Switzerland
Switzerland is a country in Europe. Its capital is Berne, its largest city is Zürich, its population is 7.5 million and its official languages are German, French, Italian, and Romansh.
Switzerland is not a member of the European Union.
Spanking in Switzerland
Corporal punishment has a long tradition in Switzerland, and the spanking of children for punishment was once common both in the home and in school. The Swiss have a reputation of being hard-working and well-educated, but also conservative and traditional people. For example, women were not allowed to vote until 1959 (and in the last canton, until 1990). The age of majority in Switzerland was 20 until it was reduced to 18 in 1996. A 1992 study of Freiburg University showed that about two thirds of Swiss parents use smacking as a parenting tool. Most corporal punishment was given to small children below the age of four.
Common spanking implements in Switzerland, according to books and films, seem to have been switches and sticks which were cut from suitable bushes and trees. Up to the 19th century, the birch rod was common as well. According to the Atlas der Schweizerischen Schulkunde of 1950, in various regions of Switzerland the donkey cap was still in use: the student to be punished had to wear the donkey cap usually while standing in corner time.
Switzerland banned judicial corporal punishment as early as 1798.
Like several other European countries, Switzerland has recently banned spanking as a parenting method. However Switzerland' s highest court has ruled in 2003 that parents have a limited right to smack their children occasionally 'following inappropriate behaviour and with the aim of educating the child.'
Swiss spanking art
Albert Anker (1831-1910) was a Swiss painter and illustrator who created a number of interesting 19th century school scenes, such as the example above.
A contemporary Swiss spanking artist is t_big who created rendered spanking art (M/m) with Poser.
The BDSM/spanking actress (as well as photo model and video producer) Anastasia Pierce lives in California and Switzerland.
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