"Wife-Spanking 101"

O-M-G! I'm almost speechless. My friend Janet sent this to me. Fundamentalist Christians who insist that the husband should spank the wife to keep her in line. Sounds like abuse (and certainly is, in some cases), but when you read more, it starts to appear very sexual, under the guise of devoutness. The comments after the article are as informative as the essay itself: seems from the discussion (some comments from secular practitioners of S&M) that this is just an excuse to have kinky sex and say that God commanded it.

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/60611

Wife-Spanking 101: Neither Parody Nor Porn
by Ann Friedman

What if you wife won't "behave"? Uber-conservative Christian patriarchs everywhere now have a solution!