Songs of “happy” corporal punishment

While a court decision invokes a “right of correction” in a case of domestic violence, let’s look back at the way in which popular culture has been able to celebrate, with a smile, the spanking inflicted on children and women.

Yes, spanking is supposed to feel good, and the pain it leaves is called “tickle all day”… We are not in the Countess of Ségur and her descriptions of rather spectacular corporal punishments. We are in what we call children’s songs, and this record by Pierre Chêne dates from 2017. It shows us in particular how we can catch one of these very friendly spankings.

In the second episode of These songs that make the news, broadcast this weekend, you hear excerpts from:

Pierre Oak, I like spanking, 2017

Pierre Perret, Broken dishes, 1976

Maxime Le Forestier, Besides, 1972

Georges Brassens, Spanking, 1966

The Mitoufles, Three slaps and a kiss, 1964

Louis Massis, A good pair of slaps, 1959

Mouloudji, A good pair of slaps, 1976

Henri Salvador, A good pair of slaps, 1959

The Mitoufles, Three slaps and a kiss, 1964

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