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I've always had a bit of a thing for school-style punishment where a naughty girl is punished with a 'slipper' (in practice a plimsoll) applied hard across her backside. I suspect there are two major reasons. Firstly, in the all-boys school I attended, the only official corporal punishment that was employed was a cane, and that was administered in the privacy of the office of the headmaster or deputy headmaster. However, some teachers bent the rules a little, probably safe in the knowledge that there were unlikely to be any complaints, and dished out off-the-record punishment in the classroom in full view of everyone, and a majority of those employed a plimsoll. This was always something to be enjoyed by the rest of the class. Secondly, I have read quite a few accounts where co-ed schools might have often used the cane on misbehaving boys but were more reluctant to cane girls, and a number of them chose to 'slipper' girls because it was seen as a less drastic alternative.

A slipper has several significant advantages over a cane. It makes a very loud sound, which is quite intimidating to all present. But it can also be used with almost unlimited force - with a cane, the person wielding it will usually want to hold back just a little because, after all, you don't really want to break the skin. With a slipper, there are no such worries. And that means, if you're feeling particularly irked by the miscreant you're dealing with, you can put all your wrath into applying the implement with all your strength. A third, often overlooked but nonetheless significant advantage, is that other pupils (even if they had themselves felt the slipper on a previous occasion and therefore knew just how painful it could be) would show little sympathy or respect for a classmate who had 'only been slippered' as opposed to being caned.