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[[Image:Meibomius.jpg|thumb|Frontispiece to the 1718 edition of ''A Treatise of the Use of Flogging in Venereal Affairs'' by Meibom.]]

This page lists published theories on the '''possible origins of spanking fetishism and the erogenous effects of spanking''' throughout history.

== [[17th century]] ==

* ''[[On the Use of Rods in Venereal Matters and in the Office of the Loins and Reins]]'' by [[Johann Heinrich Meibom]] (1629)
: One of the earliest medical books on the use of [[flogging]] ([[birching]]) as a sexual stimulant.

* ''[[Flagellum Salutis]]'' by [[Kristian Frantz Paullini]] (1698)
: A medical book on the curative powers of flagellation. Contains case studies and a theory on how flagellation can cause [[sexual arousal]] (having to do with increased blood flow).

== 18th century ==

* ''[[Aphrodisiaque externe]]'' by [[François Amédée Doppet]] (1788)
: A medico-philosophical work on the [[erogenous]] effects of whipping.

== 19th century ==

* ''[[Psychopathia Sexualis]]'' by [[Richard von Krafft-Ebing]] (1886)
: Contains case studies on human sexuality and [[paraphilia]], and Krafft-Ebing's theories on the same. Krafft-Ebing coined terms such as [[sadism]] and [[masochism]].

== 20th century ==

* ''[[A Child is Being Beaten]]'' by [[Sigmund Freud]] (1919)
: Contains Freud's theories on [[spanking fetishism]].

* ''[[Studies in the Psychology of Sex]]''  by [[Havelock Ellis]] (1927)
: [http://www.psyplexus.com/ellis/35.htm Volume III, Love and Pain, III] deals with flagellation.

* several works by [[Iwan Bloch]], such as ''Sexual Life in England, Past and Present'', chapter ''Flagellomania''

* ''[[The English Vice: Beating, Sex and Shame in Victorian England and After]] by [[Ian Gibson]] (1978)
: A study on [[corporal punishment]] in [[Britain]], with a section exploring possible relationships between corporal punishment, [[shame]], [[ritual]] and [[humiliation]].

* ''[[What Causes Spanking Fetishes? A Testable Model]]'' by [[Chris Dugan]] (1996)
: A Usenet article with Dugan's theories on the origins of spanking fetishism.
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