Do you think that corporal punishment being used on children should be made illegal in the USA?

Poll - Total Votes: 29

Yes, it should be illegal

No, it should not be illegal

Not made illegal, but should have very clear boundaries clarified in the law

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It never really came up as am issue when I lived in Texas. Basically everyone believed in corporal punishment, and some even believed it should be present in school. Things are waaaaay different in Washington State (where I live now) so I'm just trying to see where people overall seem to fall, since my previous view of "basically everyone agrees with it" was clearly biased based on where I lived.

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TryingtoLava

Seriously?

Lucyy · 22-25, F

@TryingtoLava I think it's a fair question when the majority of people in the USA say that they've used corporal punishment at some point tbh. And it obviously varies based on where you live, because in Texas I literally net NOBODY against it. Then we get to Washington and people so against to it primarily. Obviously opinions vary a lot

AmmieBell · 22-25, F

@Lucyy and even in WA it varies a lot honestly. It's mainly cities that are against it. But suburban areas are divided, and farmland areas tend to be all for it.

Lucyy · 22-25, F

@AmmieBell I feel like some states have to disagree way more. Like parents still openly will smack their kids here sometimes and I low-key feel like that would lead to an arrest in super liberal states? But I have no idea really since I've basically only been to Washington and Texas