Belles of St. Mary's

Chapter 3

Pamphlet Found in the Smith Collection

MORTIFICATION OF THE FLESH

A MANUAL OF CORPORAL PUNISHMENT:

I. THE MARIAN METHOD

OF DISCIPLINE IN THE CATHOLIC HOME

Derived from:

Private Writings of the Irish Sisters of the Suffering Mother

By Msgr. Thomas Kelley,

In The Diocese of Galveston

Privately Printed

In The Year Of Our Salvation 1917

Gulfcoaston, Texas

I. Forward

Dearest Sisters in Christ.

As Wives a great obligation is laid upon you to Strictly Observe the Precepts of Our Holy Mother the Church as represented by the Authority of your Husband and your Pastor. This booklet is a one guide to accomplishing that goal. As never before we, the Faithful, are assaulted by the temptations of Modernism which confronts us every day with temptations to Pridefullness, Willfullness and all manners of Impurity. We have only to look around us at the scandals wrought upon our Protestant brethren who have been riven into a hundred squabbling Sects to observe the consequences of Ill-Discipline and Liberalism. Failure to establish within the family the principles of Humility, Submission, Obedience and Discipline as exemplified by Our Mother the Blessed Virgin Mary puts in jeopardy your souls and ultimately the souls of your family. This is why these matters are of the highest importance.

As part of Modernism, there is a pernicious movement afoot to seduce us away from the long standing practice of the Mortification of the Flesh and its attendant need for Chastisement of the Female Body. This booklet is part of a movement to attack these dissipations and bring us all closer to Communion with The Body of Christ. Only by vigorously suppressing these tendencies toward sexual perversion can we begin to approach the Humility and Submissiveness of the Blessed Virgin. She was utterly Obedient unto the Spirit and there is no better example of Redemption than that of the Sorrowful Mother. Every voice of the Secular World ridicules Corporal Discipline as old fashioned, cruel and Un-American. We have only to witness the Corruption of the Ways of the World to appreciate the falsity of their doctrine. I realize that I am calling you to Pain and Humiliation. But compared to the Fires of Hell this is a small price to pay for Redemption in the Blood of the Lamb.

In Gulfcoaston, Texas

Lent, A.D. 1917

It should be noted that this manual encompasses disciplines practiced by the family in the home. Disciplines appropriate to the Catholic School and the Parish are found in the pamphlets specific to those disciplines.

II. Theological Background

The approach to Female Discipline of this Manual is based upon the following Theses.

1. A major consequence of Original Sin is Concupiscence.

2. Concupiscence is most formidably expressed in the Female and is maximal between menarche and menopause.

3. God has given us the tools to control Concupiscence in the Sacraments of the Eucharist and Penance.

4. Females between menarche and menopause should Confess and go to Communion at least once a month, preferably on the Saturday and Sunday after their monthly menstruation.

5. Proper repentance by the female of her sins, particularly the sins caused by Concupiscence, should appropriately involve mortification of the flesh.

6. The best methods for mortification of the female flesh involve Corporal Punishment.

7. The male head of the household is responsible for the moral discipline of the females in the household. In the case of daughters this responsibility is passed down to the mother. In households were there is no male head of household the Pastor will appoint someone to oversee discipline.

8. The head of the household should review the conduct and deportment of the females in his care once a week. Ideally this should be on a Friday so that any serious sins can be confessed the next day and a state of Grace attained by Sunday.

9. Mild Corporal Punishment can be administered in the Home. Mild or Marian Corporal Punishment is defined as striking the buttocks with a broad piece of leather such as a belt, a strop or a paddle. Corporal Punishment that involves any significant chance of bodily injury (e.g. switch, cane, whip, etc) should only be done under the direct supervision of Holy Mother Church.

10. This Manual addresses Mild Corporal Punishment of the female (Marian Discipline). Other Manuals address more severe chastisements (Marthan Discipline, Magdalene Discipline).

III. The Philosophy of Female Chastisements.

Fewer things are understood so poorly by the Lay World than the role of Chastisement in the Christian Home. We seek to overcome the lack of Discipline inherent in the female mind by implanting the Fear of the Lord. This will lead women to be Obedient rather than running off in their usual devil may care fashion. When Discipline and Obedience are gained they result in Submission – that which St. Paul considers the ultimate virtue of the Christian woman. The final result of this is the absolute emulation of the Blessed Virgin Mary who without question Submitted in Humility to the Holy Spirit and bore Our Savior.

What the World sees as abuse of women and children is in fact actually milder punishment than was traditionally carried out half-a-century ago in Catholic Ireland. This is because the inflection of pain is actually the minor third part of the program. The central core of the method is an understanding of the female psyche and the way in which knowledge of that psyche is employed in establishing the Fear of the Lord in the female with minimal pain.

Chastisement is not simply inflicting pain. It involves establishing:

(i) In the mind that particular state of Humility in emulation of the Virgin Mary

(ii) In the body that trembling and shaking expectational state, and

(iii) In the emotions that dread and morbid anticipation.

Under these conditions, the actual infliction of pain serves only to bring the three states above to a climax of Repentance and Humility. At that climax the Fear of the Lord is established. If one is focused only on inflicting pain, it is quite possible that the Fear of the Lord is never achieved, all that ever happens is that damage is done to the body. The method of the Irish Sisters establishes the Fear of the Lord with a minimum of physical damage. The sooner in the female's life that our method is emplaced, the sooner the perfect state of Humility, Submission, Obedience and Discipline can be achieved and pain transcended.

The Role of Expectation and Exposure in Chastisement . Two factors establish the state of mind that allows the minimal use of pain in achieving Humility and Penitance. The first is the expectation of the impending Chastisement and the second is the exposure of the female body during the process of expectation and throughout the actual physical punishment. In general, there should be nothing more humiliating to the female than exposure of her body. When a female is exposed and awaiting chastisement, her entire body and mind can become focused on the approaching moment of punishment and the parts of the body that will feel pain. Therefore when the punishment is applied, the parts of the body are ready to reach a climax with minimal damage to the body. Although we aim to establish this system in the adult female, producing the perfect wife and mother, the sooner the process is started, the less wayward behavior occurs along the road from child to spouse.

IV. The Role of Modesty and Exposure in Female Chastisement

Garb for Routine Wear and Relationship to Punishment. The Lay World is becoming more and more obsessed with the female body, at all ages and stages. Newspapers, magazines and the cinema are filled with images of females with as little of their bodies covered as possible. In the Lay view, a truly liberated woman is one who bares her body without shame in the most public places. Adolescent girls are particularly taught to be shameless about their bodies. The ideal is the "Gibson Girl" clad in closely fitting clothes, with a tightly cinched waist and half naked bosom who continually taunts and torments the boys around her with her alluring but unobtainable body. At the same time promiscuity is being promoted, especially in the context of birth control. This is the exact opposite of what we wish to bring our Daughters up to be.

Modesty is the first principle we will inculcate. Our Daughters must be taught that exposing the body is humiliating and is part of a punishment. Therefore, starting at about age six, girls should avoid form-fitting clothing and short skirts. Modesty requires that outer clothing be traditional such as a skirt and blouse or a dress. They should be taught that "Worldly" women have trouble keeping their Husband happy or even finding a Husband. This is why the "World" is so full of bastards and broken homes. The anarchists who dominate the law and medical professions adore the "liberated woman" who seeks the franchise and promotes prohibition. They are trying to enforce this standard on society, particularly through their use of the public schools. They hope that someday all women will be "Worldly". This will fill their courts, prisons, hospitals and clinics and they will be fully employed and happy. They even dream of legalizing abortion. They will persecute us Catholics until their goal is achieved. We will stand up however and witness our beliefs, particularly by the way our females dress. The two pillars for educating our females are the Catholic School and the Catholic Home.

The Importance of Exposure Similarly, our women exhibit their Submission, Obedience and Discipline when they expose their bodies for Chastisement. They know that certain parts of the body are unclean and they humiliate themselves by exposing these. This humiliation increases the distress of Chastisement. Additionally, the application of implements of Chastisement to bare skin increases the sting of the implement. When a female must expose her body she is indicating her acceptance of the impending punishment. She also realizes that pain is impending and inevitable. Therefore, in order to optimize Chastisement, some time should pass between the exposure of the body and the application of the implement. Thus both Expectation and Exposure are achieved. This sequence of modesty, exposure, shame, anticipation and implement application is easily inculcated in six to eight year old girls. If they are always dressed modestly and privacy is observed even when bathing, then disrobing is quite distressing. The mere sequence of being forced to change into a short camisole that leaves her naked from the beltline down will commonly cause an eight to ten year old to burst out into tears. The Chastisement is made more intense if she must then kneel in the living room for an hour or so with her face to the wall knowing that she will receive the strap at 8:00 PM sharp. The fact that the strap will do no more than redden her buttocks without leaving a bruise is less important. I have seen seemingly enlightened Catholics bend a nine year old girl over their knee and whale away with a hair brush or a wooden paddle at the girl's buttocks which are clad in dress, petticoat and drawers. The parents inflict severe, deep-tissue bruises but leave no real impression on the sullen brat. Our Disciplinary Methods employing creative exposure are not only more humane but more effective.

V. The Practice of Marian Chastisement

The purpose of Marian Discipline is to establish in the home a spirit like that of the Holy Family in Nazareth where the Mother is Submissive to her Husband, Obedient to Him, and is Disciplined in all her thoughts and actions.

The D's of Discipline, Deportment, Disrobing and Diary Having discussed modest apparel at some length we will now discuss its removal. Establishing Submission Obedience and Discipline requires a weekly family accounting involving all females between the menarche and menopause. I believe that this is best done on Friday nights. Then if Confession is necessary, it and any associated penance can be accomplished the next day, Saturday, and Communion received in a State of Grace on Sunday. During the week a record should be kept of female Deportment. In many households, the record for each female subject to Discipline is kept on their personal small board in their bedroom. Next to this board is hung an implement of discipline to remind them of the consequences of wrongdoing. In some cases a bound paper diary is used instead of a board but I like the idea of a relatively "public" posting since this tends to reinforce "Expectation". It is highly useful to SOD that every wife keep her personal Disciplinary Diary. On early Friday evening, the Husband should review with the Mother the degree to which SOD has been observed during the week and what preparations need to be made for the weekly Marian Discipline. It is possible that some Daughters have had such excellent Deportment that no Chastisement is necessary. This is in fact the goal! Still, it is essential that they show up for the family Home Chastisement session prepared for the worst. However, the good Daughters are rewarded for their SOD behavior by being allowed to maintain a higher degree of modesty than those destined for chastisement. This means that, for example, they wear a regular nightgown rather than a disciplinary gown. Daughters who Deportment is deficient need to disrobe to the extent determined by the Husband. In the preparatory session the Husband indicates to the wife the time of disrobing, the degree of disrobing, the general type of implements for Chastisement, and the time of application of implements. The Mother is then required to carry out the detailed preparations with her Daughters.

Our recommendation is that, in the home, daughters be disciplined in a special gown that is set aside for this purpose only. Generally this can be fashioned from a relatively close fitting camisole with thin straps. The hem on the bottom should be adjusted so that the desired exposure of the buttocks is achieved. The gown can be decorated in what ever way pleases the mother. The mother should also be clad in a similar gown although she may, at the discretion of her husband, cover her disciplinary gown with a wrapper of similar material for modesty while she is disciplining her daughters.

A Mother's Obligation Before proceeding to the details of Chastisement we must state another major principle of the Christian Discipline. The failing in Deportment of a Daughter reflects the failing of Mothering on the part of the Wife. Therefore it is inappropriate to Chastise a Daughter and not Chastise a Mother. This does not mean that their Chastisements should be identical. In some cases the failure is more severe on the part of the Daughter especially in the matter of willfulness or stubbornness. Sometimes the failure is primarily a lack of instruction or example on the part of the Mother. And it should be understood that in the case of equivalent punishment the Mother should have a much greater capacity because of size, age, and experience. The details of Chastisement therefore reside with the Husband and the Pastor and in all cases the adult female must be prepared for equivalent or more severe Chastisement than the younger female is subjected to.

Preparations In general, Chastisements in the Home are ideally done either shortly after supper or just before bedtime. The ideal day for Chastisements is Friday. In the case of after supper Chastisements, disrobing usually is done directly from "street" clothes. In order for the Daughter facing Chastisement to have enough time to contemplate the error of her ways and the terror of her impending spanking, most Mothers have their Daughter undress before supper and spend "corner time", naked from the waist down, with their nose against the wall while supper is being prepared. After supper it is back to the corner for them to await the gathering of the family to watch their Chastisement. On the other hand, when punishment is just before bedtime, it is best to first bathe the Daughter and after her bath have her don her Chastisement gown. If any Daughters escape Chastisement, they should bathe last in order to allow the maximum "corner time" for those awaiting punishment.

As girls begin to approach menarche, which usually occurs at anywhere from 12 to 15 years of age, the stringency of their Discipline should gradually be increased from the over-the-knee hand spanking of the girl to the buttocks-bared, bent-over strapping of the adolescent female. During this transition time they may be spanked three weeks in the month and strapped only once every month or two. After a year the frequency of bare-butt strappings should increase and the number of over-the-knee spankings decrease. A good signal to switch over is breast bud formation which can often appear a year before menarche. The pubes should be watched closely and when the first wisp of pubic hair appears, all home discipline should be of the posterior-exposed strapping variety. It always amazes me the terror that is induced the first time a girl is forced to kneel naked in the house for an hour or so awaiting punishment. Severity can also be enhanced by the use of remarks calling attention to her exposed state. Being made to recite a penitentiary prayer is one excellent practice.

These same principles apply to the Mother. Forcing the Mother to strip in front of her Daughters should only be employed on rare occasions. The norm is usually for adult females to be disciplined out of sight of the adolescents. This does not necessarily mean out of sound. Exposure of a mature woman's buttocks can have a remarkable effect on the young, teaching them that no one is exempt from Chastisement. Similarly, the younger ones can be impressed by just how much punishment can be meted out and absorbed. I am a firm believer that every Mother should undergo a maximal Marian Chastisement (30 to 50 strokes with the heaviest strap) once a year in front of her Daughter(s).

Menstruation There is a tendency to avoid Chastising females when they are having their "monthlies". There is absolutely no reason for this attitude for there is no better time for Female Discipline than when she is having her period. First, female tend to be most shy about exposing their bodies during this time of month. This increases the efficacy of anticipation and exposure. Second, the cramping that accompanies menstruation increases the physical discomfort of the corporal punishment rendering the spanking more effective. Thirdly, when menstruating wives are Chastised, if the husband decides to exact his marital rights afterwards, the act is much more humiliating to the fastidious female than is the usual case.

As discussed above under preparations, bathing immediately before Chastisement is transformed from a option to a necessity when the female is menstruating. If the flow of menstrual blood is heavy, it may be desirable for the female to apply a fresh pad immediately after bathing, holding it in place with an elastic suspender such as those recently developed by the Kotex company. The pad and suspender can then be removed immediately before application of the implement.

Implements Nothing is more misunderstood than the role of implements in Chastisement. The cane is a difficult instrument to wield and all too frequently results more in deep bruising than pain. True rattan canes are difficult to obtain. Frequently all that is available are "bamboo" canes which shatter within the first half dozen blows. Canes are best left to Holy Mother Church to obtain and skillfully use. Here in America the wooden paddle has enjoyed enormous popularity, particularly in the public schools. Unfortunately, it has the same problem as the cane – too much physical damage to justify the psychological effect. The object is not to injure the subject being Chastised but to change their attitude. In general we recommend the use of the strap or belt for Marian Discipline. It is amazing the degree to which skin can be made to respond with the proper use of this implement. On the other hand, it is also amazing the way that the reddest and most heavily strap-welted bottom will be almost recovered and ready for Chastisement in a week. This is not the case with the paddle or cane. A bottom solidly beaten with a thick wooden paddle or subjected to a severe caning make take months before it has recovered to the point where another Chastisement can be contemplated. This is contrary to good Disciplinary practice where in many cases it is desirable to conduct Chastisement every week.

I do recommend the use of switches, canes and whips for the sterner chastisements. However such implements and Chastisements of such a degree are unsuitable for the Home and should be carried out only at Church sessions or in the School. Severe discipline is usually ordered by the Pastor or Principal. It is generally administered to the naked female and she is often restrained during that discipline. Such chastisement must be administered under the supervision of an experienced, trained Disciplinarian and is very seldom done more frequently than once a month. Needless to say, such Chastisements are not for pre-pubertal girls.

The Strap The standard disciplinary strap that we recommend for the home is a leather strap, two and a half inches wide and a about quarter inch thick, attached to a handle. The length of the strap can vary anywhere from twenty to over thirty inches. Many larger households and all Schools maintain a variety of straps to suit all occasions. The longer straps are designed to deliver a curling final snap-slap to the side of the hip or thigh. This is best accomplished by a strap wherein the end is split into two tails. Such a strap is also often narrower at the handle and broader at the other end. This type of strap is called a tawse. When properly applied, the end-curling-around-to-hit-the-flank slap is exceedingly painful. Straps of this sort are generally obtained from a saddlerer and harness maker. Check with your Pastor to see what your Parish or School may have available. Since they order disciplinary straps by the score they can usually deliver them at a much lower price. Razor strops may also serve as disciplinary implements. However they usually come with the end of the leather strop fasten by a riveted brass clasp to a cloth strop underneath. It is therefore necessary to take the clasp apart to liberate the leather strop. Once you have done this the strop is not as useful for honing your razor of course.

A dozen "hits" delivered with one of these straps or strops, from alternating sides, with full force yields an impressive result – a solidly red buttocks and thighs with very little untouched white skin. In the average case, a goodly amount of red will fade within 24 hours leaving only a few "yellow" spots after a few days. Two dozen blows, delivered to the average, mature woman's buttocks and upper thighs yields complete coverage with some areas of red-purple bruise. Thirty to fifty strokes will leave deep purple bruise that ripens to solid "black and blue" within an hour or so. The marks will persist for at least a week, sometimes developing yellow or even green borders. In addition to the immediate sharp pain of the beating, the area will be painful to touch for several days. It will be very painful for the female to sit and moderately painful for her to walk. The time to recover is amazingly variable after a severe strapping. Some women will be up and around the next morning whereas others will be hobbling about for a week and being careful about where they sit for two weeks. Needless to say, treatment of this severity is reserved for the thorough Home Chastisement of a woman and is often delivered in the context of Bondage. Prepubertal girls should never be Chastised to this degree and adolescent girls should receive Severe Chastisement usually not oftener than once a month.

I consider that belt leather makes a good implement for the Chastisement of younger adolescent females. These girls often have slender thighs and small buttocks. The heavy straps and strops are too thick to effectively curl around. The heavy leathers also tend to excessively bruise the tender flesh of the younger adolescent female who is unprotected by the thicker layer of subcutaneous fat found on her mother or older sister. Save the heavy strop for that special disciplinary session. A one inch wide belt is almost perfect for the 13 to 15 year old. In this case the length can be anywhere from 14 to 24 inches as longer lengths quickly become unmanageable. A handle length of about seven to eight inches provides a convenient grip. Therefore about 22 to 32 inches of belt will suffice. We strongly recommend making a set of three, one 16 inch, one 20 inch and one 24 inch. One should usually keep the age and size appropriate belt strap hanging in the Daughter's bedroom next to the blackboard on which her weekly record of deportment, studies and chores is maintained. The sight of a disciplinary implement hanging next to their record is a powerful inducement to rectitude.

These light straps are not only convenient for spanking the bottoms of Daughters but are also used in the Church in the more severe punishments of the more mature female. They can be applied to the breasts and perineal regions of older adolescents and adult females to redden and welt the skin. This may be done purely for domestic use or it may be employed prior to the application of the switch to these sensitive parts in the Marthan Disciplines. The female breasts, mons veneris, and vulva should not be beaten with a heavy strap as part of Marian Discipline in the home. It is permissible, however, to chastise with a light belt a wife in either the supine position with her legs either held over her head (the diaper position), or splayed out to either side, or to chastise her bent over an object with her legs widely spread. The belt or light strap is applied to the inner thighs and to the edges of the "cheeks" around the anus. It is permissible for the tip of the implement to strike the vulvar area. This sort of Marian Discipline is usually performed prior to marital relations in order to sensitize these areas and make for a more intense experience. An experienced woman may readily respond to a dozen strikes to the mons and vulva by heightened responsiveness during marital duties. Beating the female breast with the light strap is facilitated by having the woman kneel with her hands behind her neck and her fingers interlocked. The number of blows is usually heavily influenced by breast size but it should be expected that the average sized breasts of the mature woman can easily accommodate a dozen blows each.

Bladder Control. After the female has been Exposed for a sufficient period of time to impress upon her the gravity of her transgression, the Discipline can begin. The Family assembles in the room where the Chastisement will occur. After Exposure Time but before the beating immediately starts is a good time for each female to empty her bladder. It is a good idea to always have a chamber pot in the room where Discipline takes place. It is amazing how much urine can accumulate even in ten to fifteen minutes and we are continually bemused at how females lose their bladder control at the most inopportune minutes. Additionally, being forced to squat, spread legged and exposed over the chamber pot is intensely humiliating for many females. Now with the bladder empty and the implements in hand, the main part of the Chastisement can proceed.

Position Once the bladder is empty, the female assumes the position appropriate to her Chastisement. To begin with we must state that we do not consider Bondage appropriate for early adolescent girls. Bondage ultimately carries, and we might add, appropriately, sexual connotations. These are inappropriate for girls of tender age and will complicate their training and development. Second, for the same reason, we do not consider "spread legged" positions appropriate for early adolescent girls. Reserve these for late adolescent girls and mature women where it is desirable to have a "sexual" component to their Chastisement. For early adolescent girls the goal of Chastisement is Discipline. That is training and the formation of SOD.

The optimal position for Marian Discipline of the female is bent over at the waist, hands holding the ankles with the feet about twelve inches apart for balance. I have seen well disciplined women receive fifty hard strokes of the heavy strap in this position and never once release their grip on their ankles. On the other hand many females have difficulty maintaining this position but can get through a Chastisement without restraint if they are allowed to prop themselves upon something. Kneeling in a rear-facing position, on a substantial low backed chair with the shoulders resting on the back of the chair and the arms dangling down the back side of the chair is also satisfactory. Similarly, the female can stand in back of a light chair or high stool and bend over at the waist, grasping the front legs with her hands. Lastly the female can bend over a table of suitable height, grasping the far edge of the table with her fingers. This is particularly appropriate for females being introduced to a new disciplinary step. If the first several times a girl is beaten with a heavy strap, rather than a light belt, she is allowed to stretch out over a table, she may have an easier time maintaining her composure. After a month or so at this increased Chastisement level, she can then be advanced to the 'hand holding ankles' position.

The number of possible Disciplinary Positions is limited only by the imagination. Variations can safely be left to the inventive genius of the male head of the household. Contorted positions such as the 'diaper' and the 'legs splayed' are best and usually employed for the mature woman with ample breasts and a multiparous perineum. Here the goal is to increase humiliation by the prominent exposure of the most sensitive and private parts. Furthermore, the mature woman no longer has the flexibility of the adolescent female and being forced into a contorted position puts pain and strain on the joints and enhances the painfulness of the Chastisement without addition tissue damage. Frequently, these bizarre positions allow direct progression to marital relations after the strapping is done. As referred to in the section above on implements, these sort of Chastisements often use the light strap upon the inner aspects of the thighs and the perineum.

Position and Restraint There are times when the female is unable to receive her Blows of Chastisement and still maintain her position. This most frequently happens during the Chastisement of younger adolescents. This is usually easily solved by lap restraint. The girl is draped across the knees of a parent or older sister with one restraining arm holding the girl's hands high up on the back and the other arm restraining the knees. The humiliation of this restraint can be increased by making the girl take off her Disciplinary Gown as a punishment for having lost control and forcing her to receive her Chastisement naked. If restraint must be used on a girl this age every time, however, something is wrong. This indicates that there is a failure in Discipline somewhere and the Pastor or Disciplinarian should be consulted for guidance.

Failure to maintain position is less common in the usual course of Chastisement with older adolescent girls or mature females and usually occurs only during the severer Marian Disciplines when thirty to fifty stokes are administered. Females vary greatly in their tolerance of corporal punishment. Some females bruise severely at the slightest blow while others take the severest impact of the heavy cane or whip with nothing more that a red mark followed by the appearance of a wheal. Similarly, I have seen grown women break down and totally lose control after a dozen moderate strokes of the strap whereas immediately before a fifteen year old, slender girl has taken fifty hard blows. Females also vary significantly from day to day in their punishment threshold. Most significantly, they appear to be most sensitive just before their menses start. If they are stressed or unhappy their pain threshold is lowered and when their skin has not fully recovered from a previous Chastisement they are hypersensitive. Lastly, some females seem to be disproportionately affected by being made to watch the disciplining of other women before their own. The sounds of screaming and crying, the swinging of the strap and image of its contact on a tensed posterior, and the gradual color change of the buttocks seems to cause them to lose all their nerve. This sensitivity to other Chastisement appears to be the greatest in the young. These are all factors that can be manipulated by the knowledgeable, experienced Disciplinarian. If you know that you have a female whose fear factor can readily be increased, save her for the end, make her urinate in front of all the females who have already been Chastised, restrain her stoutly in a humiliating position, and a mere dozen moderate strokes will reduce her to a shivering, sobbing husk.

Generally bondage and restraint in the home is achieved in two ways. An amazing amount of control can be exerted by the simple expedient of binding the wrists together with drapery cord. This cotton rope is soft and minimally chafes the skin. There are a lot of females, that once their hands are tied in front of them, cease to struggle and placidly accept their punishment. Once bound, they can be draped over a chair or bent over a table and an enormous amount of Chastisement applied to their backsides. Ae must admit that we do not understand the psychology of this reaction but we have observed it on too many occasions to enumerate. Some females continue to struggle ever after binding their wrists. In these instances they must be led to a heavy object and tied down. Usually this means a very sturdy chair or table or a bed. Canopied beds are particularly useful in this regard as the penitent can either be bent over the foot of the bed and her hands secured to the head, or she can be restrained in the standing position with her hands bound to the top of the high bed post. When restraining the struggling female it is always wise to bind the feet as they are likely to kick out. Finally, this type of female must always have her bladder emptied prior to restraint as they are the ones who otherwise invariably urinate copiously.

Application of the Implement Usually the Disciplinarian stands to female's side. Strokes of the strap should be laid on from the side, alternating sides after about three strokes so that all parts of the buttocks are equally hit. This eliminates the tendency for the right buttock to bear the brunt of the attack when the Disciplinarian is right handed. Similarly, the concentration of blows on the center of the buttock that occurs in uncontrolled spanking or paddling, should be avoided. We do not wish to have a three inch, round, severe bruise in the center of each butt cheek with all the rest of the posterior white. Remember, we seek to produce painful skin rather than to injure. Plenty of time should be taken. This allows accurate aiming of strokes and maximizes the amount of anticipatory agony on the part of the female. Fifteen to thirty seconds between strokes is good, one minute is perfect. If enough time is taken the terror of anticipation become great enough so that each stroke has almost a double effect. A half dozen will reduce many a girl in early adolescence to sobbing tears and it may be necessary to give no more than a dozen swats to a mature woman to break her down. But the important thing is to spread the blows as widely and evenly as you can.

We always try, before a session with a female that we know, to decide exactly the degree of Chastisement we want to deliver. This is not a set number of blows but rather an end condition. Will they be red-faced and tearful? Will they be sobbing and gasping? Will they be screaming and struggling against their bonds? The answer could be a half dozen in all three cases above, or it could be fifty. One can never predict with absolute certainty what a female will take but we try to start off with an estimate. An experienced Disciplinarian never decrees a fixed number of strokes, you only tell them it will be mild, moderate or severe. This allows yourself wiggle room and increases their uncertainty ("How many will I receive?") which females hate. As the Chastisement proceeds we watch how the female responds. We like to usually take them just to the edge of the effect we desire. When the female is restrained we sometimes decide to meter the Chastisement by physical effect. We will beat her until her skin is a uniform red from the top of her hose to the waist of her Disciplinary Gown. Or we will beat only her buttocks but they will be stroked until they are one solid purple welt with the skin just on the verge of blistering. But what ever you do, you the Disciplinarian must be in charge. Do not be affected by screaming or struggling or thrashing about. If it is necessary to restrain the female halfway through, do so. If it is necessary to put a soft leather gag between her teeth, do so. But do it definitely.

If greater severity is desired one can always use a longer or wider strap. A wider strap allows the overlapping of strikes which increases the degree of welting. With straps, wheals form best at the edges of the leather and arise most quickly and readily when already reddened skin is struck again. A skilled Disciplinarian with a wide strap can produce the most remarkable stripped pattern. A longer strap promotes curling of the end of the strap onto the side of the thighs and buttocks. The slap of the end of the strap is the most painful part of the blow and should be employed skillfully. Although most Disciplinarians strike from the side, with a properly submissive female it is possible to stand in front of them and strike from the cephalad direction downward. This lands the curl-slap of a long strap right at the junction between buttock and thigh. On more severe Chastisements you may want to start off with a short heavy strap and work the buttocks and thighs from the sides. Then you can give the female a period of time to recover (perhaps five to fifteen minutes, often while you Chastise another female). Then you come back with the long strap and overlay your blows from above onto skin that has had a chance to swell and become sublimely sensitive.

First Chastisements The first significant Chastisement of a young adolescent female should be approached as carefully as her First Communion. We are not talking about the first time she is placed over the knee and receives a hand strapping. We are not necessarily even talking about the first time she feels the strap. We are talking about the first time she does something really wrong and she is made to disrobe and don the Disciplinary Gown and kneel in the corner, piss in the pot in front of everyone and then have her hide tanned, generally while being held down in somebody's lap. In general, a daughter's first Chastisement should be carefully controlled with someone with significant experience and skill in charge. It is my opinion that the blows of the first real Chastisement of a young Daughter are best delivered by a woman. For example, really strict nun who comes over for Friday night dinner and then does the honors later that evening. Or it can be her mother if her mother is a strict and experienced Disciplinarian. On the other hand, if her mother is complicit in the transgression, either directly by bad example or indirectly through lack of direction or discipline, then mother and daughter should be punished together by the father. This is an occasion where the mother wears nothing but her Disciplinary Gown in front of her daughters. As she holds her sobbing daughter across her lap with her daughter's naked stomach squirming all over the mother's naked thighs, all present see the flesh to flesh contact and picture that similar blows of the strap will soon be striking the mother's bare skin. Then the daughters are sent from the room but the door is left open so that the girls can readily hear the slap of leather on maternal skin and their mother's vocalizations during punishment. They may later ever hear the yips and yelps and groans of marital relations coming through the open door.

Similar is the first Chastisement of a wife by her new husband. Ideally, the groom-to-be should be presented with a strap by his prospective father in law. This may even be accompanied by a Chastisement of the bride-to-be by the two men. There is no way to better welcome a promising young man into your family than by a Friday night Disciplinary session with the whole family. Every Pre-Cana conference that we give includes a significant section on female discipline. Before a couple is married, the female must know what is expected of her. We like to usually conduct a disciplinary session in the office where first the Pastor and then the prospective husband test the willingness of the girl to be a submissive wife. We would sooner have one of our fine young men enter a mixed marriage with a female gorilla than have him marry an unsubmissive wife. Lastly, w like to visit with the new couple in their home on a Friday night a week or two after their wedding to see how the newly weds are faring in their disciplinary life. Nothing warms our heart more than the sight of a couple, newly returned from their honeymoon, with the wifely buttocks thoroughly bruised black and blue.

Vocalizations . Crying is an accepted part of female Chastisement and should not be overly discouraged. However, losing control and failure to maintain position should be penalized. We do not tolerate screaming during Marian Chastisements. The long term objective of SOD is to teach control. The pace of Chastisement and severity of strokes should be adjusted during Chastisement to assist in maintaining control. Praise and congratulations should be given for good control. Stern warnings of worse to come and a slowing of the pace should accompany outbursts. If necessary, a soft piece of leather should be supplied to be clenched between the teeth to prevent screaming. Remember, Chastisement is less about damaging the body than it is a process for developing the soul. The body can be quickly injured but training the soul takes time. If a female is unable to refrain from screaming in the home the advice of the Pastor should be sought.

This is not to say that all vocalizations are bad. Sobbing indicates contrition and Marian Discipline offers an excellent opportunity for the female to cry and "get it off her chest". A good cry is very therapeutic. Vocalizations play a very important role in marital relations, reflecting the animal nature of Concupiscence. And there is a place for screaming. During the Severe Chastisements meted out in the Marthan and Magdalene Disciplines, the female is expect to scream herself hoarse and struggle to a maximum as her body is racked with unbearable pain. But these Chastisements are carried out on Church property, away from prying eyes and where all sounds are insulated from the ears of the World. .

Afterwards This cannot be repeated too frequently, the body can be quickly injured but training the soul takes time.

In keeping with this, after application of the implement to the posterior of the adolescent, there should be a significant opportunity for "corner time" with hands either behind the head or folded in prayer. This can happen while facing the wall while Chastisements are meted out to older sisters or the adult females. There is nothing that better develops the Fear of the Lord than kneeling there with a burning butt while listening to the swish and smack of an implement and the vocalizations of someone bigger and stronger than you under Chastisement. Thus will girls grow into humble women, SOD women just like their Virgin Mother in Nazareth.

Similarly, after administration of Marian Discipline to a wife in the home, the female needs marital relations. This stresses that Marian Discipline is for the purpose of producing a submissive wife that will serve her husband's needs. First she bares her buttocks to him to accept his Chastisement and then she opens her legs to him in acceptance of the seed that will hopefully yield a fruitful harvest of children. For this is the purpose that God put male and female here on earth.