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I had a hard time with this. I found it so bizarre that I thought it must be a hoax or a parody. But I went to the Learning Domestic Discipline website and found it to be so earnest and sincere that I had to accept its reality. There actually is something called Christian Domestic Discipline and it really does recommend that men hit their wives. It even has a blog, complete with a section on the Women’s Perspective, to explain and justify it. In addition it has:

Punishment One: Corner Time

“Within a Domestic Discipline marriage, there are several different types of punishments that can be administered, most of which are pretty straight forward. I plan on going into elaborate detail with each one, and we’ll start with one of the most basic punishments – corner time (also referred to as a time out).”

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The Importance of Crying

“I’ve always found it difficult to stress the importance of the wife crying at some point during the spanking process.”

Notice that it is assumed that the man will do the hitting and the woman will do the crying.

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Maintenance Spankings

“Maintenance spankings provide a way for the husband to keep the wife on the right track, as well as provide a means for the wife to get an emotional release.”

She hasn’t broken the rules. He just needs to hit her to help her remember. “Emotional release?”

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Punishing In Public – How To Handle It

“I regularly get asked how to handle the wife when she’s acting out in a public setting.”

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Head of the Household (HoH)

The man, of course.

Okay, I admit that this seems to be real. That people do this. That the victims go along with it. They have a PDF file (54 pages) for beginners, and they’ve even published an ebook. I still find it bizarre, though.

All photos credit the Learning Domestic Discipline website.

rjb