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1. Commission. The ‘crime’ usually an error of commission or omission - takes place, needless to say, with every expectation of...
2. Detection. the Dominant ‘detects’ the error. This leads inexorably to...
3. Confrontation. The guilty party is faced with the evidence of fault. Past ‘record’ is invoked, judgement delivered and sentence passed.
4. apprehension. a period of formal ‘waiting for it’. Its purpose is to increase tension.
5. Preperation. The culprit is ordered to prepare. (Posture, clothing etc)Alternatively, and if the scenario is apposite, the dominant may forcibly lead the sumbissive to the place of punishment and personally make all ready.
6. Execution. the penalty is inflicted with the chosen rod.
7. Aftermath. The culprit is ‘forgiven’. This may lead directly to more orthodox physical lovemaking.

This ritual is played out in our own house four or five times a week, and I never, ever get tired of it. It produces the same thrill every time. Endless repetition does nothing to dim the excitement. Particularly stage 4. Apprehension – the longer I have to wait the greater the rising tide of excitement.

Discussing the possiblity of the submissive being forcibly restrained, he writes:

Without the culprit being offered even the chance to accept the punishment submissively, all possible redemptive focus is removed. It is also an unbalanced punishment. Restraints may well serve to admit the infliction of greater than usual pain, but they also almost entirely remove the shaming component since the culprit has been overpowered by superior force.

That's something else that resonated with me. I knew that having to submit voluntariy to being spanked was much more thrilling than being forcibly overpowered, now I knew why. The delicious feeling that came with voluntary submission would be entirely lacking if I was restrained.

Part III “Flagellation and Society” discusses why people today might desire to be spanked, and suggest some desire for a hierarchial relationship in a democratic age. A quotation from a letter to Havelock Ellis from a female correspondent produced a start of recognition: