• Farid@startrek.website
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    4 months ago

    I would say that physical abuse like that is not comparable to a slap. Much fewer people, even in a conservative culture, would approve of disciplining a child that way. Majority would approve of a slap.

    Besides, just because you turned out different doesn’t mean that majority will, too. I’ve been belted my entire childhood, but I personally wouldn’t do it. Doesn’t mean it’s become uncommon in general. Usually, people take after their parents.

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      4 months ago

      Slaps are what my mother gave me. My father wouldn’t bother with something like simple slaps.

      There’s never any reason to hurt your own children. Not one. Parents are supposed to protect their children.

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        4 months ago

        Sure, but that’s not at all what we are discussing here. We are discussing the perception and overall approval of corporal punishment in conservative cultures.

        And while methods that can actually inflict permanent damage to children would be perceived negatively even in conservative cultures, slaps would be approved by most.