Hands-on-head position
Hands on head is a pose popular for a number of purposes related to punishment, in particular spanking and corner time.
It means that the delinquent/spankee/bottom is instructed to place his/her hands on his/her head.
The usual command is something like "[Put your] hands on your head", possibly followed by an instruction to leave them there until told. This pose is not uncomfortable and can be therefore held for longer periods.
A variant is "hands behind your head" which is similar but a little more relaxed. It is preferred in positions where the head is in a horizontal position, e.g. the lying position.
Use
While in an everyday context the pose, assumed voluntarily, is a sign of feeling comfortable and relaxed, in a punitive context it can have both practical use and a powerful psychological impact.
Examples of such punitive contexts are:
- To keep the hands away for unbuttoning the spankee's lower garment, such as trousers or shorts.
- To keep the hands away from covering the genitals, to increase the shame that comes with frontal nudity in a punitive context. There is also a secondary effect related to this, when the subject is in a pants down state the position raises the shoulders, which will raise the hemline of the shirt, putting lower nudity more on display.
- To keep the hands away from blocking a spanking given in a standing position.
- To keep the hands from rubbing the bottom when standing in corner time after a spanking.
- To keep the hands away for washing, scrubbing, examining, shaving, etc. the person.
The pose emphasizes the passiveness of the person because the hands, the symbols of active doing, are moved out of the way and "parked" there, as if to say "you won't need them for the next few minutes, as you will be completely passive and at my will".
Gallery
Thérèse rêvant by Balthus.
A naked man with his hands behind his head.
Detail from Jack and the Brownies by Comixpank.
Hands-on-head in spanking literature
In the spanking novel The Old Rectory, the boys residing in the institution are taught two positions to assume while waiting: with their hands on their back when waiting in normal cases, and with their hands on their head when waiting to receive a punishment.
Hands-on-head in spanking art
The hands-on-head pose is often depicted in "corner time" illustrations and photographs.
See also
Links
- Example of a hands-on-head pose after a spanking (adult female model) on the Italian Spanking Art Pages (Adult site).
- Photo of a girl on Spanked-Cutie.com
- Two boys with hands on their heads
- Nopaddle.com on the hands-on-head pose
- Nude woman standing in hands-on-head position (Adult site)
- Two nude women standing in hands-on-head position (Adult site)
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