Home www.nopaddle.com Contents 1. “Culture War” Propaganda that Supports Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse 2. School Beatings in the News “Parental “Support” (as long as they remain ignorant) · Porno or reality? Our first blush · “Hitting the societal snooze button…” · The exceptional violation forced or coerced paddling brings to aware, non-violent parents · Parents who thought paddling was “ok”—until it was too late—case 1 · Parents who thought paddling was “ok”—until it was too late—case 2 · Parents who thought paddling was “ok”—until it was too late—case 3 · Parents who thought paddling was “ok”—until it was too late—case 4 · Parents who thought paddling was “ok”—until it was too late—case 5 · Parents who thought paddling was “ok”—until it was too late—case 6 · Rare cases where the sexual aspects of school spanking make the news (Virtually never in the US) 3. Paddling: “Out of Control” Pseudo Science 4. Paddling Brutality and Injuries 5. Reasons for Paddling 6. Can We Justify Child and Adolescent abuse? 7. Does Paddling Do Any Good? 8. The Phallic Paddle 9. Padding in the Digital Age: “Bringing Back the ‘Good Old Days?’” 10. “Did Jesus Teach "School Paddling?” 11. Other Religious Views 12. Lifetime Sexual and Psychological Damage for Victims and Witnesses 13. Sadism: a Job Hazard for Paddlers 14. School Paddling as Sexual Harassment Parents who thought paddling was “ok”—until it was too late—case 1 The parent here just doesn’t get it yet—even after the fact and even after he is making a lot of waves. Like many folks facing our country’s dark paddling secret he still thinks paddling is alright—“if it’s done in the right way”—which, at the very least, means “no bruising” to him. Every single woman, of the dozens Cathy and I interviewed, had bruising from paddling. It happens pretty regularly, if not every time. So parents, make sure you accept that other men bruising your child, sometimes very severely, is “alright with you” if you think you “accept paddling”—and then don’t complain when it happens if you did not somehow get your child out of the paddling school. There was a story in the Savannah Morning News on December 15, 1998, called “Principal charged with paddling freshman too hard.” The dad is a prison officer who said he always agreed with corporal punishment and gave his 15-year-old son’s school written consent to paddle. Then one day his son came home with huge bruises on his buttocks, and dad was suddenly outraged. He complained to the school and got nowhere. Then he filed criminal charges against the principal. He continued to say he saw nothing wrong with paddling as long as it was “done in the right way,” but like all who repeat that mantra he never said what he thought the “right way” was. He fantasized that there was a definable difference between “discipline” and “abuse” when you allow men to beat your child with a board. The school superintendent said the principal had done “nothing wrong” in the paddling and the school took no action against him. The student, however, said the principal knew he hit him too hard and brought him back to the office afterward and mentioned he would like to keep the paddling a secret. Dad was upset over the attempt to hide the abuse as well as the violation of school rules when the principal did not notify him prior to the paddling. The poor parent was “new to the game.” He was very confused and was still full of paddle doublethink. He honestly thought there was some difference in paddling that could make it abusive or not. Paddling itself is the evil. Physically, as with all uncontrolled violence, it’s force cannot be measured, its effects cannot be predicted, no-one on earth can say what is “too hard,” and it is prone to be abusive in physical and sexual ways. ***** End of Section ***** Chapter 2: School Beatings in the News “Parental “Support” (as long as they remain ignorant)