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Line 1: − + − '''Corporal punishment''' is the infliction of physical pain in response to wrongdoing, typically by methodically striking a particular part of the offender's body with an implement such as a paddle, or with the open hand. Its purpose is to correct, reform and deter the miscreant, and to deter others from similar misconduct. + − [[Spanking]] of children and teens, whether at home or at school, is the most usual kind of corporal punishment. Parents are urged by the [[Bible]] to spank their offspring when they misbehave, for instance in [[Proverbs]] 13:24 (He who withholds the rod hateth his son).+ − + + + − Some people oppose the spanking of children, and in some countries (e.g. [[Sweden]]) it is illegal even for parents to do so. Swedish Member of Parliament Sixten Pettersson stated "In a free democracy like our own, we use words as arguments, not blows. We talk to people and do not beat them. If we can't convince our children with words, we shall never convince them with violence".+ + − In some states of the [[United States]] a [[foster parent]] may not spank a [[foster child]]. + − Claiming to draw upon the latest research on brain development, therapist Alice Miller attacks childhood corporal punishment and asserts that spanking causes emotional blindness and leads to mental barriers that cut off awareness and the ability to learn new ways of acting. If this cycle repeats itself, the grown child will perpetrate the same "abuse" on later generations, Miller alleges.<ref>[http://www.naturalchild.org/alice_miller/booklist.html The Natural Child Project.]</ref> However, British teachers have warned that student behavior has markedly declined in Britain since the abolition of corporal punishment in British schools about a quarter century ago. A poll of 814 teachers, conducted by Association of Teachers and Lecturers and published in 2012, found a third had been hit or kicked by a student in the previous academic year.<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/education/2012/apr/04/corporal-punishment-student-behaviour-worse Pupil behaviour worse since abolition of caning, warn teachers]</ref>+ − '''Judicial corporal punishment''' is the infliction of physical pain upon a person's body as punishment for a [[crime]] or [[infraction]], such as by caning or whipping. This kind of penalty remains on the statute book in several Asian, Middle Eastern and African countries.<ref>[http://www.corpun.com/rules.htm Country Files] at World Corporal Punishment Research.</ref>+ − The last US State to retain whipping as an official punishment for crime was [[Delaware]], in the 1950s.<ref>Newman, Graeme.+ − + + − In a broad sense, corporal punishments include [[flogging]], beating, branding, mutilation, blinding, and the use of the stock and pillory. The Torah ([[Judaism]]) describes some forms of corporal punishment for certain crimes and sins. The [[Bible]] contains seven verses that relate to the spanking of children.+ − ==References==+ − {{reflist}} − ==External links==+ − *[http://www.religioustolerance.org/spankin3.htm Child corporal punishment: spanking]+ − *[http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/robert_ingersoll/corporal_punishment.html Robert Ingersoll: Corporal Punishment] − *[http://www.corpun.com/benatar.htm Corporal Punishment by David Benatar] Philosophical study. + + − [[Category:Punishment]]+ + + + + +
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Corporal punishment (also known as Spanking) is the act of hitting someone on the buttocks with your hand to cause pain. Spanking is mostly used on [[children]] as a form of punishment. Harsher forms of spanking involves the person using belts, switches, paddles or other objects that can cause pain to the child. Children have died because due to spanking-related injuries. Spanking was also used to control slaves.
==Effects==
[[Darrel Reid]], head of [[Focus on the Family]] - Canada (an [[evangelical Christian]] group) said that "The theological underpinning for family corporal punishment is tied up with the responsibility that God gives families for raising the young. You can find it particularly in the early books of the Bible, where God says your responsibility is not just nurturing but also correcting them."<ref>[http://www.religioustolerance.org/spankin3.htm Child corporal punishment: spanking] at "Religious tolerance" website.</ref>
It's okay to [[discipline]] your children, but you should do so in a constructive way. Spanking is not constructive. It can teach children that it's okay for people in positions of power to use force. Severe punishment also interferes with learning and development. And it starts down a slippery slope to [[child abuse]]. <ref> http://www.cehd.umn.edu/CEED/publications/questionsaboutkids/disciplineenglish.pdf</ref>
==Spanking in Homes==
In many homes, spanking is a form of discipline. However, some countries have banned the method of spanking completely. In the USA, spanking is not banned in any of the Fifty states. There were some movements to abolish spankings in home, but they all were heavily defeated. Conservatives, Whites, some Latinos/Hispanics, and most African Americans usually spank their children at home, more than any other people. Conservatives have also known to love spanking children as a way of entertainment.
==In school==
In most schools, corporal punishment was performed on kids with paddles and canes. [[Poland]] was the first country in the world to prohibit corporal punishment in schools (1783). Now, it is currently banned in most places in the [[Western World]].
Sadly, spanking is more common than anywhere in the southern states, after the Supreme Court decision Ingraham v. Wright.
There have been attempts by honest, freethinking liberals to finally ratify the UNCRC, regarding children's rights, in which the US has played a major role in drafting. However, conservatives, a.k.a. prospankers and proslavers have always prevented this from happening in Congress.
Ratification of the UNCRC would outlaw school spanking. So far, only South Sudan, Somalia and the US are the only signatories who has not ratified this law. North Korea is the only non-signatory.
==Justification for Slavery and Spanking Similarity==
[http://www.albany.edu/~grn92/jp13.html ''Just and Painful'', Chapter 9.] Macmillan, London (1985). ISBN 0-02-923130-2</ref>
Numerous parallels exist between the justifications advanced in defense of [[Slavery]] in the [[19th Century]], and the justifications advanced in defense of spanking in the 21st.
Both pro slavers and prospankers have claimed that [[God]] is on their side and that the Book of Proverbs in the [[Bible]] sanctions what they do. Quotes below are examples of this.
"They are MY slaves! I paid good money for them and I am not going to let some &#%@ abolitionists tell me what to do with MY property!" /
"They are MY kids! I brought them into this world and I am not going to let some blankety blank psychobabbling liberals tell me I can't hit them!"
Both proslavers and prospankers have argued that Africans/children are in some way "different" from the rest of [[Humanity]] and that this justifies treating them in ways which would be unacceptable if done to anyone else.
"...our Imitation of him in this Moral Action is as warrantable as that of [adopting] his [[Faith]]... God set different Orders and Degrees of Men in the World... some to be High and Honorable, some to be Low and Despicable. Servants of sundry sorts and degrees, bound to obey; yea, some to be born Slave, and so to remain during their lives."
Both proslavers and prospankers have argued that slavery/spanking is for the victims' own good. Proslavers invoked the concept of "Ennoblement of the Heathen," arguing that the life of a slave in American was better that than freedom their native [[Africa]], since as a slave, the African would be exposed to "[[Christian]] influences." I similar argument was used in the [[21st Century]]to justify slavery in the bible.
[http://christianity.wikia.com/wiki/Atheism?oldid=14632#Atheists_may_say_the_Bible_is_morally_deficient here].
REFERENCE
Tise, L.E. 1988. _Proslavery: A History of the Defense of Slavery in America_. Univ. of Georgia Press: Athens GA.
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