Saturday, December 11, 2010
“Belt whipping” seems to be a popular hobby among male college students, if you can judge by the number of YouTube clips uploaded on the subject. These kids take off their shirts and let their friends hit them once (or a few times) with belts, cords, ropes, or something similar. They then run around screaming and sometimes writhing in pain. There is an atmosphere of partying in these clips and much laughter. It proves that whipping comes naturally to young men—almost like some rite of passage, although not institutionalized. But belt whipping isn’t flogging: it is more about braving one or two swats than with enduring full-on punishment.
WhippingDudes, in both our blog and our YouTube channel, is dedicated to the courage of men facing and enduring the pain of flogging. We believe that it is entertaining and inspiring to watch a fit man exposing his bare back to the lash. Various instruments can be used to carry out a flogging: the traditional cat o’nine tails, straps, and single-tailed whips, with several variations available for each. Today, we will discuss the Prison Strap.
A Prison strap is shorter and wider, and usually thicker and more rigid than the average leather belt. It has a handle and sometimes has holes cut in the leather to give it more speed (and sting); it is traditionally applied to an offender’s exposed buttocks. But WhippingDudes is about flogging, not spanking, so we apply the Prison Strap to a man’s bare back, as you can see in Shirtless Muscle Dude Gets Whipped.
Some people (myself included) find that the Prison Strap gives far harsher punishment than that given by the cat o’nine tails. From personal experience, I can tell you that each hard stroke with a prison strap is like two lashes: there is the initial sting on the skin, but then the pain instantly sinks into the muscles of your back—and that’s when you know that you’re being punished. The first stroke with a prison strap is enough to make you know that you made a mistake in asking for it. But the trademark of a man’s courage is to bear lashes of the Prison Strap on his back.