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What places left in this world still allow caning as punishment even for 20-somethings?

Note: Not the fetish kind, but the type of punishment in households run by authoritarian parents.

Caning isn't a thing where I am from. Probably during the time of my grandparents and earlier, disobedience was dealt with punishment, and canes could just count among the things used to hit a child's backside. These days, some parents can still discipline kids in a similar way, but I don't hear as much about them.

When we were school kids, corporal punishment was carried out in Catholic schools. Now it's practically unheard of.

I know in Singapore, this is a punishment for various offenses committed by adults. Same in Malaysia, Brunei, and certain regions in Indonesia.

Now if you tell me if you are from the UK and caning still happens, then it's for probably a certain demographic involving consenting adults. That's more likely a fetish.

So when someone brings up caning by her mom in an unsolicited private message, I got suspicious right away. But hey, I really don't know everything.
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Sharon · F
I know in Singapore, this is a punishment for various offenses committed by adults.
That's not quite correct. You or I could commit any offence we wanted in Singapore with absolutely no risk whatsoever of being caned for it. The only offences in Singapore for which caning is a punishment are those commited while being male.
IamCuriousBabe · 51-55, F
@Sharon Public sources say women can be caned in Singapore, but I defer to your experience having lived there.
Sharon · F
@IamCuriousBabe I thought the SIngaporean Penal Code was quite clear that women and girls could not be caned. Even in schools, only boys are liable to corporal punishment. I'm open to correction however. What public sources say women can be caned in Singapore?
IamCuriousBabe · 51-55, F
@Sharon My initial statement came from a search using Chat GPT, with the disclaimer that the knowledge sources are updated as of Sep 2021. Browsed through Wiki and Reddit a bit. So yeah, several comments did state that the laws favored women.
ArtieKat · M
@Sharon
I'm open to correction however.
Was that a Freudian slip lol? ;-)
IamCuriousBabe · 51-55, F
@ArtieKat You wish.