It’s not just about the pain that it inflicts on the receiver; although that can be a big part of it sometimes, it is about so many other things.
Firstly, it’s about trust. It’s the trust that the receiver has in you, knowing that you are going to cause pain, but trusting you to keep it to what is acceptable.
It’s about exploring boundaries. Linked in with the trust mentioned above, there is the exploration of limits, of taking things that little bit further, of pushing the person on the receiving end to take that little bit more and, for them, trying to determine their own levels of endurance.
It’s about the senses. There is something animal, something primal about the sound of skin striking skin. There is something about that particular sound of hand coming into contact with buttock that has an electric feel about it; it echoes and reverberates in a way that is uniquely alone. There are the moans and cries of the receiver as the pain and the heat grow with each contact, the sheer animal nature of the other person’s response to pain. And then of course there is the wonder of the skin changing colour; from unblemished, through deepening shades of pink, to a fiery crimson glow. The receiver’s skin, a canvass on which I display my art.
It’s about caring and respect. No spanking should ever go unappreciated. The surrender implicit in the other person allowing me to subject them to such attentions should always be recognised, appreciated and cherished.
It’s very easy to get wrapped up in the physical aspect of spanking that, to the uninitiated, it is sometimes easy to miss the deeply sensual and emotional elements that go along with the act. Inflicting/enduring pain is, of course, a very obvious and visible part of the experience but, just like an iceberg, it is the elements that can’t be seen because they are below the surface, the feelings, the emotions, that go so much deeper.
KW
Yup
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Glad you agree 😉
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Great post, and I completely agree, especially about trust and boundaries, even though I have only really had light and playful spanks.
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Trust is definitely a very important ingredient.
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I love that sound of flesh striking flesh, I just don’t hear it often enough right now.
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That’s a shame. I do hope you get to hear it a bit more often soon… 😉
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I am so with you about the sound of flesh striking flesh
Mollyx
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It is such a wonderfully emotive sound.
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The giver has to like spanking it as much as the receiver likes to feel it – it cant be done just to please someone – well not in my experience – loses all its merits
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I agree, and I think that can be said of pretty much anything sexual.
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My girl likes it to get spaked her ass, when we have sex doggystyle and I spank her ass then.
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If she likes it then go for it.. 😉
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