"His Cheeks Were Like Roses"

I was having an online chat recently with someone who was brought up under the ministrations of a paternal hairbrush on bare bottom. In answer to her question, I offered a thought that has been percolating for a long time in my own fantasies – that a non-Draconian belt spanking can be more effective for some people.

My thinking is as follows:

• The belt is a scary sight, whether hung in the house where it can be seen or whether slowly being unfurled from dad’s  trouser loops.
• The sound of it cracking across an innocent bare bottom is punishment in itself and usually is heard a millisecond before the lit fire is actually felt.
• It is usually the last weapon in a parent’s arsenal, and the threat of it – at least for me as a child – was enough to enforce obedience.
• It typically requires a bed or couch for best application, and it graduates the recipient from childish over-the-lap hand spankings to something that will cause a miscreant to become instantly accountable and eventually less like to repeat the same offense.
• Because of its potential to be seen as an instrument of abuse (think, “whipping” or “flogging”), a decent administrator will apply slower and with more care than a brush, which can be brought down way too easily and hard in an otk position.
• Finally, and I am open to hearing commentary to the contrary, I think a fairly administered licking with a belt, which conforms to the shape of the bottom it is kissing  is  less painful than the unyielding cracks and thuds of a wooden brush or paddle.  A belt may leave red stripes – appropriate for the season! – but in my experience they fade faster than the imprint of a brush or paddle.

Again, these are just my thoughts, and experts are welcome to comment. And this is, of course, just an introduction to a series of photos that may clarify the pros and cons.