Jon Smithie
Tribune
Many of you on CF are RL BDSM practitioners, and occasionally on various threads discuss aspects of whipping scenes you've experienced. I am not a real life practitioner, and specifically, have never been whipped, or whipped anyone, or seen a real life whipping. But I write stories, frequently with a severe non-consensual whipping as a centerpiece. It suddenly occurred to me, while reading the comments in a whipping thread from an actual practitioner, that I had no idea what I'm talking about. So, for all of you who have actually experienced it, I wonder if you would consider giving some thought and contributing your comments to these questions.
I would like to make my fiction more convincing, or at least informed by expert opinion. Thanks!
Do you read stories involving whippings? Do you find them erotic? If you do, what elements get you particularly hot?
What do we fiction writers get right and wrong about whippings? What do movie whippings get right and wrong?
What is a whipping actually like?
On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being no pain at all, 10 being the worst pain you've ever experienced, what level would you rate a whipping?
Have you been whipped with different kinds of whip, e.g. cat o' nine tails, horsewhip, cane, etc. What are the differences? What do you think, or speculate, is the most painful?
How do you think a real life historical judicial whipping would rate? How much worse than a whipping you've experienced?
These questions are hardly all encompassing, but give an idea of the kinds of things I'd like to know. But feel free to ignore them and just give me whatever thoughts, opinions, and speculations you care to. I will appreciate any comments!
I would like to make my fiction more convincing, or at least informed by expert opinion. Thanks!
Do you read stories involving whippings? Do you find them erotic? If you do, what elements get you particularly hot?
What do we fiction writers get right and wrong about whippings? What do movie whippings get right and wrong?
What is a whipping actually like?
On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being no pain at all, 10 being the worst pain you've ever experienced, what level would you rate a whipping?
Have you been whipped with different kinds of whip, e.g. cat o' nine tails, horsewhip, cane, etc. What are the differences? What do you think, or speculate, is the most painful?
How do you think a real life historical judicial whipping would rate? How much worse than a whipping you've experienced?
These questions are hardly all encompassing, but give an idea of the kinds of things I'd like to know. But feel free to ignore them and just give me whatever thoughts, opinions, and speculations you care to. I will appreciate any comments!