Italy
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Italy, officially the Italian Republic (Italian: Repubblica italiana), is a country in Southern Europe with a population of about 60.8 million. Its official language is Italian. Its capital and largest city is Rome. Two smaller independent states -- San Marino and the Vatican City -- are enclaves within Italy. It is a member of the European Union, United Nations, and NATO.
History
Italy's capital, Rome, has been a political and religious hub of Western civilization for centuries, having served as the capital of the Roman Empire (27 BC-5th century AD) and the site of the Holy See. It was the birthplace of many maritime republics and the Renaissance (14th-17th century). Italy's post-Roman history saw the land being invaded by numerous foreign powers, including Germanic tribes, the Byzantines, and the Normans. It was also fragmented into several city and regional states before unification in 1861. Italy also ruled a colonial empire in the 19th and 20th centuries and fought on the Axis side in World War II under the fascist dictator Benito Mussolini before the Allies defeated it.
Italy is now governed by a democratic republic, with the President as the head of state and the Prime Minister as the head of government. It is a highly developed country with high standards of living and education and has the eighth-largest economy in the world. It plays a prominent role in European and worldwide military, cultural, and diplomatic affairs.
Spanking in Italy
In the 20th century, school corporal punishment fell out of fashion and was gradually banned in many countries, a trend that continues until the present day.
As of May 2008, Italy prohibits corporal punishment in schools.
Spanking in parenting and education was common in Italy up to the early 20th century. However, Italian parents have a reputation of being comparatively less strict than, for example, French, English, German, or Russian parents.
In the old days, Italians sometimes used dried fish as a paddle for spanking, called baccalà, from which the word baccalà got a second, idiomatic meaning.
Italian spanking art
Contemporary Italian spanking artists include Milo Manara, Danilo and Paolo (see Italian Spanking Art Pages), and Leone Frollo.
Prostitution in Italy
Prostitution in Italy (Italian: prostituzione), defined as the exchange of sexual acts for money, is legal, although organized prostitution, whether indoors in brothels or controlled by third parties, is prohibited. Brothels were banned in 1958. A euphemism often used to refer to street prostitutes in Italy is Lucciole (lit. "fireflies"), while escorts are referred to as Squillo (onomatopoeia referring to the sound of a ringing telephone, making it analogous to "call girl").
External links
- More information is available at [ Wikipedia:Italy ]
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