Furniture (Part 5)

Continuing with furniture designed specifically for use in administering corporal punishment - mainly on BDSM style sites - we have some slightly more unusual examples.

This is a fascinating design from Lupus Pictures forcing the subjects to remain in what is popularly called the diaper position.  It is highly exposing and humiliating as well as being very uncomfortable. It looks as if they're being made to endure that discomfort lying on the hard wooden base with their legs spread high in the air for a long period.  Their bottoms are also totally vulnerable, especially the lower more sensitive parts plus, if a very flexible instrument like a strap of flogger is to be used then it's quite likely to strike them in their bottom crack or on their pussy.  All in all, it's hard to imagine a more shaming and vulnerable device and even 'though they can see exactly what is about to happen they aren't going to be able to move at all. 

A lot of BDSM involves the subject begin tied and suspended and often the methods used actually impede the application of a punishment to her bottom - not in this case provided again by HerFirstPunishment.  Although she's likely to swing around a bit, she can't really control the movement to gain any advantage and it probably just means the whip is going to strike some very vulnerable places.  She can then also be left there for some time after the whipping is ended. 

Another popular theme for BDSM furniture is to have the subject seated on top of an edge to spread her legs - often the top edge is quite sharp to make them really uncomfortable, but many of those actually impede anyone trying to whack the subject's bottom.  This device from SpankingServer has the girl also tipped forward and solidly secured leaving her bottom totally accessible and vulnerable.  The padding would allow her to be kept waiting for some time contemplating the fate about to befall her.

Two views this time of a devilish device created by Infernal restraints.  The girl is totally immobile and the harshness of the rigid wood will hold her securely and painfully unable to move at all.  Interestingly, once she is locked in place someone else could enter the room and administer her beating without her being able to see her tormenter at all.  In fact, the punisher would also be unable to see her face so could potentially be thrashing someone he actually knows without realising it. Finally, if someone decides to engage in a little bastinado the girl will be perfectly placed for that as well as a more conventional thrashed bottom. 

Rather unusual materials used this time in this cunning piece of furniture from DeviceBondage.  It appears to be largely based on something akin to scaffolding joints offering a great deal of customisation to make it fit the girl tightly and in just the right places.  This is then enhanced by her head being in a box with a hinged lid so that - as in the previous case - she could be locked into place and then the lid closed so that she and her punisher could not see each other's faces.  I imagine it would be terrifying to be locked in, the lid closed and then hear receding footsteps and just wait, and wait, and...  eventually hear a creaking floorboard and know that it's about to begin - you are tightly tethered and powerless and extremely vulnerable. 

If you want your subject in a traditional touch-toes position but know they're no good at keeping still, this simple device from Hogtied could be just the answer.  Simplicity is the key although it doesn't do anything to stop the subject bending her knees except for the threat of extra strokes of that cane if they do. 

This very heavy looking piece of furniture also looks to hold the subject very securely and allow very little movement. It is clearly designed to be used in a variety of ways but this particular use looks very uncomfortable and present the bottom very nicely for something like a cane. 

And last for this part of the report is another heavyweight piece of furniture - this time from Hogtied.  The subject is held both securely and uncomfortably and can't turn her head to see who is about to do what to her nicely presented bottom.

Furniture (Part 4)

Now we move to the deliberately designed spanking furniture and I realise that this takes us more towards the BDSM end of the scale, and indeed many of the most interesting designs come very much from that world, and it may not be to the taste of everyone frequenting this blog.

We start in the world of the awfully nice people at Spanking Server/Pain4Fem with their take on a whipping bench - you will see that the bench is nicely padded for the comfort of the subject or so that nothing distract from the pain in the subject's bottom as it is caned.  Amy Hunter looks as beautiful as ever and the cane marks nicely illustrate that the bench presents the whole area of the subjects bottom to be dealt with.  it is interesting to note that there are wrist restraints but no ankle restraints' however with the front end of the bench sloping downwards, once secured by the wrists, the subject would be very effectively immobilised and powerless. 

A rather different piece of kit from Caned4Cash but again it's been thoughtfully padded.  Hand grips are provide and there is a nice little platform for the feet but securing the subject is largely unnecessary as, once they're in place, they will not find it easy to move very much at all.  The slight raising of the subject's bottom will probably mean that a high proportion of cane strokes will land on the lower half of the buttocks and to the tops of the thighs. 

Another nicely padded piece of furniture being used by Dallas on this occasion.  It's a much smaller piece of furniture than the previous two examples which could only be used in a proper dungeon setting or a film studio - this is much more suited to use in an ordinary domestic setting (although not exactly subtle enough to leave on permanent display in the living room).  There's a lot of thought gone into the design - it's lighter weight than the two previous examples but the feet are on the furniture rather than the floor so the subject can't push forwards.  The holes cut for the feet enable the subject legs to be right up tight to the wood and by securing the subjects thighs tightly to the wood, the capacity to move the bottom is almost non-existent.  It's also a relatively narrow top enabling the subject to bend right over it leaving the bottom, as colourfully demonstrated, ideally placed for, what has evidently been on this occasion, a jolly sound paddling. 

This is an altogether simpler piece of furniture with no padding evident to give any comfort.  Although the feet are now on the floor, by placing them to the outside edges of the wood, it will be possible but not easy for the subject to push the frame forward.  Secured at the knees and wrists there is ultimately no opportunity for escape but I think if she was kept waiting for a long time, this one would be very uncomfortable. This is perhaps moving slightly towards an attempt to portray more of a quasi judicial scene where the previous examples are clearly aimed at BDSM play.

This is an interesting take on a simple whipping table.  It would be extremely comfortable to be kept waiting like this kneeling on the hard wooden table with ankles, knees and wrists all tethered and - rather - obviously - the head in a position that the subject could not move from in any hurry.  All of the examples so far limit the subjects opportunity to see when the next stroke is coming but this one could do that most effectively.   The bottom is nicely presented for the punishment but it is also going to be very exposing and humiliating. 

By way of contrast, this couldn't be much more minimalist with the only "furniture" being the ceiling bean to which the subject is attached by her wrists.  She will be able to move a lot, including twisting around to see what her punisher is doing, but ultimately she's going nowhere.  This would probably be most typically used in a whipping scene where the tail of the whip might wrap around her body anyway - this appears to be a very simple version of such a device - in some cases there is rather more strapping around the wrist and the height of the tethering point can be adjusted so that the subject's feet could be lifted off the ground completely. 

This is about as simple as specifically intentioned furniture can get with a rather basic whipping bench from the HerFirstPunishment stable.  The wrist and ankles are rather crudely tied in place to prevent the subject escaping rather than to significantly limit their movement - by comparison to the first three examples it shows furniture that is designed to convey more of a judicial punishment than a BDSM scene. The effect is not unlike having the subject laid face down on the bed although it's a little lower allowing a longer swing of the switch before it whips across her bottom and it won't even allow the very limited yielding that a bed would offer..  There is no concession to comfort or dignity and the subject looks likely to be there for some considerable time incurring the wrath of the other women from the village if the supply of switches being inspected at the back is anything to go by.  You would expect that this allows very accurate placement of the strokes so that by the time she is eventually released there won't be any part of her bottom and upper legs that is unmarked. It is very much about making the girl feel powerless and humiliated - if every woman in the village takes their turn at thrashing her, she won't be able to do anything about it until they decide it's finished.

The final example, for now, is from MOOD and like the previous example, the starkness of the bench is designed to convey that this is a judicial scene rather than BDSM play.  It's a big and heavy piece of furniture and with her wrists and ankles secured by coarse rope the subject just has to take whatever punishment she has been sentenced to.

However, there are some there more ingenious examples of designed punishment furniture to come...

Furniture (Part 3)

Now we come to what I previously termed "accidental furniture" - it was never designed or purchased with a view to it being an aid for administering corporal punishment but since it's there...

First off we have a fairly simple use of a bed simply for leaning on, courtesy of SpankingTeenBrandi,  It means the bottom is nicely presented and probably helps the subject to stay in place but it still leaves the onus on them to do so.  It may slightly limit forward movement at the point of impact but the reality is that it's really just slightly more comfortable than grabbing your ankles.

Probably the most common use of a bed is for the subject to simply lie face down on it, perhaps with their buttocks slightly raised by some well placed pillows.  That again doesn't really impede movement very much but it does put a very effective stop to forward movement meaning that pretty well the full force of each stroke will be felt.  In this rather more unusual and innovative use by Girls Boarding School the girl is over the end of the bed with elbows to the floor.  Again it fully stops the forward motion of the target area and it would be quite difficult for the subject to move very quickly to try to escape from the punishment altogether.  It's comfortable enough for her to be made to stay in that position for some time - either before or after the caning (or both) - and the bottom is beautifully presented for the person delivering the caning to be able to very accurately place the strokes to maximum effect across the full depth of her buttocks including the tender area at the top of her thighs.

Moving on to the most traditional way of using a chair, this scene comes from Spanked At Home, although it's probably more reminiscent of the way that canings were often delivered in the headmaster's office.  Once again the chair provides little structural support but probably makes it easier for the subject to stay in place and avoid additional punishment than would the case in the touch toes position.

In this example we see the use of chairs in the way described by Targetrear, in comment on the first post in this series, as the Eton position.  At first glance of this image from Spanking Digital, the level of restraint seems minimal but the reality is that the arms of the chairs mean the subject is rather more trapped than it appears.  Again with a cushioned seat to kneel on, the subject could be made to wait in position for some time contemplating what was about to happen, and of course the bottom is quite nicely presented although rather less vulnerable to low strokes than the GBS example over the end of the bed. 

Chairs aren't all about comfort - I'm quite sure that this position would have been most uncomfortable and there is a high risk of the subject falling - that in itself adds a lot to the punishment with the uncomfortable top of the chair back cutting in, and the subject having to really concentrate to avoid falling from this precarious perch.  My concerned would be that this may distract slightly from the main business of delivering a sore bottom and accurate delivery may be difficult as the subject is unlikely to be keeping very still. 

Settees and sofas present some versatile opportunities generally supporting the buttocks and allowing the subject to wait in relative comfort.  By making the subjects reach for the far edge of the seat cushion it also means that their head is quite low and they're unlikely to be able to see as a stroke of the paddle, cane or strap is about to be delivered.  Altogether a nice image from SpankingScenes on this occasion suggesting a fairly ritualised and drawn out punishment. 

By contrast, in this scene which I suspect comes from part of the Xerotics empire, there is something altogether more rushed about the scene - it does look as if the girl has almost been thrown over the end of the sofa but again, because her head is quite low, it can be used to make it difficult for her to anticipate the coming strokes. 

Lastly for today, this use of a table by SpankingOnline, gives an absolutely classic position for a formal school caning.  Made to look straight ahead the subject won't see the cane coming down although she may hear it, but she's going nowhere anyway.  The table edge stops her pushing her bottom forward and she's clearly been instructed to grip the edges of the table in a classic pose to help her to keep in place while she endures what is clearly going to be a very painful scene.

Furniture (Part 2)

To my mind, categorising the furniture of CP in terms what purpose it serves is more interesting.  For example it may be used because it presents the target area in a way that makes it easier to apply the punishment.  Compared to my previous system of classification, any particular example can be ranked as to how much it serves any of a number of purposes – some of these might be:

• Retention – How significantly the furniture serves in preventing the subject getting away
• Presentation - How significantly the furniture serves in giving the punisher an advantageous position to address the target area
• Comfort - How significantly the furniture serves in allowing the subject to stay in position for longer periods of time
• Discomfort – How significantly the furniture serves in adding to the pain of the primary punishment
• Exposure/humiliation – How significantly the furniture serves in enhancing the experience by shaming the subject
• Anonymity – How significantly the furniture serves in preventing the subject being able to see who is carrying out the punishment
• Unpredictability – How effectively the furniture makes it difficult for the subject to know when the next impact is going to happen
• Vertical immobility – How significantly the furniture serves in preventing the subject from moving the target area in the same direction as the punishment is being applied at the point of impact (in order to marginally lessen the impact)
• General immobility – How significantly the furniture serves in preventing the subject from moving the target area in other ways to impede the punishment
• Restraining interference - How significantly the furniture serves in preventing the subject impeding the punishment (e.g. by putting their hands in the way)
• Ritualisation – To what extent is the furniture employed to simply add drama to the event
• Instability – How significantly the furniture makes the subject feel more precarious, at risk, and vulnerable

It may seem odd that some things appear contradictory and especially that “comfort” for the subject might be an issue even worth considering.   It’s best to look at some examples.  I'm going to start today with the simplest types of furniture - human, or none at all.

Here's the truly classic school punishment pose - not quite touching her toes but bending over with no furniture as such and as such, so apparently none of the things identified above being affected?  Actually they are because it is inherently uncomfortable, especially if made to touch the toes properly. it's humiliating and forces the subject to take responsibility themselves for being in the right position.  They may feel unstable and concerned by having been told to expect extra if they move, it presents the target very effectively for a cane, slipper, belt or paddle.

Moving to human furniture, we start with the classic OTK position nicely demonstrated by Michael Masterson and Jessica.  The bottom is, of course, nicely presented (although this example is unusual as a cane would not generally work so well like this - the short cane used here seems to be doing an excellent job), she may not be very firmly restrained a things stand but the pressure from the hand on her back could be increased as necessary so she's not going anywhere and has limited mobility.  When OTK is delivered but eh subject having both hands and feet off the floor like this, then it does increase the instability sensation.  As it is at this moment, she could impeded the punishment with her hands or by kicking her legs in which case some adjustment might be needed.  While the punishment isn't actually in progress, for example during a lengthy lecture before it starts, it can be quite a physically comfortable position so there is no need to rush to start the beating itself.

This is a lovely way to show how adaptable human furniture can be.  Perhaps the subject is not quite as used to having her bottom spanked as Jessica in the previous image and has put up rather more of a struggle,  Clamping her legs will have very effectively ended that.  She has absolutely no prospect of escape,  Also because she is now only across one leg, she is slightly further forward and needs to keep a hand on the floor to steady herself.  This can go on for as long as he sees fit and if he decides to take her panties down as well as her shorts she still won't be able to do a thing about it.

Human furniture can do more than just OTK as well.  Here we see a subject significantly immobilised even though she's still standing,   It looks to have already been quite a heavy spanking and yet possibly not near to being over, but the subject can hardly move at all and is also rather limited in seeing when the next smack is about to land - in this case I suspect that is less important as they seem to be coming hard and fast.   Nor is the subject in a position to try to put a hand in the way - they are pretty well powerless.  I suspect that in real life domestic situations involving a spontaneous spanking, this may have been an even more common style than OTK, but of course that also means it's less ritualised.

In the next part I'll look at some accidental furniture examples.

Furniture (Part 1)

We talk a lot about the different instruments that can be used in corporal punishment and most aficionados of the subject have their own favourite – the hand, the cane, the slipper, the belt, paddle, the birch…  We talk a lot about costume - skirt up, pants down, naked, tight jeans, uniformed…

We seem to talk very little about the furniture but I think it’s equally a topic worth attention.

On one level you could have four very simple categories:-

• ·       No furniture at all
• ·       “Human” furniture
• ·       “Accidental” furniture
• ·       “Intentioned” furniture

In the first case the subject receiving the punishment is usually just standing or bending unsupported.  The second case might include putting them over your knee, under your arm, or the more unusual practice of horsing as formerly used sometimes in public schools and the like where a third persons back becomes the “furniture.”  The last two categories would be the more traditional notion of furniture distinguished between what I’ve termed “accidental” as in objects that just happen to be there (bending over a desk or chair, lying face down on a bed etc.) or “intentioned” when it’s something designed or purposed for the task.  Many of the final category come from those operating more at the BDSM end of the spectrum or judicial punishments but not all.  There are also some borderline examples – for example if someone is misbehaving during a PE class and is made to bend across a vaulting horse to be punished it might appear the be in the “accidental” category but if the headmaster has decided to put a vaulting horse in his office it would appear to be rather more “intentioned.”

I’m really interested in a different basis for categorising, which is by intention and consequence of use, and I’ll talk about that in my next post tomorrow.

Favourite for April

Well March turned out to be rather a quiet one for me blog-wise, mainly because I spent a large part of it in a country that blocks access to blogger.com.  So I'll have to make up for it in April.

Here's something a bit different.

I've always rather liked outdoor scenes and this looks like a very public place like a park, where the couple have decided to risk being caught engaging in a little spanking action.  There's something about the fact that she has dropped her jeans just far enough to expose her knickers and he's just pulled the belt off his trousers that makes it all seem rather spontaneous and unplanned.  She's not even wearing especially sexy underwear but she has a nice figure and I would have loved to have stumbled on this little drama.  You have to assume the action would have become rather more intense when they got back home.