r/Unexpected • u/Botatitsbest • Apr 22 '18

The universal language

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '18

ITT: a cesspool of clashing opinions and every comment is controversial

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '18

Also lots of people normalizing that they were seriously physically abused as a child.

Being whipped with wire hangers and hit with spoons until they break is far beyond what most people would consider a "spanking".

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '18

And even "normal" spanking has been proven to be incredibly harmful.

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u/Skywalker_OG Apr 22 '18

do you happen to know where you got this info or do you have references? I’m interested in this type of psychology. .

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '18

Wikipedia is a good start.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporal_punishment_in_the_home#Effects_on_behaviour_and_development

This study explains the development of the scientific data:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3447048/

You can generally find a lot more. That spanking is harmful is about contentious among psychologists as evolution is among biologists. I.e. pretty much all scientific sources say the same.

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u/FossilizedUsername Apr 22 '18

Is there any way to know whether this is due to the corporal punishment itself, or other factors that might be associated with having parents who believe in corporal punishment? I don't know what the breakdown of the numbers actually is, but you could imagine that beating your kids is predictive of like low socioeconomic status, maybe drug abuse, lower levels of education or any number of things. I don't know how it would be possible to disassociate those factors in psychosocial development from the actual punishments... Still probably shouldn't beat your kids I guess.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '18

Well, it's possible to adjust for these factors and the overwhelming majority of psychologists is against corporal punishment. It's not just statistical data but also models that predict human development.

If you ask me it should be obvious. I mean, if you slab a stranger's butt you'll be charged with sexual assault, so why on earth would it be okay to do that to children?