Not sure if I agree with the woman having to be naked but I understand it does add more discomfort and embarrassment to the punishment. They’re probably referring to Proverbs 13:24 which reads, “Those who spare the rod hate their children, but those who love them are diligent to discipline them.

And, sadly, harsh spanking has been correlated with a physical decrease in gray matter within children’s brains.If you use this tool you’ve got a form of correction which gives an intense pain but it nevertheless leaves no marks that don’t disappear in about one day. He says I’m a grown woman and my butt can take a lot and that if he just gave me a few “paddy cakes” I wouldn’t learn anything. These rhetorical devices serve the purpose of highlighting degree of importance, and it takes careful consideration to discern just how literal of a read we should be applying to any given verse. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) like bullying, spanking, sexual violence, and the like significantly and negatively impact us.

Jane was brought up in a very strict home where bare bottom spankings with a strap was used regularly, while your father’s method of correction was, in my opinion with no disrespect, not at all adequate.This year, the American Psychological Association issued a strongly worded statement about corporal punishment warning of the danger of “increases in children’s behavior problems, even after controlling for race, gender and family socioeconomic status. In fact, as one meditates on it, one find that just about the whole Bible deals with a lack of discipline, the consequences thereof and the Lord’s dealings with it – from the garden of Eden through to Revelations. I had to take 3 tablespoons of castor oil, 15 minute cornertime, the leather paddle, 10 minute cornertime, the rubber strap, 10 minute corner time, then the dreaded wooden paddle, and 20 minutes cornertime. I do NOT need a verse that says “it’s okay to spank a wife” and more than I need a verse for every single thing I do. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.