Standing is a rather dignified way for a woman to receive CP in some cultures. She has to hold her dress up in that posture. This previously posted video captures the dramatic quality of a caning Japanese style. Were there trick effects that I missed? I don’t think their was on the directors part to […]

3) Vietnam is not exactly a model of democracy, so there’s little chance of the pupils being able to make their concerns known within their own borders. It may be that they want the world to see what is happening, and hope that something will be done. From my conversations with Vietnamese women (the men […]

There are several points here I believe. 1) I cannot comment on the age of the woman with the ruler – the images are not distinct enough for that, but it is true that Asian women age much more slowly than their counterparts. The fact the few of them drink or smoke, plus their diets, […]

I often wonder when the teachers find their classroom management skills shown on youtube what is their reaction? Is the camera person punished? How do the miscreants who are punished feel about having their caning unwittingly shown throughout the world? Will the miscreants get a second dose and a lot of questions if seen by […]

It is assumed that Eton used ONLY the birch until it was abolished. This is not so. The birch was the ceremonial punishment by the head master or lower master. All other CP at Eton in modern times (by housemasters and senior boys) was by cane. I haven’t discovered how far back this goes in […]

I have also found a reference to the cane in the 1820s, at St Paul’s School, London. Perhaps surprisingly, it is made clear that this was administered to the hands. This is in a letter to The Times from an Old Boy of the school some decades later. I’ve temporarily lost it but when it […]

The earliest reliable reference I’ve been able that definitely refers to the use of a cane in an English school comes from Rugby c.1828. The birch was also still in use at Rugby at that date (and for a considerable period after that as well). It wasn’t that uncommon for both methods to be in […]

Eton had the birch in use right up until the 1970’s at least, so it sure wasn’t there. I suspect this is going to be roughly related to Gladstone’s Universal Education Act, which was around 1874. Once education to the age of 13 became mandatory for both sexes, something easier to wield and keep in […]

Could someone tell me if caning originated as an exclusive punishment for schoolboys, or was it used as a form of judicial or institutional punishment before that? As far as I know judicial and institutional CP always consisted of birchings or some kind of leather whips, both for juvenile and adult punishments. The cane might […]