How many parents use whippings these days?

As a child my mother belted me once, that was for disrespecting her. I've never been hit after that day. As a mother myself I would never turn to such disciplinary actions on my kids. A smack to the bottom once or twice but thats it.

igorsero sorry do you mean whipping as with a belt or what the americans called a whooping which I do not know whether constitutes exactly the same or a spanking

A true lashing? No, but yes the belt was used

Because it is used by weak parents who cannot instil discipline any other way

It didn't work on me at all. It's just pain. It goes away. I dreaded things like restriction, and grounding.
So I probably wouldn't do it to my kids, if I were to fuck up and have kids.

If you do that where I am you could get the jail if you even spank a kid