Rod's Story

I went to school while corporal punishment was still legal in California public schools. (law changed 19 years after I finished high school).
I have had so many mental images of bare-bottom spankings in high school, which at first I couldn't believe to be true. Then I found a book on repressed memories, which dealt with "image memories."
With a wife who understands me very well, I can finally talk about this.
A book written by Cliff and Joyce Penner, sex therapists, talks about the major sexual impact of a spanking on the bare bottom, especially after age 8 or 9.
I am sure many others live with this, and keep finding confirmation.
The pain also included witnessing many of these spankings--especially when my sweetheart, who has a neurological condition that has emotional effects which were interpreted as willful rebellion, was spanked in class.
Even in 2002, according to one site I checked, the National Organization for Women doesn't see it as a priority issue that teenage girls are sexually assaulted by male principals through corporal punishment, in the 23 states where it is legal in public schools, and in private schools even in California!
I guess one need I have is to validate the memories, communicate with others who have had these experiences.

Shalom, Rod