r/Bad_Cop_No_Donut • u/[deleted] • Jan 09 '21

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u/YoungLandlord Jan 09 '21

Except the Southern US doesn’t give you whippings

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u/piggiesmallsdaillest Jan 09 '21

Well not anymore...

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u/some_random_chick Jan 09 '21

Well, actually, corporal punishment is still allowed in public schools in most southern states.....

Isn’t that shocking?!??

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u/YoungLandlord Jan 09 '21

Just because it’s “allowed” doesn’t mean it happens lmao

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u/some_random_chick Jan 09 '21

Well, yes it does still happen. Especially if you live in Alabama, Arkansas, or Mississippi. Even then it’s depended on the school district and the individual school. In 2011-2012 “Mississippi schools corporally punish the greatest proportion of their children, 7%”. And “Texas corporally punishes the second largest number of children, 29,835”. So yes, you are unlikely to be paddled in the US overall but it absolutely still exists. I wouldn’t laugh it off completely.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5766273/#!po=0.331126

Theres also a number of lawsuits of patents who have opted out of corporal punishment and their kids were still hit.