In a dormitory in Romania, serious bare-bottom pain for a young man being initiated into a sports team. Karen was on her tummy. She was sniffing now, not crying, and trying to understand the lovely feeling she has in her most intimate area, as she gently pushes up and down on the bed, her bright red bobbing up and down, which she can see, in the mirror, if she looks over. Which of course she does… Murmurs and a few stifled giggles ran around the room. Every girl knew what that meant. So too did the teachers.

For example, rather than being paddled, students who damage school property might discuss their behavior with adults and other students involved and then contribute to repairing the property. Now she had a vehicle for her pride. She had always been proud of her daughter, a bright intelligent daughter. Not many from the village had got into Grammer School in recent years. She knew that a lot of her peers in the W.I. Would be saying that very night…”I hear Karen got into Grammer school, she deserves it, her Mummy will be so proud.” Singapore: TV news broadcast from April 1994 on the vandalism case involving Michael Fay but also, shown speaking here, 17-year-old Andy Shiu Chi Ho, who was to be caned (6 strokes) two months after this appearance. A principal in another part of Missouri is found to have done no wrong in administering a paddling about which the student's mother complained.Some places not least over here do have actual adult school boy (and girl) classes run typically at weekends although I'd sugge st doing some research first as to exactly what's on offer if it might appeal. It's no t uncommon with co nsent for them to feature corp oral and non-corporal punishment which is something some do look for and to which as far as I'm concerned is fine if that's your thing. Canada, "the machine" into which prisoners were secured for paddling in Ontario provincial institutions, 1950s (clear computer-generated b/w drawing from the photograph) Corporal punishment was avoided with the bigger boys, and Brigson had never undergone it before. At the first stroke he writhed and yelled; at the second he retreated, twisting like a serpent, and blubbering like a baby; at the third he flung himself on his knees, and, as the strokes fell fast, clasped Mr. Rose's arm, and implored and besought for mercy.

Malaysia: Phua Seng Tiong, award-winning school principal, advocates caning but says the student must agree to it, 2006 Canada: prisoners in yard after riot, shortly before ringleaders flogged, 1952 (poor-quality photo) Indonesia (Aceh): road sign warning transgressors against Islamic law that they will be caned, c.2007Two brothers were paddled for chronic tardiness to school. Their father supports CP but believes the swats were excessive. The elder boy, 17, talks about his punishment. TV news report from Oct 2009. USA: Torbert, Mrs Ann, mother of Tamara May Torbert (q.v.), shown with belt she used to punish daughter in school principal's office, 1977 United Kingdom: artist's impression of a senior Approved School (reformatory) inmate being officially caned, c.1960s

United Kingdom: TV news item about the European Court of Human Rights ruling in the Scottish tawse case (1982). Wh at I come down hard on is where it seems the entire point of attending is to get a spanking and most of the time is taken up with that rather in British terms being a re-run of a pre 1987 class where you would only if you break clear and usually serious rules while actually studying to a syllabus with tests. Given the negative effects of corporal punishment and the risk that bans alone could lead to increased suspensions in schools with more minority students, how should educators and policymakers approach the issue? South Korea: trousers-down caning for two soldiers, possibly real but could be a scene from a fictional filmA posed reconstruction of a child being spanked is shown over a phone interview in French with a psychologist who helped devise the spanking lessons for parents.

Singapore: posed picture on book cover purportedly reconstructing caning of Michael Fay (inaccurate), 1994 Canada: Sequence of real-life pictures of a teen boy bending over for a paddling at private boarding school, 1974 (also video clips)

Judicial CP

Canada, "the machine" into which prisoners were secured for paddling in Ontario provincial institutions, 1950s (poor-quality photograph) A formidable no nonsense women. Her standing in the community was the fuel that drove her on. At Christmas she probably had to do without, to provide a lovely Christmas for her daughter. She was the woman you went to to get something done, Tombolas, Raffles, Carol Concerts to name a few. In short, she was a very much loved and respected member of the village community. New Zealand: Benson-Pope, David, Education Minister, was a teacher in 1980s, at centre of belated allegations of excessive canings, 2005 The spit in her mouth had gone, her knees went weak as she saw Mummy swell before her taking a deep breath. Her eyebrow lifted and vanished beneath her fringe. She sat down, and opened the envelope. Cameron, David, British Prime Minister 2010-2016, pictured age c.11 in 1970s when he was punished at prep school with clothes brush