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The '''bent-over position''' is a [[spanking position]] in which the [[spankee]] is standing (in some variants, on tiptoes) and [[bending over]].

There are the following variants:
* arms hanging
* hands (or forearms) on knees ("[[hands-on-knees position]]")
* hands (or forearms) placed on the seat of a chair or stool
* hands [[grabbing ankles]] or [[touching toes]]

The spankee's legs can be kept together or apart. The spankee can be required to keep in position by himself, or the spanker can steady the spankee with his/her non-spanking hand (see [[underarm position]]). The spankee can also bend over and put his/her head between the spanker's legs (see [[head-between-legs position]]).

The bent-over position is, above all, in three of its four variants a position that does not require any piece of furniture, neither for the spanker nor for the spankee. It is, or was, traditional for [[paddling]] (mainly in the USA) and [[caning]] (mainly in the UK).

Note that the lower the spankee's head is in this position, the more blood will rush to his/her head, which is not good for lengthy spankings. So these variants should not be held for too long and are best for spankings that are hard but quickly over, such as canings.

== Variants ==
* For variants in which the spankee is bending over an object, see [[bent-over-object position]].
* Another related variant is the [[reverse chair position]].

== Commands ==

The [[Command|command phrase]] '''''Bend over''''' is often the command that starts the spanking, so by itself can be a hot button phrase for [[spankos]]. A more formal variant with the same meaning is the command '''''"to [[Assume the position]]"'''''.

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