{"id":190,"date":"2017-03-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lovenselife.com\/uncategorized\/what-is-flogging"},"modified":"2025-04-01T22:48:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T22:48:44","slug":"what-is-flogging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lovense.com\/sex-blog\/kink-bdsm\/what-is-flogging","title":{"rendered":"What is Flogging? Ancient Punishment vs Modern Kink"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If one were actually to plug in the words \u201cWhat is flogging\u201d&nbsp; into Google, you would find a trail-mix of different results &#8211; ranging from an Irish folk-punk band to a plethora of dictionary definitions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To sell or offer for sale<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To make one\u2019s way with strenuous effort<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To beat with a whip or stick as a punishment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It isn\u2019t until you get to videos that you find the BDSM version that is closer to #3 on the definition list. Also, we would have to add <strong>\u201cfor a reward\u201d<\/strong> if we wanted to nudge things a little further into the realm of kink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will get to the juicy bits soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But first, a dash of history&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 26px;\"><strong>FLOGGING IN HISTORY&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em>The dark and dangerous side of leather and whips<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"442\" src=\"https:\/\/zzz.lovenselife.com\/sex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/192773-004-71245A89.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lovense.com\/sex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/192773-004-71245A89.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.lovense.com\/sex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/192773-004-71245A89-300x241.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Beating the crap out of someone with long, firm rod&nbsp;probably dates back to when humans could master their fingers and opposable thumbs around whatever stick they could grab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, it took a little more ingenuity to affix long straps of animal hide to a handle, <em>and then<\/em>&nbsp;beat the crap out of someone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since then, humans have gone bat-shit crazy over incorporating this into the already extensive menu of corporal punishments, acts of testosterone, or religious zealotry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0099;\"><strong>FOR EXAMPLE:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ROMANS<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Flogged people before their crucifixion, but they occasionally added pieces of metal or bone to the tips which would cause some serious trauma to the body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ENGLAND<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Thieves were flogged near the place they committed the crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>AMERICA&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 Flogging of slaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>EUROPEAN ARMIES<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Punishments for breaking military codes during the 18<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;and 19<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NAPOLEONIC WARS<\/strong>\u2013 British soldiers sometimes had to endure 1000+ lashings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ROMAN CATHOLICISM&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 There was the odd monk here and there that practiced self-flagellation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"389\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/zzz.lovenselife.com\/sex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/plguage-flogger.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5403\" style=\"width:497px;height:383px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lovense.com\/sex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/plguage-flogger.jpg 389w, https:\/\/www.lovense.com\/sex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/plguage-flogger-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>THE BLACK PLAGUE<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 The church permitted flagellation to \u201cpurge oneself of sin\u201d and avoid getting sick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0099;\"><strong>Flogging was not&nbsp;exclusively for torture&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ancient Greeks were whipped before participating in the Olympics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Around Sparta, priestesses would whip men to make them more masculine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Greeks and Romans associated whipping of the buttocks with nettles to fertility.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 26px;\"><strong>MODERN CORPORAL PUNISHMENT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, this shit still happens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although most countries have outlawed such extremes, Iran still uses lashings as punishment for an array of \u201ccriminal codes\u201d, including theft, homosexual acts, drinking alcohol, blasphemy, and \u2026 kissing in public &#8211; yes, <strong>a PDA could land you&nbsp;<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>100 lashings and a trip to the hospital.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, one branch of Islam (Shia) still marches down the street once a year, hitting themselves with chains and cutting themselves with razor blades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This extreme form of flagellation is outlawed in most places, but there are instances that pop up here and there, even in America and Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 26px;\"><strong>FLOGGING AND BDSM<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>If someone were to announce, \u201cI like being flogged\u201d, 99% of the time the reactions would be varying degrees of an uncomfortable \u201cOh\u201d to bugged-out eyes and silent wonderings if you have a mental disorder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That other 1% of the time, people are either intrigued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 99% also wonder, <strong>\u201cWhy the hell would you like that?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0099;\"><strong>Not sure what BDSM is? Take your first lesson here:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lovense.com\/bdsm-blog\/what-is-bdsm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What <\/a><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lovense.com\/bdsm-blog\/what-is-bdsm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">is<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lovense.com\/bdsm-blog\/what-is-bdsm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> BDSM? 6 Essential Concepts for Beginners<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>To do the topic and practice any justice, <strong>the answer is never short, <\/strong>because the long answer involves understanding how the body and brain deal with pain as well as the psychological aspects of submission and dominance etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201c<\/em><strong><em><span style=\"color: #ff0099;\">One of the key players is dopamine<\/span>, which is present in the body during pain AND pleasure. <\/em><\/strong><em>Many agree this might be one of the reasons we can combine pain and pleasure in a single situation.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some other chemicals that the body releases are: <span style=\"color: #ff0099;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>endorphin, serotonin, melatonin, epinephrine, and norepinephrine<\/strong><\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All these things help <strong>re-balance our bodies<\/strong> when we feel physical or emotional stress. \u201cThink of it like exercise \u2013 we run and work our muscles to the point it can hurt but the body rewards us with that post-lifting \u2018high\u2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re curious how that concept connects to kink and stimulation, especially with devices that offer controlled intensity, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lovense.com\/mini-thrusting-app-controlled-dildo-machine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bdsm fuck machine<\/a> might be an interesting place to start.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, that isn\u2019t enough; otherwise, there would be BDSM bars next to most fitness centers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 26px;\"><strong>FLOGGING, SAFETY, AND CONSENT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">There is the freedom of release that comes with submission or the power that comes with dominance. Role-playing your fantasies (which is common in many bedrooms in various degrees of kink) can be a total turn on.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">However, the biggest difference between flogging as corporal punishment vs. BDSM is the <span style=\"color: #ff0099;\"><strong>power\/intent dynamic<\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The Roman\u2019s didn\u2019t give a shit about the people they were inflicting pain on. Strikes were meant to bring about agony, not sub-space euphoria.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"539\" height=\"359\" src=\"https:\/\/zzz.lovenselife.com\/sex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/roman-bdsm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lovense.com\/sex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/roman-bdsm.jpg 539w, https:\/\/www.lovense.com\/sex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/roman-bdsm-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">There were no contracts (verbal or otherwise), no pre-play communication, no safe words, no discussions on health concerns, no practice and research from the guard\/soldier on how to strike properly, no careful observation during the actual flogging, no aftercare, and no respect.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0099;\"><strong>One of my favorite BDSM quotes is&#8230;<\/strong><\/span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>&#8220;In BDSM, one word will stop the pain. In abuse, a million words won\u2019t stop it.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">There is also<strong> the misconception that all flogging is hard as hell <\/strong>and makes the receiver cry.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some people love it hard, others like more of a feather-light sensation \u2014 or localized stimulation. If you&#8217;re looking to explore nipple play within BDSM, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lovense.com\/app-controlled-vibrating-nipple-clamps-clit-clamps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bdsm nipple clamps<\/a> can add a customizable layer to your experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">It\u2019s all good and all acceptable. 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correct behavior (rather than acting in anger to make someone terrified).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Would I personally want this kind of punishment in my play session? No. It\u2019s not my thing. But couples should AGREE on it beforehand. And, as long as it adheres to the \u201cSafe, sane, consensual, and sober\u201d guidelines, it\u2019s their business.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">All of this isn\u2019t even touching on the topic of the floggers themselves \u2013 things like material, tassel length etc. \u2026 which is an entirely different topic we will leave for another day.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0099;\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong><\/span> If flogging isn&#8217;t your thing, or you want something a bit more beginner-friendly, <strong>you can try some simple spanking&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0099;\"><strong>Learn everything you need to know in this detailed guide:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lovense.com\/bdsm-blog\/erotic-spanking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Erotic Spanking &#8211; Properly Paddle that Posterior&nbsp;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background\"> <span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Do you know any other interesting facts about flogging (BDSM or otherwise)? 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