "In the US instructors would be terminated for touching a student in any way. It has been decades since discipline methods as you mentioned have been practiced. Best guess would be late 1970s, maybe early 1980s were the last period of time such methods were tolerated. Hope that helps."

Sorry, but you are absolutely wrong about this. Paddling in public schools in the U.S. is still permitted in a number of states in the U.S. School CP is also not banned in any private school in any state except 3 (New Jersey, Iowa, and Maryland).

Many states provide certain regulations regarding the administration of a paddling in school but in states that permit paddling, its use is left up to the particular school district. Students from grades Kindergarten through Grade 12 are subject to being paddling in such states (although some states allow parent to opt out their students from a paddling). Even students in Grade 12 who have reached the age of 18 or more are subject to a paddling if enrolled in school.

While paddling may have been allowed to be conducted in public in years gone by. I cannot think of a single state that does not require that paddling now be conducted in private out of the view or hearinf of other students. Many states also require that the paddling be done by a person of the same gender as the student and that a same-gendered witness be present when the student is paddled.

I went to school in Texas in the 90's and several of my high school classmates preferred "swats" to detention (I guess we could choose?) because detention meant staying after school and your parents would find out you got in trouble whereas swats were done during school and your parents didn't have to be notified.

Why did they use the word "swats"? Did they think they were a swarm of wasps waiting to be killed one by one with a rolled-up newspaper? That's the imagery the word "swats" brings to mind. My dad didn't like me using an aerosol to spray wasps, he used to say "Swat it!", but he never once used the word "swat" in a spanking context. Never once did he say "You do that again and I'll swat you". He would say things like "You do that again and I'll smack you" or "You do that again and I'll spank you" or "You do that again and you'll get my slipper on your bare bottom", but never any such threat with the word "swat" in it. So why does it seem to be commonly used on the Internet, especially in an era when spanking is becoming increasingly taboo?

but never any such threat with the word "swat" in it. So why does it seem to be commonly used on the Internet, especially in an era when spanking is becoming increasingly taboo?

English comes in many local variants. Often with small differences being common to specific geographical areas.

So I suppose Americans like to use the word swat and British prefer the word smack.

This is like discussing why Americans have trunks in their cars and the British have boots. Who really cares as long as we understand each other?

These are imponderables that should occupy the musings of tenured professors of language at lofty universities.

Growing up in the 80’s and 90’s, my mom was not afraid at all to spank me in public. Grocery store, mall, a friends house… it didn’t matter. I even think one time, a stranger offered my mom use of her brush in her purse! Mothers back then definitely had each other’s back.

I usually got it without witnesses. However, it happened once that I was spanked at my mother's friend's house. It was semi-public - corporal punishment was administered in a room without witnesses. But a woman, my mother's friend, knew I was going to get a beating and heard my screams.

You're right that mothers helped each other back then. A request for access to the apartment in order to administer corporal punishment to a child was normal. My mother asked for it, saying she had to spank me and she didn't want to put it off. The woman said that she understood the situation and that it was no problem. I was very embarrassed about it. The only bright side was that it was just me and my mom in the room.

My parents never spanked me in public, they were the "Just you wait till we get home" type.