Spanking machine

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Cartoon of a spanking machine.

A spanking machine is a machine built to administer a spanking. Many such machines have been portrayed in fictional stories and spanking drawings since the 19th century. Since the early 21st century, actual working spanking machines have been built and offered for sale, largely to a very specialized BDSM market.

The idea of a machine for punishment seems to be an enduring one, but unlike such mechanical devices for capital punishment as the Guillotine, the electric chair, and the gas chamber, a spanking machine has never entered mainstream use.

Most conceptions of a spanking machine involved rotating wheels with paddles, flexible paddles, straps, or switches attached. Other versions involved spring-loaded arms or levers, with a paddle or strap attached, that are drawn back against the pull of the spring, and then released to strike the target, usually the buttocks of the delinquent. Some versions combined these two approaches, with a peg on a rotating wheel serving to draw back a spring-loaded arm, as in the image on the right.

Most imagined spanking machines are completely automatic devices, comparable to a windmill. Some have been more or less robotic in nature, with some degree of computerized intelligence. One of the more extreme versions of this was the "Spankmaster", a machine appearing in Lurking Dragon's story "Diaspora" (part of the Rejuve Universe series).

History[edit]

The New York Times snippet about a newly invented spanking machine ("spanking chair") at the Girl's Industrial School of Kansas (1898).
"Spanking by Means of a Mechanical Device", article on the San Francisco Call, 18 December 1898.

In The Rationale of Punishment (1830), philosopher Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) wrote:

"Of all these different modes of punishment, whipping is the most frequently in use; but in whipping not even the qualities of the instrument are ascertained by written law: while the quantity of force to be employed in its application is altogether intrusted to the caprice of the executioner. He may make the punishment as trifling or as severe as he pleases. He may derive from this power a source of revenue, so that the offender will be punished, not in proportion to his offence, but to his poverty. If he has been unfortunate, and not able to secure his plunder, or honest, and has voluntarily given it up, and thus has nothing left to make a sop for Cerberus, he suffers the rigour---perhaps more than the rigour---of the law. Good fortune and perseverance, in dishonesty, would have enabled him to buy indulgence.
"The following contrivance would, in a measure, obviate this inconvenience:---A machine might be made, which should put in motion certain elastic rods of cane or whalebone, the number and size of which might be determined by the law: the body of the delinquent might be subjected to the strokes of these rods, and the force and rapidity with which they should be applied, might be prescribed by the Judge: thus everything which is arbitrary might be removed. A public officer, of more responsible character than the common executioner, might preside over the infliction of the punishment; and when there were many delinquents to be punished, his time might be saved, and the terror of the scene heightened, without increasing the actual suffering, by increasing the number of the machines, and subjecting all the offenders to punishment at the same time."

In 1898, The New York Times reported the invention of an electric "spanking chair" that was put to use at the Girl's Industrial School of Kansas (see image to the right). The same machine was also said to be perhaps planned to be used at the Denver Industrial School For Girls. However Warden Hoyt explained at a conference the following year that his remarks had been intended as a joke, and that there never was a "spanking machine".[1]

Clipping from a South Tyrolean newspaper, 16 October 1903, about the spanking machine in Minnesota.

In 1903, several newspapers reported that a spanking machine has been put to use at the Minnesota State Training School.[2][3]

In Mistress Masham's Repose (1946), T. H. White speculated on a similar device to apply bastinado automatically. Since that book is a parody of (as well as sequel to) Gulliver's Travels, the same sprit of the early Age of Reason as in the Bentham quote is plausibly invoked.

Walt Disney featured a mouthsoaping-and-spanking machine, connected to a lie detector, in their 1939 animated 8-minute film The Practical Pig (YouTube).

Gallery 1: Vintage spanking machine drawings/illustrations[edit]

The following gallery features vintage illustrations and cartoons of spanking machines. In those days, an often featured aspect of the spanking machine concept was that such a machine could be built to chastise not just one delinquent but a whole row of offenders simultaneously, for group spankings.

  • A Russian conception of a spanking machine.

    A Russian conception of a spanking machine.

  • A German conception of a spanking machine.

    A German conception of a spanking machine.

  • A French conception of a spanking machine, driven by a steam engine, for little boys (left) and little girls (right).

    A French conception of a spanking machine, driven by a steam engine, for little boys (left) and little girls (right).

  • "The Gentle Persuader", cartoon illustration of another steam-driven whipping machine, 19th century.

    "The Gentle Persuader", cartoon illustration of another steam-driven whipping machine, 19th century.

  • "A spanking machine was an ineffective, if fanciful, form of punishment in the era of Dickens." 19th century.

    "A spanking machine was an ineffective, if fanciful, form of punishment in the era of Dickens." 19th century.

  • "Snooks' Patent Whipping Machine for Flogging Naughty Boys in School", a variant of the same, human-powered.

    "Snooks' Patent Whipping Machine for Flogging Naughty Boys in School", a variant of the same, human-powered.

  • "The Mother's Friend". Illustration by L. H . Crumb (1875).

    "The Mother's Friend". Illustration by L. H . Crumb (1875).

  • Spanking Machine for Naughty Girls (1898).

    Spanking Machine for Naughty Girls (1898).

  • ditto (1898).

    ditto (1898).

  • The "Automatic Castigator" by P.V. Bradshaw (1902).

    The "Automatic Castigator" by P.V. Bradshaw (1902).

  • Little Nemo comic strip from February 7, 1909

    Little Nemo comic strip from February 7, 1909

  • Atkinson's Comedy Co.: "The Urchin Chastiser"

    Atkinson's Comedy Co.: "The Urchin Chastiser"

  • "Electric birches" (United Kingdom, possibly 1920s).

    "Electric birches" (United Kingdom, possibly 1920s).

  • A seated man watches a machine switching a group of young women. Unknown artist and year.

    A seated man watches a machine switching a group of young women. Unknown artist and year.

  • The opposite of a spanking machine: a machine to test a mother's spanking strength (1943).

    The opposite of a spanking machine: a machine to test a mother's spanking strength (1943).

Gallery 2: Contemporary spanking machine designs[edit]

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Drawing by Comixpank.

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A spanking machine in guilloutine design, by Arkham-Insanity.

The following gallery features contemporary spanking machine drawings and rendered art.

  • Example of Machine/M spanker with leather paddlewheel, by Franco, figure model by Taco.

    Example of Machine/M spanker with leather paddlewheel, by Franco, figure model by Taco.

  • Newer version of the same concept (2010).

    Newer version of the same concept (2010).

  • Cassie from Dragon Tales in a spanking machine. Drawing by Fred Vegerano (link).

    Cassie from Dragon Tales in a spanking machine. Drawing by Fred Vegerano (link).

  • Example of Machine/f intended for child discipline at home, by CopyKats (2008).

    Example of Machine/f intended for child discipline at home, by CopyKats (2008).

  • Another spanking machine by CopyKats (2013).

    Another spanking machine by CopyKats (2013).

  • Another spanking machine by CopyKats (2020).

    Another spanking machine by CopyKats (2020).

  • Another spanking machine by CopyKats (2020).

    Another spanking machine by CopyKats (2020).

Spanking machine with human spanker[edit]

The following drawing "Spanking wheel" shows a spanking machine in which the machine does not actually do the spanking, but rotates a group of spankees restrained on a structure a bit like a water wheel such that a single spanker can spank them all in quick succession without having to move position.

  • "Spanking wheel"

    "Spanking wheel"

Self-spanking machines[edit]

Main article: spanking bike

Spanking machines can be used for self-spanking—for example, if a person has no spanking partner or for some reason prefers a machine over a human partner. It is a question of definition whether a machine spanking can count as a true self-spanking. But if the spankee is the one who sets up the machine, puts themself in position and starts the machine, it probably counts.

There are also self-spanking machines in which the spankee actually powers the machine that spanks them, typically built on the bicycle principle. For more on this, see spanking bike.

A spankee may use a spanking machine to receive a more realistic spanking compared to classic self-spanking: where they are more passive and not an active spanker. For spankees, it can be desirable to be not in full control of the spanking once it has started. However it can be dangerous to completely give up control to a machine when no other person is nearby for safety. Self-bondage when one is alone is a dangerous and unsafe form of BDSM, it can even lead to death. A safe compromise might be, for example, to set oneself a predetermined number of spanks to be received and try to remain in position restrained only by self-discipline until the count is reached, then stop the machine. Or pre-program the machine to deliver a certain number of strokes or run for a certain length of time, and then stop.

Actual machines[edit]

Lifting and spanking machine designed as a prank for Masonic initiation rituals.
  • US patent #920,837 was issued for a "Combined Lifting and Spanking Machine" in 1909. According to other sources, the patent of the machine by DeMoulin Bros. & Co dates back to 1900. The machine was used in fraternity and Masonic initiation rituals.
  • A similar machine was the Invisible Paddle Machine, also known as the "lifting and spraying" machine, which was supposedly a strength tester, but when the candidate pulled on the handles, it would shoot water in their face, and fire a blank cartridge, and whack a board on their behind.
  • Gonzo Games (USA Network, 1991), was a game show that featured two female contestants riding stationary bicycles rigged with a spanking machine that paddled them when the speed decreased.
  • The Robospanker by DD Machinery claimed to be the "the world's first robotic spanking machine". According to the maker, "Robospanker uses a small motor to drive a trigger device, which draws back a spring-loaded paddle. Then suddenly releases the paddle giving the subject, who is bent over in front of it, a good swift lick on the behind. You adjust the tension of the spank from a light pat, to a very painful whack." Prices in April 2006 were listed as varying from $750 to $1050 depending on the options selected.
  • The Spank-O-Matic claimed to be "a highly adjustable, lift-and-drop spanking machine. Front-facing spanking arms and swing stand allow a wide range of positions." The price in April 2006 was listed as $1000.
  • More recently, the Spanker Machine has been made available. Developed in Europe and marketed as 'the first domestic spanking machine' the Spanker is about the size of a tennis ball tin and has an adjustable clamp allowing for a variety of domestic implements (spoon, fly swat, hairbrush, ruler) to be attached. Given its size and the weight limit for the implement (100g) the Spanker Machine, while it has 10 intensity levels, is unlikely to match the intensity levels possible with the larger machines. It is, however, much cheaper at about $127.

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References[edit]

  1. ↑ Proceedings of the Annual Congress of the National Prison Association, Hartford, Connecticut, September 1899.
  2. ↑ Lead Daily Call, South Dakota, page 4, September 25, 1903
  3. ↑ The Parsons Daily Sun, Kansas, November 26, page 4, 1903

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