When I attended secondary school in the early 1970s I was caned by my form mistress when I was in third year. There was detention every Thursday for an hour after school for girls whose names were entered in the detention book during the previous week. Teachers could put girls names in this book as a punishment. My English teacher put my name in the book on a Wednesday because I did not have my homework done and did not have the correct textbook in class. I did not turn up for detention. The following morning the form mistress came to my classroom holding a cane. She called me outside and brought me to a cloakroom at the end of the corridor. She then gave me two strokes on each hand. A stroke of this cane really hurt. Cameron, David, British Prime Minister 2010-2016, pictured age c.11 in 1970s when he was punished at prep school with clothes brush Sir -- I have read the letter of "M.C." and I believe it to be true. I am home on holiday from a boarding school, where I was severely caned by the headmistress for not having my work done; I was stripped and given ten strokes. I have still some marks, which do not appear to be going away. I am ashamed to go to my doctor about them. My headmistress punishes for the slightest thing, and many a girl was left sore by her. Could this treatment not be stopped? I am 18 years of age, and I dread the thought of returning to this school next month.

Set in a tough working-class environment of 1970s Glasgow, various scenes depict the liberal use of corporal punishment in the protagonist's (John McGill) catholic school. In one, a boy and two girls are strapped on their palms by the headmaster; in another, John is similarly punished by his teacher. [28]Set in the Happy Valley region of colonial Kenya and Uganda in the 1940s, the 15 year-old protagonist is severely caned on multiple occasions. [10] S2, Ep.17 'Troublemaker': The ill-tempered school master Mr. Applewood hits Laura's hands with a ruler for passing notes in class. Later, when Laura refuses to rat out the student who dumped his bag, Mr. Applewood suspects the innocent Laura and threatens to severely beat her in front of the class. He is about to cane her, when he is interrupted by Laura's father just in time. [2] Botswana: Motshwane, Paul, President of Gerald Estates Customary Court, defends judicial flogging as best punishment for mischievous young men, 2004

Sore Bottoms for Two: With the end of year examinations approaching, Gary decides to bunk off school for the day and heads over to meet up with girlfriend, Vivien, at the nearby girls' grammar school. At break time they are caught kissing and cuddling by Mrs Rodgers, the history teacher. Both are brought before the headmistress and made to bend over for twelve very painful strokes with her supple two-tailed leather strap. Part of the Hornblower TV series. A seaman turned thief is punished by being forced to run the gauntlet.

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Canada, "the machine" into which prisoners were secured for paddling in Ontario provincial institutions, 1950s (artist's impression in colour) US Virgin Islands: Teachers demonstrating in protest against the prospect of no longer being allowed to use corporal punishment, 2010 Corpun file 7213 at www.corpun.com Dublin Evening Mail, 10 August 1937 To-day's Letters To The Editor "Spanked" United States, huge joke paddle wielded by principal of a high school in Ohio for posed picture, 1970 United Kingdom, a much clearer picture of the Walsall secondary tawse, removed from a school in 1988

Is there no law in the country to prevent such brutality? It is not a matter that a girl will willingly report to her parents especially a girl of 17, and I think these schools should be exposed for such punishment, as I now understand that girls are spanked on the bare hips for the slightest offence against the school rules in this school. The doctor told me that complaints of a similar kind were reported in the Evening Mail some time ago, and advised me to report the matter to the Board of Education. It is certain that my daughter will not return to that school, and if girls would only speak up, I am sure that something could be done to stop it for all time. USA: Cunningham, David W., Oklahoma social worker, accused of paddling youngsters in his care, 2015 A Texas ranger unsuccessfully tries to prevent a girl from following him by whipping her with a switch. [1] Ep.4 'The Flogging Bishop': A British convict in 19th century Australia is sentenced to 75 lashes for insolence. South Africa: Volsteedt, Johan, Principal of Grey College, pictured in 2005, used to offer boys sweets after caning themUSA: Garza, Gustavo "Gus", Texas Justice of the Peace, offered option of paddling in courtroom, 2008 Botswana: Tebogo Malete, 27, receiving five strokes of the cane on his bare seat at traditional court, for housebreaking, 2005 Singapore, parental punishment cane (incorrectly used to illustrate an article about school caning), 2004 Samantha's Slippering: When the gym mistress observes Samantha hitting one of her classmates she instructs her to bend over the vaulting horse in the centre of the gym before delivering a very painful slippering to the girl's bottom. Canada: Benditt, Aaron, the "Ryerson Spanker", jailed for illicitly spanking teen boys, 2001 (picture from poor-quality photocopy)

My First Day as a Headmistress: The new young headmistress of Powell Hill Girls School starts as she means to go on. After overhearing some impertinent remarks, she canes the culprit, and during the day she administers punishment to several other deserving girls, with both cane and slipper. United Kingdom, juvenile birching pony, Beamish Museum, from a police station in Sunderland (two views) UK: Court Lees Approved School, subject of official inquiry into excessive corporal punishment of boys, 1967 Rules Are Rules: When tattletale prefect Rebecca's clothes and towel are removed whilst she's having a shower, she ends up walking naked down the corridor to see the Headmistress. Less than impressed, she gives Rebecca her first ever caning. Although the cane wasn't used much at my school, quite a few of us managed to get it. I think we all got the slipper a few times at least.

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Singapore: secondary school boy being caned on stage in front of whole school, c.2005 (also video clip) United States, Tennessee reformatory paddles, and pictures of teen boy inmates who probably received it, 1955