Where does it come from, what is it used for, who practiced it?

If you're here, it's probably that spanking, inflicted, or suffered, excites you. And you are absolutely not the only one. A small hand a little supported during the antics, you appreciate, but you want to go a little further... And I understand you. It is largely thanks to the very recent rise of BDSM with 50 shades of gray that certain practices, including erotic spanking, are now recognized and appreciated.

According to studies conducted in France, spanking is the 5th most searched fantasy on the Internet, based on keywords.

Pleasure and pain can be a cocktail that makes an impression and pleases, especially when it comes to sex. According to some sexologists, the buttocks are an erogenous zone like the others, partly because it is close to the other erogenous zones that we want to be touched… and that we want to touch too.

Whether you're interested in BDSM, or just want to spice up your sex life a bit, read on in this short guide to find out what types of spanking exist. You will also discover where this little ritual comes from, what it was used for, what virtues were attributed to it at the time (from antiquity to the Renaissance), and what is its place in society.

A little bit of context: buttocks, what are they for?

The buttocks anatomically distinguish humans from other mammals. This is an area that only exists in primates and humans. It allows you to feel comfortable when you are seated, but above all it allows you to stand up. But this is not its only use, as you can see with our Rouen escorts.

But then, historically, where does it come from?

 So that goes back a long way. In fact, it dates back to antiquity. The practice which allows flattering the feminine curves, Ovide, in the art of loving, already said “the one who is proud of her elegant croup, offers to our eyes all the riches”. At that time, we already had eyes only for the buttocks.

In the 18th century, in the petty bourgeoisie, and even among the intellectual elites, spanking became popular. And even, very popular: it is the very representation of depravity, which is very fashionable at this time. It's a bit like the liberation of morals, immorality which knows its hour of glory, so much the poets take pleasure in describing it and suggesting it in erotic and sexual acts. We can, for example, cite Jean-Jacques Rousseau and his friend Diderot, who tried his hand at tendentious writing.

But obviously, the one who transformed baldness into art, and who even gave his name to a common word, was the Marquis de Sade. This famous author celebrates BDSM… even the one who popularized it to the eyes of the whole world. In his novel, justine or the misfortunes of virtue, Sade goes further than all the other authors in the world. Libertine, sometimes considered a sadist, this man recounts, in his novel, the journey of a poor and virtuous woman in the unequal and violent society of the time, with the aim of surviving... isn't very joyful, and Sade delights in exploring an impressive amount of past and present male fantasy.

Spanking, a marker of social hierarchy?

We can consider erotic spanking as something sociological. In fact, it serves to demonstrate physical (and therefore social) dominance between women and men. Thus, in the 19th century, in the novels of Musset, it is the monks who will administer the spankings to sinful women. The clergy thus marks its authority and its hierarchical domination, compared to the third estate. It is the punishment inflicted on the inferior by the superior.

But by the way, isn't that what we use to punish children at the base?

And yes, for people without an ounce of erotic curiosity, spanking is punishment first and foremost. During childhood, it is intended to be humiliating and reminds children of their powerlessness in the face of parental authority. This link between the punishment received by the child and the pleasure of the adults is not necessarily non-existent according to Freud, since the latter speaks of Rousseau's confessions as an admission of masochism, even saying that "the painful stimulation of the buttocks is one of the roots eroticization of the passive object of cruelty” meaning, the person who feels excitement and pleasure following a spanking would unconsciously want to be the object of someone's cruelty… Complex interpretations, which we will leave to books and psychologists.

In fact, spanking would be the pursuit of purity

It entered the collective imagination as a pure sadomasochistic practice. The religious expiatory flagellation is correlated to this practice, in our consciences. For Christians, the body is opposed to the soul, and it is the body that is corruptible, which is liable to sin. So in fact, it is a way to acquire the purity of the soul by correcting the weak body (hence the self-flagellation that we can see in the movies). We find this dynamic in all western sadomasochistic movements. And that's also why it's attractive: because films, books, authors, divert this virtuous intention to transform it into an act of pure depravity.

A spanking to heal?

So, now we're going to talk about the healing aspect of spanking. In addition to the flagellation aspect, which relieves the soul for believers, and allows the soul to do penance in front of the deities, there would be another beneficial aspect... In the 2nd century, for Asclepiades, spanking was used to cure maniacs. It was used to cure erotic melancholy, impotence, and even nymphomania. So does it work? To the extent that it stimulates the body, it can work… But it will work much less well than real tricks to boost your erections, such as Kegel exercises for example