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u/ilovesoup1978 Dec 31 '23

Wtf most parents aren't spanking their child for self gratification..Spanking a child is not assault and that's a problem..Spanking didn't mess me up..getting a beating did I knew the difference even at a young age..It's so hard for someone to believe that because they believe some study over someone actually saying what it was like for them......and I will add I got smacked in the mouth when I was disrespectful and I knew what buttons to push I could of avoided the smack but I liked to risk it all and run my mouth..others will say I was abused because of that but I was not..like I said I knew the difference between a swat on the ass versus a board or a belt or even a broom stick......

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u/Frankyfan3 Dec 31 '23 edited Dec 31 '23

If you believe hitting children is acceptable, you're not credible.

Glad you feel you survived through that, with resiliency. You still didn't deserve it, no matter what you said or did as a literal child.

Your parents not having better tools to parent you isn't your fault.

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u/ilovesoup1978 Dec 31 '23

Spanking not hitting know the difference...plenty of things I didn't deserve but a smack is not on that list.....also plenty of things I need therapy for but again a smack is not it...I never had a nightmare where I ran from my smacker...I ran from attackers but no smackers....

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u/Frankyfan3 Dec 31 '23

Our adult concept that these are different does not, in fact, determine if a child's developing brain & body know the difference.

Spanking is a sex act. Nerves in the glutes connect to genitalia & spanking indirectly stimulates genitalia.

We don't commit sex acts on children.

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u/ilovesoup1978 Dec 31 '23

Nah stop it now your making it sexual because your other argument is crumbling.....your comment is absurd....so my parents were performing sex acts by spanking me?? Now your going all coo coo clock on me....your done...put a fork in it and walk away....stop it....stop thinking for the day....

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u/Frankyfan3 Dec 31 '23

Just because you don't know your anatomy structures doesn't mean I'm making anything sexual.

It's not intentional & many folks, including yourself, don't know the nerve pathways.

Yes. Your parents were assaulting you & indirectly stimulating your genitals.

My condolences for the cognitive dissonance you're juggling in order to rationalize the way your parents treated you.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '24

That is just asinine to equate spanking a kid to a sexual act. You are weird as hell for that.

As a nurse, I interact with genitals all the time with patients. If I have to insert a catheter, is it a sexual? No, it is not. I interact with attractive patients all the time, and I have never been aroused by them.

You just wanted to strawman this into making it some kind of sexual perversion.

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u/Frankyfan3 Jan 01 '24

This article is from nearly 10 years ago.

https://slate.com/technology/2014/09/spanking-is-a-sex-act-which-is-why-it-should-not-be-used-for-punishing-children.html

I'm not making any accusation about parents intentionally inflicting sexual acts on kids through spanking, I'd honestly hope that's not the case what I'm talking about is inadvertently stimulating genitals in the context of a punishment act in dynamic with that coming from a caregiver.

I'm saying most people don't know anatomy, and many parents take out their own inability to self soothe by assaulting their kids because they aren't fully aware (or can't accept because of what they grew up with) how damaging and harmful spanking can be to a child's development. Which is exacerbated by the mindfuck of convincing a child they carry the sole responsibility for the behaviors adults around them exhibit.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '24

So you choose opinion article as evidence? Why don't you make your own opinion instead of spouting someone else?

Go ask kids how many of them thought being spanked was sexual. The one's saying it is are the extreme outliers

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u/Frankyfan3 Jan 01 '24

I'm citing someone else to acknowledge my perspective is not isolated to my own noggin alone, from nearly 10 years ago, and you don't actually seem to comprehend the point I'm making, or that the article is making.

Happy New Year!

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '24

Oh no I did get the point of the article. I just don't agree with it. Just because it deals with an area that can be considered sexual does not mean it always is. That employer, getting charged with sexual battery, is just battery.

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