It's interesting you should bring this up, Butch. The update schedule I've been keeping for
CSR has been so demanding that I haven't had the time I'd like to write some more articles, and the question of humiliation does figure in my theory of why we spank. I would go so far as to say that
humiliation is the essence of spanking. I can't launch into a full explication here, but consider that the typical spanko is not at all interested in taking the strap or the cane to someone's hand, as used to be done in U.K. schools, or in whipping the soles of the feet as the Chinese used to do. Yet taking our hand to a deserving behind, or applying the paddle or cane to the well-positioned bottom, will transport us to Heaven! It seems clear that the particular humiliation that results
from the sting being received upon the buttocks and nowhere else is a key part of the experience.
There actually has been some discussion of this in two
CSR articles that went into considerable detail on the question of positioning: my own
How to Paddle, Strap, and Cane; and Bethany's
General Spanking Information.
Bethany said this:
"Not only is the bottom exposed and emphasized but the spankee feels they are willingly "sticking it out" and presenting it for its punishment in the same way as the condemned man who must place his head on the chopping block."
And I made a similar point:
"Psychologically, making the Sub present her bottom this way is valuable because it forces greater awareness of her natural female submissiveness. It is also a good way to teach humility (especially important with the “brat” type), since being made to stick her bottom up and out will be a humbling experience for her."
As CSR readers know, I'm a stickler for good positioning, whether it be OTK or bending over. Part of this is purely practical - to enable the swats or strokes to be applied evenly and effectively - but I'd say at least half is in making the spankee experience her submission. Before giving swats to my spankee, I may not actually use the words "Stick it out for me", but that's the feeling I want her to have. (One submissive willingly bent over and, arching her back nicely, offered without any prompting from me "to stick it out for you, sir" - that was a memorable paddling indeed!

). Combined with the sting which follows, this produces a wonderfully satisfying feeling that the spankee is well and truly humbled by the paddling. This is the "taking her down a peg" kind of feeling that Lee Falk so excelled at expressing in his
Mandrake and
Phantom spankings (see especially the humbling of Queen Pera the Perfect).
I'll say it again: very,
very satisfying!