It seems from contributors to this thread that 5 strokes of the cane was not known to them as being one of the usual levels of punishment. Certainly I can never recall having come across reference to that number of strokes being given, though I suspect that it is not beyond the realms of possibility […]

Mrs BB of course has written on her thread of the girl she found who reacted similarly . For example this exchange on November 4th this year in the ‘A gender Agenda’ thread Is it your view that this girl simply had a high pain threshold? Was there still at least some reaction from her, […]

Of course I wasn’t Superman. In later life I discovered I had a low noiceceptor count after my amputation was done under local anaesthesia , and afterwards , to the astonishment of the staff ,I refused all pain killers without difficulty. This , I have now found out applies to a very small percentage of […]

I retained self control , and frankly would have been appalled if I’d lost composure and screamed or anything like it, indeed made not an ouch! . We were told to grit our teeth and take it like men. I was, as one not used to being caned, daft enough (in my friend Jackie’s words) […]

Now I did indeed say I reacted to the fourth stroke, I moved and gave a very sharp intake of breath. (Incidentally for spurious accuracy the first caning was from the deputy head ). I reacted similarly to six of the best from the Head. I have noted before that I was quite surprised to […]

He was a dinosaur,so as KK has noted elsewhere , but that impressed him . Afterwards our relationship improved to the extent that he recommended me for a full boarding scholarship for the rest of the sixth form…..I had been a day boy. In reality we compromised on weekly boarding, I wouldn’t give up my weekend country […]

The second time the cane was given by the Head ….six of the best. It was, frankly, something of a grudge match, as it was my pig headed stubbornness, and insisting on making a very clear political point that got me there (moi? never!!!! ) . Right from the fist stroke it was clear he […]

Now heres an interesting thought. As male when I was younger I played football to a reasonable level. I never started a match with the thought that I might get hurt. Obviously I did. Broken foot, broken wrist, knocked unconscious only to mention a few, but it didnt worry me that I was going to […]

A considerable element of being caned is the mental anguish as opposed to the physical anguish. Lets be honest those of us that have been caned all knew beforehand that we werent going to be physically disabled, the skin wasnt going to be broken, it was going to hurt, but thats about it. The foreknowledge […]

I know what one stroke feels like I can imagine that with ease. Now I am told that I am going to get six. I can imagine that it will hurt more but thats about it. What I can imagine is the desire to remove the effect of the first stroke yet not being able […]