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Most of our site is about corporal punishment as an enacted fantasy. This section is about whipping, flogging and the like in the real world. It deals with historical information on the more important punishment instruments, the way punishments were delivered, and other information about corporal punishment in the past or present we found interesting. If you are interested in punishment instruments, see also our Flogging Instruments Dictionary
The instruments An account of the most common flogging istruments and its use
The birch An all times flogging classic.
The cane The famous English instrument for caning pupils.
The cat o'nine tails I The naval whip for whipping as a corporal punishment
The cat o'nine tails II The Army and Judicial punishment instrument
The gaucho whips The whips of the gaucho: rebenque, arreador, lagarto
The knout The classic Russian whip for judicial and domestic punishment
The martinet The traditional French implement for dusting kids' legs.
The paddle The instrument favored by US parents and teachers.
The pizzle, the severe bull's penis whip
The sjambok The terrible South African whip, widely used for judicial and domestic whippings, felt by slaves, political adversaries, wives and children
The tawse The favorite Scottish strap, for strapping at school and at home.
Bastinado and falaka Flogging on the feet as a punishment.
Flogging in Roma The ferula, scutica and flagrum and whippings in Ancient Roma
Whippings in England The use of the whip for judicial punishments in England
How many? How many lashes were actually given at school, at the military or for judicial punishments?
Flogging for Christmas
The old European tradition of flogging kids for Christmas
Therapeutic floggings Even today, floggings are proposed a s a cure for illness.
The pomlazka The Czech Easter Monday girl whipping festival
The Mardi Gras Chase Children flogging in Louisiana
Other flogging festivals The Mardi Gras courir whippings, the Sharo/Shadi festival in Nigeria.
Hamer initiation Flogging Hamer girls in Ethiopia.
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