Flagellation

Flagellation (Latin flagellum, 'whip'), flogging or whipping is the act of beating the human body with special implements such as whips, rods, switches, the cat o' nine tails, the sjambok, the knout, etc. Typically, flogging has been imposed on an unwilling subject as a punishment; however, it can also be submitted to willingly and even done by oneself in sadomasochistic or religious contexts. Quotes As an erotic stimulant, more particularly, it may be observed that, considering the many intimate and sympathetic relations existing between the nervous branches of the extremity of the spinal marrow, it is impossible to doubt that flagellation exercised upon the buttocks and the adjacent parts, has a powerful effect upon the organs of generation. Davenport, Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs (1869), p. 113 Delicias pariunt Veneri crudelia flagra,Dum nocet, illa juvat, dum juvat, ecce nocet. Lo! cruel stripes the sweets of love insure,And painful pleasures pleasing pains procure. Meibomius, De flagrorum usu in re venerea (1643), epigraph External links Category:Punishment Category:Sexuality