Carpet beater

A wicker carpet beater.

A carpet beater is an instrument used to beat the dust out of (area, not fitted) carpets. Carpet beaters come in different designs, but most look like a big fly swatter, made of thick wire, wicker, rattan or willow, designed to give whipping blows to chase out the dust without doing damage to the carpet. Smaller versions of the carpet beater, with fewer loops, and sometimes only a single loop, are known as rug beaters. In Japan, futon mattresses are cleaned with a uniquely shaped rattan "futon beater." These have also been featured in a number of spanking videos.

Before the vaccum cleaner appeared, carpet beaters were once found in practically every household that had a carpet or rug. Carpet beaters were used outdoors. Some houses still have frames for beating carpets in the courtyard or garden: The carpet is hung over the frame and beat, which makes a "whap whap" sound, and the wind takes away clouds of dust. In winter, the best way to clean a carpet is to place it upside down on an area of fresh clean snow and then beat it from the back. In continental Europe, carpet beaters are still in use today because a vacuum cleaner is not as effective in getting dust and dirt out of an (oriental) carpet as a vaccum cleaner. For some unknown reason, carpet beaters seem less common in the anglosphere than in continental Europe.

Carpet beaters and spanking[edit]

Lazy girl is punished on a Boer farm near Pretoria.

Externally hosted image on Handprints: Drawings Gallery #60

The design of carpet beaters made the implement also popular for corporal punishment. The carpet beater served in a similar way to "beat the dust out of the pants" of naughty children. When the carpet beater is swung not too hard, the punishment looks impressive but actually is not too painful, especially when used on the seat of the pants only. But when it applied really hard, and on the bare buttocks, it does a lot of pain and damage.

The use of carpet beaters as a punishment implement is prevalent in the Netherlands, Germany and Italy. It is/was common to have the carpet beater hang from the wall outside or in the corridor.

The following excerpt is from a Dutchman, born in 1923 and writing for his grandchildren about life as a child before the war:

"When I was seven, I ruined my new shoes by playing soccer. New leather shoes were expensive, and I had to go on wearing them. Coming back from school, I had thrown them in the canal in a fit of anger. Now they HAD to buy me new shoes.

I had to get the carpet beater, which hung outside to keep it supple. Knowing the carpet beater from mama, I was not terribly afraid. But I had to hand the carpet beater to daddy, not to mama, and it was daddy who took me in the kitchen, and ordered to lower my shorts. I never had to do this before.

I got seven, the maximum (one per year). He took me firmly by my arm, and swung the carpet beater against my seat. At the first stroke, my whole seat was burning. The next one, covering burning skin, was a lot worse. From the third, the pain was unspeakable. You instinctively tried to back away, which made it worse as it allowed for a better swing. I felt the burning till I fell asleep. Till two or three days after, I could feel I was spanked badly when sitting down. I remembered it for the rest of my youth.

You boasted about having had the carpet beater on the bare from your father, as it gave you high status as a tough boy. But you didn’t care to repeat the experience: mentioning the carpet beater was enough to make most boys behave."

Spanking videos[edit]

In the Ingmar Bergman film, Fanny and Alexander (1983), a sadistic minister thrashes his adopted son with a carpet beater. Below is a selection of adult spanking-fetish films that also feature this implement.

Amy Gets A Sound Carpetbeating Outside For Playing Her Music Too Loud (Real Life Spankings), swimming pool, photos

Amy's Late Holiday Punishment (Real Life Spankings), photos

Another Trespasser! (Triple A Spanking, 2018), Kenna Jay, Zoe Page, trespassing, photos
Au Pair Trouble (Firm Hand Spanking), Amelia Jane Rutherford, photos

Bad School Marks (Girls Boarding School), Molly, report card, photos, more photos

Bellview Catholic School For Girls, Episode 7: Punished for Fighting, part 1 (Spanked In Uniform, 2014), Amelia Jane Rutherford
Caning the Vandal (Universal Spanking and Punishments, 2020), bath brush, vandalism, photos
The Carpet Beater (Girls Boarding School), photos
Cellphone Trouble (Girls Boarding School)
Christy's Carpet Beater Fantasy (Uncle Bob's Woodshed), Christy Cutie

Curiosity Gets You Spanked (Sarah Gregory Spanking), Amelia Jane Rutherford
Danielle Hunt Soundly Punished For Not Being Ready On Time (Real Life Spankings), Danielle Hunt, photos

Danielle's Carpet Beater Spanking (Girls Spanked Hard, 2018), Danielle Hunt, photos

The Definitive Guide (Firm Hand Spanking, 2011), Amelia Jane Rutherford, photos

Dormitory Discipline (Triple A Spanking), Alex Reynolds

Elle Gets Caned to Tears (Triple A Spanking)

Europe Airlines, Episode 16: Nuts! (Spanked In Uniform)
Gallery 81 (Spanking-Movie), photos

Harley All OTK (Dallas Spanks Hard), short wire rug beater, photos
Julie Gets A Sound Carpet Beating For Not Answering Emails Again! (Real Life Spankings), photos
Lola's Wet Detention (Triple A Spanking), Lola Marie, photos

Maid Learns the Rules (Sarah Gregory Spanking), Victorian era, photos
A Maid's Tears (Brooks Applications)
Mike's 50's Diner, Episode 9: Julie's First Evaluation Day (Spanked In Uniform, 2012)
Military Discipline (Firm Hand Spanking), photos
Misbehaving Again (Girls Boarding School)
Naughty Spankbots (Triple A Spanking)
New Resident Asia (Girls Boarding School)
New Resident Vanja (Girls Boarding School)
Not Your Computer (Girls Boarding School)
Parlour Maid Punishments (Northern Spanking), Niki Flynn, Pandora Blake, photos
Personal Trainer's Punishment (Triple A Spanking)
Playing a Prank (Girls Boarding School)
Pre-Wife Duties (SaeRock, 2023), photos
The Punishment Chair (Spank Christina), classroom, smoking, photos
The Sexy Maid Cleaning Agency, Episode 10: Close the Curtains (Spanked In Uniform, 2014), Amelia Jane Rutherford

A Sore Bottom for Roseanna (Girls Boarding School)
The Southport Naval Academy, Episode 15: Gross Misconduct, Part 1 (Spanked In Uniform, 2016), wicker carpet beater, photos