In “Pros and cons of School CP” Ketta wrote, “this emotive subject is so taboo… you are made to feel a sense of guilt, uncomfortable just in general conversation.”

I know what Ketta means, I think. I am unable to discuss corporal punishment with anyone because I feel guilty about my interest in it.

Some time ago I was at a social gathering with a few friends and one of the women mentioned that she would be looking after her young nieces for a week while her sister went on holiday. She said that she had very little experience of caring for children and hoped they would be well behaved, otherwise she feared she would not be able to cope. “Oh, it’s easy,” said another woman, “if they play you up, you just put them over your knee and smack their bottoms.”

This led to a discussion about how to discipline children, and being childless, I did not feel obliged, or qualified, to join in, so I just sat there feeling slightly uncomfortable. Unfortunately, the conversation then turned to corporal punishment in schools, a subject I do know something about and have an interest in. Two of the men said they had been caned at school and one of the women told us that at her school girls did not get the cane, but instead were whacked with a slipper. One of the more extrovert men, who obviously had an interest in the subject and did not mind who knew it, asked the woman if she herself had been slippered, and how it had been done. She showed no embarrassment when she told us that she had been slippered by the senior mistress on just one occasion. The punishment was administered with her bending over a chair with her skirt raised, so that she got the three whacks on her navy blue knickers.

I remained silent throughout all this, although I felt myself getting rather hot. I was pleased when the conversation moved away from the subject and onto careers advice at school and could again join in.

I felt guilty and embarrassed that I could not contribute to a conversation which the others, apart from the one extrovert man, saw as a bit of light-hearted banter.

Ketta, can you identify with this?

I'm surprised she mentioned the colour of her knickers!!!! Are you certain about this, Kit?

As Steve M would say, a certain giveaway.

Like many women, she was adept at manipulating men. Previous to the conversation about punishment, the extrovert man had been openly flirting with her and she had encouraged him. The mention of the colour of her underwear at school was just a continuation of her leading him on, hence her lack of embarrassment.

The school uniform may have included the colour of her knickers,
Otherwise she may have picked a colour from the traditional
White, bottle green, or the one picked navy blue.

Always provided she wasn't STILL wearing the navy blue knickers as she said there making Kit perspire!

I think Kit might be advised to ask next time:any clearly-intended mixiness has a clear remedy to be offered.


Steve M

You wicked, cruel hoodlum, Steve M! How could you possibly suggest laying a finger (or the palm of your hand) on a defenceless member of the weaker sex! It must be that S London influence coming out!

Kit

You post

Ketta, can you identify with this?


Identify having a group conversation about school discipline amongst mixed gender and feeling embarrassed……….. No problem with this even off forum .

Or are you referring to the description of the girls punishment. If I’m not wrong A few subtle changes here , information from two different posts merged suddenly a description of a school punishment that suddenly develops a sexual element ??

Why do I get the impression this is not a genuine post and someone is taking the P**s.

And you men wonder why women shun away from discussing their experiences of the past with you, top shelf magazines, the internet full of consenting adults portrayed as school girls in compromising positions says it all,

To show an interest in this subject you are perceived by the majority to be fetish weird or something else, especially if you’re female.

As Henry Ford once said you can have em in any colour you like providing it’s Black, sexy eh

Kit if you are a genuine poster I apologise for my scepticism

Ketta