On two previousoccasions, I’ve posted publicity stills of Linda Darnell in the 1946 movie Anna And The King Of Siam. Here’s another view of the same scene, which appears to have featured plenty of whip-menacing along with the actual (which is not to say actually real) whipping:
This right here is the very picture of a man who has entirely lost control of his classroom. This tutor has too many unruly students and he can only birch one at a time:
The art is from around 1840 and is usually attributed to German artist Wilhelm von Kaulbach.
My information is fuzzy here, but I believe this is from a 2005 Real Spankings shoot:
As the story went, Claire, Kailee and Jasmine were on a hike when they decided to break into a house. Unfortunately for these spankable delinquents, the householder returned and caught them! After a stern punishment with switches and other spanking implements, they were released into the wild… but he kept their pants and panties as a souvenir.
There’s a recurrent set of tropes in some sectors of the spanking fetish community that equate spanking a woman with guiding her, educating her, or protecting her from herself. And while that can be a fun fantasy and I’d never pick on anybody for it, I lean more often to a different set of tropes: the ones about strong women who enjoy their spankings. They don’t need a commanding man to set their life in order, they get spanked because it’s fun.
And who are the ultimate in strong women of fantasy? Superheroines! Peril scenarios and tables-turned fantasies aside, super babes have their shit together. If you see one being spanked, you know she’s there for it. That’s why I never get tired of spanked superheroines. Indeed, today I was looking at various spanking sites in the spanking and BDSM porn categories on a link list when I saw a cute girl wearing Batgirl panties like she thought they would protect her from her punishment. I was like, “Honey, don’t you know how often superheroines get spanked? Putting their logos on your underpants is more invitation than armor!”
And superheroines sure do get spanked! Like, a lot. The hentai artists who remix culture and kink never get tired of this theme. And, honestly, neither do I.
Don’t worry, there’s plenty of representation in this kind of spanking art for those among us who do continue to insist on their disciplinary-savior complexes. No need to spoil their fun: even Catwoman can “learn her lesson” if she’s spanked by a strong enough man, right?
I mentioned before that a lot of this art appeals to me because of the inherent strength and general competence of all these superheroine spankees. They don’t really need a strong hand or a firm mentor or a guiding disciplinary presence in their lives. Their shit is together and they solve their own problems. If they’re over your knee, or Batman’s, it’s because it makes them happy to be there. But exceptions are frequent throughout the canon. This artist, for example, can’t imagine Batgirl holding still for the Joker’s punishments without being chained into her spanking position. And from the look on her face, that might have been a sensible precaution:
Image credits, top to bottom: Batgirl biting the sheets and begging for more spankings from Harley Quinn is by Ash aka Coolcontent. Supergirl blissing out while Superman spanks her is by MisterJer. The animation of Batman spanking Harley Quinn on a park bench is by MarmSFM. Batman spanking Catwoman is by an uncredited artist for the long-defunct Comixxx Store. Batgirl’s bondage spanking is by RedSpider2008.