Tattletale
Tattletale is a juvenile term given to someone who reports minor misbehavior to the appropriate authorities for the sole purpose of getting them into trouble. This disparaging label is most often applied to children who go to a teacher or parent to inform on another student or sibling. In mainstream films, tattletales are usually portrayed as cruel children who enjoy seeing a fellow child get punished. Though the child's motivation might just to win the approval of the authority figure even at the expense of their peers.
This is related to the more adult term known as "snitching". However, snitching refers to reporting more serious crimes to the police. In prison, a known "snitch" - someone who provides incriminating information to the authorities - is likely to be bullied, hurt, or even killed by his or her fellow inmates. In many high-crime inner-city areas there is a "stop snitching" street culture that discourages any form of cooperation with the police.
Fetish films
The Christmas Quiet (2006) from Lupus Pictures is one of many corporal punishment films that uses a tattletale scenario. Here, a young girl tattles to her father after seeing her sister and the maid covertly consuming an entire platter of Christmas cookies. The father then punishes both girls with a severe caning and an enema.
Tattletale is also the title of a corporal punishment video by Shadow Lane starring Ashley Renee.
See also
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- More information is available at [ Wikipedia:Tattletale ]
Links
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