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Can you imagine the outrage if an M/F spanking had occurred on "Friends"?
Actually there was an episode of Friends where Pheobe mentioned to her boyfriend/fiancee Mike that she liked some bedroom spanking action.
There was another Friend ep where Mike was challenging Monica to a highly competitive game of table tennis. At the time Mike was winning Pheobe said to him "we are taking this paddle home Mr!" with a mischievous grin.
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Or on a soap opera?
Also on Desperate Housewives there have been many spanking references. In the first season Bree's Husband confessed to having a love of BDSM (and had been seeing a mistress for this purpose). Also in later seasons, there have been a few references to Carlos spanking Gabby. She claimed that if she didn't pick up his pie, Carlos would go all (couldn't catch name.. but obviously am American known for being a spanko) on her backside! In another episode Carlos actually creeps up on Gabby when she is caught out for lying to him, and he is seen on camera giving her a one-off slap on the butt. From his demeanour and her previous mentions of Carlos spanking her, one could easy assume there would have been more to follow. It didn't come across as abusive or anything. In fact the character of Gabby well deserves a few good spankings so it seemed perfectly justified.
There have also been a a couple of spankings in the Underbelly series... one as sexy play and the other in Razor) as punishment I believe.