Half-standing position

Drawing by Paula

The half-standing position is a spanking position in which the spankee is standing in front of a table or desk and lays his or her upper body flat on the table's or desk's top, so that his/her overall body is in an upside-down 'L' shape. It is thus, in fact, a "half-standing, half-lying position".

The spankee's hands can cling onto the far end of the table or desk, or can be in other positions, e.g. under his/her head so that his/her arms provide padding, or held on his/her back. In BDSM, when a table is used, the is also the possibility of bondage by tying the spankee's hands or feet to the table's legs.

The half-standing position is similar to the bent-over-object position, which uses furniture with a smaller (and often, padded) top, such as the seat of a barstool. The main difference is that in the half-standing position, the spankee's feet bear some (maybe 20%) of his/her weight, while in the bent-over-object position, they usually touch the ground, but bear little or no weight. Also in the bent-over-object position, the spankee's body way form more of an upsider-down V than an L, with the bottom uppermost.

The half-standing position is popular for spankings in school settings, as desks are readily available there. It is often used for caning, strapping, or spanking with a ruler.

With a normal, "adult" table or desk, the half-standing position is possible for teenagers and adults only, as preteen children may not be able to reach the ground with their feet when laid over a desk or table. In this case, the position will be a "half lying, legs dangling", rather than "half standing" position.

Gallery

Illustration by C. Helsey for Les Humiliations de Miss Madge (1912).
French photo from the Biederer Studio (c. 1930s).
A boy is whipped over a birching pony, late 19th century.
Drawing, probably by Georges Topfer (1921).
Drawing by Eugene Reunier (1925).
Drawing by Eugene Reunier

Variants

The leaning position is similar in that the spankee (when holding his/her upper body low) is also roughly in an upside-down 'L' shape, but without laying his/her upper body down.

Links

Drawing by Paula Meadows (F/F, (Adult site)

Spanking positions
Assume the position Bending over Bending over back of chair position Bent-over position Bent-over-object position Bongo position Diaper position Frontal over-the-lap position Grabbing-ankles position Half-standing position Hands-behind-back position Hands-on-knees position Hands-on-head position Handstand position Head-between-legs position Horsed position Knee-chest position Kneeling position Kneeling-in-a-chair position Leaning position Lunge position Lying position Objectives of spanking positions On-all-fours position Over the lap Over two laps Over-one-knee position Over-the-knee position Plow position reverse chair position Side-of-bed position Sitting-with-bottom-out position Spanking position Spread legs Spreadeagle Standing on one leg Standing position Standing-between-legs position Straddling position Touching-toes position Tucked-under-the-arm position Two spankees OTK Underarm position Waist-between-legs position

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