I don't think everyone is spanked simply for penance or physical pain. Spanking, within the bounds of marriage (no pun intended) REALLY livens up one's love life in the bedroom. I am definitely a fan of it, but only if both parties agree to it. Now, what I'm NOT a fan of is spanking of high schoolers by teachers or principals. I'm not saying that their ain't times that they couldn't use it (as in for cases of violence or bullying or vandalism, etc.), but still is used far too often for offenses like chewing gum, being late, skipping school, missing words on spelling bees, etc., cases where no conduct or behavior problem. I think, as in cases of prom dresses in high school in Alabama, would have been simply easier to keep out the girls with too skimpy prom dresses at the door instead of paddling them and all hell breaking loose with angry parents, the news media, and potential lawsuits, and bad publicity, and makes the paddler looks like a pervert (whether he is or not).