Do lots of women enjoy being spanked?

I was recently asked that question by a new female friend who was spanked as punishment by her stepfather and now thinks that she would like to be spanked for fun. My initial response was yes and that I guessed about 1% of women were of that inclination. It got me thinking and I subsequently amended that estimate to 10%, but I really don't have a clue as all I can go on is women that I know well enough to have that kind of conversation and the success amongst (particularly) women of Fifty Shades.

It makes me want to do a more careful analysis and then perhaps publish the result on Wellred Weekly.
I am appealing to LSF readers with any relevant information to share it. For example did Kinsey look at it in his studies of American sexuality? Are there any other relevant studies? Has anyone else published results of a similar study to WrW?

As always for research, terminology needs to be defined and I would be interested in others' views: "women"--sexually active (say 16--70) women living in Western countries. (Why Western? Because of cultural issues that might distort otherwise).

"Enjoy being spanked". Might include: (1) enjoy, and are excited by, descriptions/depictions of spankings of women; (2) enjoy informal spanking as part of lovemaking; (3) enjoy formal spankings (roleplay, ritual); or (4) enjoy hard spanking, something that really hurts.

"Spanking": the application of the hand, or an implement to the buttocks.

I look forward to any suggestions or comments.

Geoffrey Stirling.

I think to conduct such study it would be better to first ask the participants if they have tried getting spanked and then - depending on their response - if they either have enjoyed it (if their answer yes) or if they would be willing to try (if their answer is no).

I would also recommend asking if they have tried receiving formal spankings or painful spankings separately to if they have tried receiving informal spankings as part of lovemaking as I believe including those type of spankings (the informal kind) would completely change the results of the study compared to if they weren't included.

The question has to accommodate changes in a person's attitude. I can only share because of anonymity. Before marriage and children, my wife enjoyed love making with spanking. She had no desire for pain and maintained complete control of the "spice."
Our children are adults now, but that sharing never returned. Rather, her need for tender romanticism and sentimentality is total. Real life has had shared pain, including difficult births, sickness of childhood, a house fire and abandonment and lawsuits to the insurance companies, parents and friends sickness and death, and presently our parental responsibilities have been magnified with the realities of the gig culture not giving the next generation assurances we take for granted in retirement, and having those assurances for us threatened by political change, and political differences with siblings and friends over politics.
I also have to face that my need for "spice" was based on abuse that was a tradition then.
So, your question resonates. Consent is all, but I no longer have it. I do have loving adult children , one of whom has bravely changed gender. Thanks for the attention and anonymity.

Only 10% Geoffrey? And there was I thinking that all women in a 10 mile radius of you were queuing up to be spanked!
Back on the original question, I suspect that just asking people is prone to give false results as I understand folk are to put it politely, inaccurate when they report their sexual activity and I have no doubt that the same would apply to Topic No. 1. Having said that, because of the inherent disreputable nature of spanking, and the prevalent idea that there is something wrong with the kink on both sides of the knee, I expect that there might be both under reporting of interest on that account and over reporting for reasons of wishful thinking, and possibly even deliberate self-delusionary wishful thinking.

https://yougov.co.uk/topics/lifestyle/articles-reports/2015/02/13/1-4-under-40s-want- try-bdsm

This is an interesting read.

I think the number of women who "like" to be spanked is pretty high. The thing is, like is too broad of a term. There are a lot of aspects to spanking. I think if you narrow it down enjoying punishment or pain, the number might be low. A few women like all aspects of spanking, but some women like one aspect enough that she accepts all other aspects.

1)The slapping of the buttocks is near the erogenous zone and causes an arousal effect in most women. Gentle smacks avoid the pain but still produce the effect. I wouldn't consider this spanking, but some women from this group like harder, rougher smacks which would qualify as sexual spanking. This is one large group.

2)Grabbing a woman and bending her over is an act of strength that most women find sexy. Even if women really dislike pain, they like this enough to accept the pain. I think there's a large group of women that like "not liking" the pain, because that makes it a greater act of submission. There are women I spanked several times a week over the course of years that would swear up and down that they hated spanking. I think that's all part of one particular kind of appeal.

3)Spankos. I think this is a smaller group, and what people are usually thinking about when they wonder if women like spanking. As previously stated, I think a woman can be "vanilla" and like spanking for a host of reasons.

I have never enjoyed being spanked but I DO enjoy that I get spanked, if that makes any sense!

Reminds me of Nikki Flynn who said that she didn't enjoy being caned, but she did enjoy having been caned. Something to do with the differences between before, during and after?

This is something I've often heard women say: "I'm not sure I like being spanked, but I love having been spanked." Maggie, my English gf, almost always likes being spanked - but she absolutely adores the afterglow that she feels a minute or two after the spanking's finished.

Enjoy actually receiving cp most definitely no.

Enjoy feeling able to acknowledge my innate need yes

Enjoy being in relationship with someone to whom i am able to give up control to and trust to administer the cp, yes.

Does cp play any part in my sex life, no.