Domestic discipline
Domestic Discipline, or simply DD, is the enforcement of order, usually by punishment for infringement of rules applied in a domestic context, normally between members of a household. Ideally, DD is the loving, consistent use of discipline as a positive way to enhance communication, deepen intimacy and reinforce relationship commitment. The discipline would normally include physical punishment but centers around rules of behavior laid down by one party and nominally agreed to by the other.
Domestic Discipline is not about abuse but about consensual loving guidance. Commonly in a heterosexual relationship, the disciplined is the woman and the disciplinarian is the man, but this need not be the case. Switching is unusual in a DD relationship though it does occur.
As a relationship style, it is often seen as a stylized form of 'traditional' relationship intended to help the woman overcome negative behaviors that harm herself, her relationship or others. In creating loving limits to her behavior and firm consequences for harmful activities, it aims to improve the relationship over time and demonstrates a loving connection to and physical correction from a caring partner.
In the generally voluntary context of adult relationships, it is specifically said of the practice of interspousal discipline, in BDSM and some other erotic contexts with an emphasis on spanking as a punishment. Practicioners argue that domestic discipline is distinct from both domestic abuse, and activities such as erotic spanking and BDSM-style domination and submission.
Use outside BDSM
The term domestic discipline is used in other contexts outside of BDSM in ways that are analogous. For example, in education, it is discipline applied by the educator, mainly of a minor and at home; in youth movements, it is the disciplining of minors.
See Also
Domestic spanking is spanking that occurs in the home. This includes the punishment of children by parents. It also includes the spanking of adults in the home, such as in domestic discipline (disciplinary spanking by agreement in adult relationships).
The term can also be applied to BDSM scenes in which one of these situations is enacted.
Domestic spanking comes with connotations of intimacy and parental or spousal care and can be contrasted with spanking in places outside the home, such as:
- School corporal punishment - punishment of children in schools
- Judicial corporal punishment - punishment of convicted criminals
- Prison corporal punishment - punishment of prisoners (usually for violating prison rules)
- Military corporal punishment - punishment of soldiers in the military
- Corporal punishment in religious institutions - such as monasteries and nunneries.
See also Domestic discipline
External Links
- Loving Domestic Discipline
- Domestic Discipline at Odds With the Word of God
- Domestic Discipline: Loving Correction or Domestic Violence?
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