This was posted yesterday at Feministing.com.
At first I thought it had to be a joke, but it seems to actually be legit. As far as I see it, unless it's a consensual kink in the bedroom, there isn't much room in a marraige for "spanking," but this site, called "Christian Domestic Discipline," seems to think otherwise.
At first I thought it had to be a joke, but it seems to actually be legit. As far as I see it, unless it's a consensual kink in the bedroom, there isn't much room in a marraige for "spanking," but this site, called "Christian Domestic Discipline," seems to think otherwise.
"What if your wife, even after graduating the prestigious homemaking course at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary with a degree in ladylike submission, still won't behave? Uber-conservative Christian patriarchs everywhere now have a solution!
Give her a good spanking. For how to incorporate this into your marriage, see the "Christian Domestic Discipline" site. ...
This is billed as completely consensual, with it made clear that "the husband has authority to spank the wife. The wife does not have authority to spank her husband." The site was created by wife-spankers who were sick of stumbling upon porn when they searched for other like-minded folks online. Lest you become confused that the CDD site is a BDSM site with a Christian spin, they're sure to reiterate that this is about adhering to Biblical gender roles -- not about sexual pleasure. ...
But what if sometimes your wife doesn't want to be spanked? Well, let's not use an inconvenient phrase like "domestic violence" or "spousal abuse." Nah, "non-consensual CDD" would be more appropriate, really. And the site basically says that it's a man's god-given right to hit his wife, even if those pesky laws against domestic violence get in the way.
Non-consensual CDD: [FROM THE CCD WEBSITE]
Though we believe the Bible gives a husband the authority to use spanking as one tool in enforcing his authority in the home with or without his wife's permission, in today's world we recognize the legality that mandates that all CDD must be consensual. Therefore we will do not condone nonconsensual CDD as a rule.
How progressive of them!
Lynn at Broadsheet delved into the blogs linked on the site, which are just so sad. One blogger, a woman named Debbie, has decided having her husband hit her is a cheap and effective weight-loss strategy. She recounts being beaten for accidentally leaving the stove burner on, and writes, "I felt my stomach drop when I saw my husband bring out a heavy belt." She continues,
I am not abused nor capable of being abused. I imagine that if one of you raging feminist find yourself beaten by a man you had better hope Leah or I (or someone of like mind) comes along to beat the stuffing out of him for you. I know I'm capable and from reading I sort of believe Leah is as well. My submission is quite voluntary. ...
On a much, much lighter note, the site also features a store... which sells crotchless pantaloons. (Picture available on feministing.com)
For the traditionalist Christian who's not quite into Frederick's of Hollywood, but finds the Laura Ingalls Wilder look totally hot."
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