A new review of 69 studies from countries across the globe has found that physical punishment does more harm than good, worsening a child’s behaviour and making them more aggressive over time.
Here at 2OV we encourage some light petting in the office, but we tend to keep the spanking for after hours. Not so in China.
Spanking a child – to many – is a form of discipline. For others it a horrible form of abuse that should be made illegal.
Australia’s military is becoming notorious for its culture of drinking and sexism. Which is probably not much fun if you’re a woman. A senior naval officer has just been convicted of no fewer than seven counts of indecency without consent. He’d been engaging in some pretty questionable behaviour in the workplace, including spanking a female sailor’s bare buttocks to “test her discipline and compliance”.