A boy’s posture and physique has a major effect on the severity of a caning quite aside from the psychology, or his sensitivity. A large, flat, well-padded firm muscular backside will be injured much less and will be hurt much less than a small bony bottom or a soft flabby one.

I invite interested persons to compare the experience of receiving the flexible light cane standing with hands on knees with receiving it kneeling with knees against the chest. In the first posture that cane will sink in and produce short but severe welts. In the second posture, it can not sink in and will bend and wrap around the curve producing no more than a moderate red mark.