A journalist, author, and spanking expert explains why spanking of children amounts to sexual battery, and talks about how to educate and protect kids who have minority sexual identities.
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When I was little, my parents punished me by stripping me naked and whipping my bare vulva with a leather strap! Sexual battery indeed. I vowed I would never raise a hand to my children, and I never have. The humiliation and blinding pain I suffered severely affected me, and I’ve been in counseling for years. Parents – DO NOT abuse your children!!! You have no idea that damage it can cause!