Comments on: Spanking Alphas in Older Romances

By: Hermione

Hermione — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:50:08 +0000

I LOVED those old romance novels, and could tell you the names of every author who routinely included spankings in her stories. I would look for stories by those authors, because before the days of the internet, that was the only place I could read about my favorite fantasy. Spanking is one of those things you can’t explain to someone who doesn’t find it erotic. But if you do……it’s delicious.

So, yes, to we spankos, those spanking scenes in the old romance novels are VERY sexy.

By: Keira

Keira — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:29:11 +0000

I honestly think it wasn’t meant to be seen as erotic in this particular instance so it would be hard for me to into a secret fantasy box. It certainly didn’t come off across BDSM.

The story itself is an oldie but was written in a modern to contemporary setting. The setting was certainly before 1990 — if I recall correctly it was written in 1970 something.

The way it played out in the novel was more like a man disciplining a child for being too quarrelsome.

I really have no problem with spanking in stories provided it’s done in the right context and clearly part of a fantasy.

I chalk it up to the fact that it is a reflection of what was going on then and it explains to me at least why alpha heroes would do that and think it’s okay.

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By: Curtis Chappell

Curtis Chappell — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:12:09 +0000

Not having read the story you refer to, I’ll just make a short comment that I have been surprised at the high percentage of women in my life who’ve asked for this experience as part of consensual sex.

Was the author male or female?

If male, then maye he’s trying to tap into what he thinks many women fantasize about?

If female, maybe she’s living out her own fantasy?

Or maybe it’s simply a marketing tool to get readers talking about the book like we are now?

By: Case Wintermute

Case Wintermute — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:28:07 +0000

New Flash: Novels are stories. They are not real life. Romance novels, in particular, reflect fantasies. Fantasy lovers, fantasy lives. Spanking in a romance novel can also be fantasy based. Just as the sex in a romance novel is.

I would never think of spanking a woman who was not passionately interested in being spanked. That’s reality. But in a story it may be erotic if the spanking is non-consensual (the woman’s bottom is forcibly bared and she is spanked without her consent). This can be hot in fantasy, but it would be horrible in real life. With the current popularity of vampires and other mythic elements it is hard to miss the fact that romance novels are about fantasy, not reality. There is, however, no such thing as through crime.

By: Colleen

Colleen — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:21:05 +0000

When you’re talking historicals, it is entirely in context. Men did spank wives; Yes even in America up until about the 1970’s. To have spanking in a contemporary, without it being consensual foreplay, would be wrong. But you’re applying a today’s cultural morality on a past behavior.

By: heidenkind

heidenkind — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:17:19 +0000

Maybe it’s a BDSM thing–like the author knew she couldn’t go to whips and chains because then her novel wouldn’t be published, so she settled for spanking as a “code” for BDSM.

The thought of which makes that pic of Ricki and Lucy hurt my eyes.

By: Susan S.

Susan S. — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:53:36 +0000

I don’t even believe in disciplinary spanking for parent/child, I think talking can go a long way. They’ll also respect you more. In literature or out, a man spanking a woman is not something I’d find romantic. I can understand though–if it was in erotica & characters are role playing and mutually consent to the spanking.

By: Karin

Karin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:23:34 +0000

We’re watching what’s left of Smokey and the Bandit. Seeing Jackie Gleason reminds me of his: Pow! right in the kisser.

But his line in this was: There is no way you could come from my loins. When I get home, I’m going to [bust your mother in her mouth] (something like that.)

It’s only funny with the right timing and when you didn’t feel he’d do it. Anyone who ever experienced it would not think it was funny or sex play when it wasn’t in the bed or etc.

By: Isabel G.

Isabel G. — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:21:30 +0000

Let’s just say I have a huge problem with this type of behavior from people that think they’re men. If they feel the need to show their strength then fight other man.