One of the interesting aspects of reading ‘spanking literature’ is to note the differences in the language that different people use to describe ‘incidents’ and the manner of speech of chastiser and chastisee.
Growing up in Scotland in the 50s and 60s, it is quite surprising to just consider how central an aspect of life physical discipline was. Smacking really was an everyday thing – not that everybody got smacked every day, but it would be a rare day that would pass when you did not encounter somebody who had just been smacked, or was going to get it, or who spoke about it in some way.