As a boy, I became deeply fascinated by spanking. My parents were not the spanking type, although my sister has said that Dad did once smack her when she was younger. I believe that single event led to a discussion between my parents, who decided not to spank again.
By contrast, I was intrigued and excited by portrayals of spanking in book and comics (common back then), with my secondary school dictionary well thumbed on the pages defining ‘spank’ and ‘punishment’.