Mouth washed out with soap

DrC i can't describe it but i can still remember the taste was nasty 60 years later

DrC i can't describe it but i can still remember the taste was nasty 60 years later

Ohhhh ok 👍🏽👍🏽

From the many answers here, it seems this punishment was deemed appropriate for swearing and using profanity.

So, I wonder, how many reformed their ways and never swore again after having their mouths washed with soap? How well did the punishment really work?

Question for those who got their mouth washed out with soap…what does ivory taste like???

Horrible, simply horrible!!!

Horrible, simply horrible!!!

😌 How long did you have to keep it in your mouth?.

From the many answers here, it seems this punishment was deemed appropriate for swearing and using profanity.

So, I wonder, how many reformed their ways and never swore again after having their mouths washed with soap? How well did the punishment really work?

On me it was ok like 80/20, I hated the idea of getting smacked in the mouth. Thinking about it I would of chose the ivory soap over getting a hand to the mouth. I knew if l was gonna use profanity. It would be when none of the adults were present.

I knew if l was gonna use profanity. It would be me when none of the adults were present.

There you go.

This kind of punishment doesn't really correct behavior. It mainly makes kids more sneaky and secretive.

@agracier…and maybe a bit more creative!!??!!

😌 How long did you have to keep it in your mouth?.On me it was ok iike 80/20, I hated the idea of getting smacked in the mouth. Thinking about it i would of chose the ivory soap over getting a hand to the mouth. I knew if l was gonna use profanity. It would be me when none of the adults were present.

About 5 minutes!

There you go.

This kind of punishment doesn't really correct behavior. It mainly makes kids more sneaky and secretive.

I guess…but I never ran my mouth too much. A few did slip out. That wasn't as big of a deal as talking back…that was and still is a no-no to ths day.

About 5 minutes!

Did it sting or burn or was it just the aweful taste?…sorry if I get too “questiony”. Since I didn't have it done I need to ask questions.

I guess…but I never ran my mouth too much. A few did slip out. That wasn't as big of a deal as talking back…that was and still is a no-no to ths day.Did it sting or burn or was it just the aweful taste?…sorry if I get too “questiony”. Since I didn't have it done I need to ask questions.

No problem, DrC! It was an awful yucky taste!

No problem, DrC! It was an awful yucky taste!

👍🏽👍🏽😄, Okie dokie then

I haven't had that but my mom threatened me with it a few times when I would talk back or say some bad word when I was young.

No, I never had this done. I didn't run my mouth enough. I mean, no more than any other normal kid. I was actually one of the better-behaved kids in my family. I didn't really do anything that the average kid didn't do. Of course, I got into fights with my sister, called her stupid and stuff. I never, ever swore (first time I remember swearing in front of my parents, I was maybe 19 and I was super super tired). My dad said, “Your breath stinks" and I said, “No sh*t.” That was the only time…so, I don't think I was in a position where I would've ever needed it but even if I was, I don't think my parents were the type to do that.

No, I never had this done. I didn't run my mouth enough. I mean, no more than any other normal kid. I was actually one of the better-behaved kids in my family. I didn't really do anything that the average kid didn't do. Of course, I got into fights with my sister, called her stupid and stuff. I never, ever swore (first time I remember swearing in front of my parents, I was maybe 19 and I was super super tired). My dad said, “Your breath stinks" and I said, “No sh*t.” That was the only time…so, I don't think I was in a position where I would've ever needed it but even if I was, I don't think my parents were the type to do that.

Hi, Southern and Sassy, I think had I sworn in front of my parents at 19 I would just about have escaped a mouth soaping or spanking! Mind you, My Mom would probably have said something like; “Young Man, you are not too old to go over my knee and then have your mouth washed out with soap and water”!!!! Or my Father would have said; “Now look here, Boy, your not too old for a licking”!!!! LOL

Never experienced mouth soaping. It looks disgusting, I fear that I would throw up.

I've never really had this, but I've wondered how different it would be with a squirt of liquid soap, as opposed to the bar.

I can't say that I've ever had my mouth washed out with soap, but I can say the idea of doing it to someone else is fun. Few things in life are hotter than a grown woman being treated like a naughty child. I have, however, tasted the Irish Spring, just to see whether I felt it would be appropriate to do to someone else. It wasn't that bad. I feel as though it is more about the event as a whole, anyway: seat her in a chair in the middle of the room, give her a brief lecture, have her open up and stick out her tongue, wash her mouth with the soap, have her bite down and hold the bar in her mouth for a bit (she can nod when you ask her if she's learned her lesson).

On a side note, I've also heard from multiple sources that liquid soap is pretty nasty. I'm a traditionalist--if I had my druthers I'd stick to the bar. Then it is just a matter of what crime deserves the soap punishment. Foul language is the most common offense, but I would feel a bit like a hypocrite if I were to use such language myself… odd that this is the only part of this that bothers me, lol. Anyway, other offenses could include lying, or too many negative comments about herself.

I just read through this thread with an erection, thinking back on the humiliation of mouth washing. My sin was lying which more often than not true. I didn’t lie but my sisters sure did just to laugh at my punishments.

Like others here the soap was a bar of ivory wetted down and ground into my teeth. Bare ass spanked if I resisted with a wet hand. I was reduced to tears before it even started most of the time. You could hear a pin drop in the rest of the house with occasional giggles from my sisters. I wasn’t allowed to brush or rinse for varying amounts of time, and always paraded out to the living room with drool down the front of me & tears freely flowing down my cheeks.

I was told at least once that I could brush after I stopped crying like a little baby. I hated my mother for this humiliating treatment, and for always not believing me. The brushing probably made it worse since it didn’t remove the embedded soap, instead it was reactivated. And of course my sisters yelling that “Mikey has a boner” was super embarrassing, which was all too frequent during these punishments. I guess it’s the brain function to sexualize the torment & humiliation to lessen the impact.

Thankfully I did not have my mouth washed with soap. That's a million times more abusive than spanking. Thankfully, when I lied or used inappropriate language I had my dad's leather slipper on my bare bottom. I don't care what anyone says, that is nowhere near as abusive as the soap treatment.

Would love to have my mouth washed out and given a good spanking

I never got it as a kid, but I was threatened with it once. I had uttered a bunch of swear words. Mom demanded to know where I learned to talk like that and threatened to wash my mouth out. I told her "from You" Dad never swore. She knew it was true and it was the only time I said something that shut her up. She didn't carry that threat out and I think she did ultimately find that it was a bit funny.

When my dad heard me swearing (age 14) he called me inside, sent me to my room and gave me a bare-bottom spanking with a leather slipper as usual. None of this soap treatment.

I had my mouth washed out with soap once, and smacked on my mouth a couple of times. I used the Lord's name in vain...

That's far more abusive than my dad's way of punishing me.

Oh man, this happened to me only once. I was pretty smart mouthy growing up, but I get it from my momma. 😏🤷‍♀️

I was probably around 8 or 9 when it happened. My mom put a bar of soap in my mouth. Well, it tasted like soap. What can I say? The moral point was she was literally and figuratively cleaning out my mouth. Wasn't pleasant, and it never happened again, not for lack of rebellion on my part haha, she just never did it again.

How things are similar around the world. Mom had threatened to do so a few times when rude words were spoken, but she always preferred the soap enema as punishment for such transgressions.

I am curious who had their mouth washed out as a kid? What was the experience? Was it really awful?

I did by my maternal grandmother getting caught saying dirty words .... I think I was in6th grade. The unpleasant residual taste of ivory soap was I believe the point...!

I got my mouth washed out quite often as a youngster, especially if I had been using profane language and my parents found out about it. I still use Ivory soap to this day, but to wash with rather than clean out my mouth!

Got lucky. never got caught running my foul mouth. to this day I don't think a bar of soap would have done any good.