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Caning is corporal punishment with a cane, generally on the buttocks, palm or the soles of the feet. It was a common punishment throughout Europe and North America for many centuries, but has now been banned in most countries.

Caning was practiced as a judicial punishment for juveniles but was best known as a method of discipline in schools. Use of the cane was standard in English schools of all descriptions throughout the 19th and most of the 20th centuries, with the frequency and severity of canings determined by the traditions of the school.

Judicial caning, carried out with a long rattan rod, was a feature of some colonial judicial systems.

Caning is still retained in Singapore and Malaysia, where fit male criminals under 50 years of age can be sentenced to a maximum of 24 strokes of the rotan ( rattanRattan are climbing palms of the genera Calamus and Daemonorops used for furniture and baskets. A rattan cane is a cane used to administer corporal punishment in many countries including Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. See caning. See also Rattan furnitur) cane on the buttocks. The punishment is mandatory for over 40 offenses, mostly violent crimes, but also some immigration violations and acts of vandalism. The caning leaves permanent scars on the recipient.

Caning is also a common sadomasochisticSadomasochism is the combined practice of Sadism and Masochism. This practice is abbreviated to S & M, and should not be confused with the Metallica album of the same name. For a definition of sadism, click on the Wikipedia link above or get the. For a de practice. Caning is known as "The English Vice ".

1 See also

• Spanking
• BirchingBirching is corporal punishment with a birch rod, typically given on the delinquent's buttocks or back. It was the most common school, home and judicial punishment in Europe up to the 19th century when caning gained increasing popularity. A birch rod is a
• FlagellationFlagellation is the act of whipping (Latin flagellum "whip") the human body. Specialised implements for it include rods, switches, and the cat-o-nine-tails. Disciplinary use, and torture Flogging is an approximate synonym that was probably derived from fl
• BastinadoBastinado is a form of torture or corporal punishment which consists of beating the soles of the victims' bare feet with a hard object, like a cane or rod, a club, or a piece of wood. This torture is effective owing to the clustering of nerve endings in t
• BDSM

2 References and further reading

• Janet HardyHardy is a writer and sex educator, and founder of Greenery Press. She has also been published as Catherine A. Liszt and Lady Green . She is the author or co-author of ten books, c See also Greenery Press The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possi, The Toybag Guide to Canes and Caning, Greenery Press, 2004. BooksEnthsiast.com.