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Another thing I realised when reading the book is that my own interest in spanking, rather than being extreme and strange as I had always thought, was positively tepid compared to some. There is a wonderful quotation from a letter written by the composer Percy Grainger to a friend on reading a book called The History of the Rod (one of those books that purported to be ‘serious’ discussion of the subject:
Yesterday I bought a book entitled "The History of the Rod", dealing with the use of the whip in all countries and times. Seldom in my life have I gone through such a lecherous day as yesterday. My head ached, eyes burnt, body shook, of the excitement of reading what people have invented in my greatest speciality...
Edward Anthony discusses spankings in books, notaby having a particular fascination with books in which adolescent boys are whipped by attractive young women. he becomes positively lyrical when describing the scene in Anne of Avonlea where Anne Shirely whips Anthony Pye, contrasting it favourably with the more savage passages of a similar kind in My Brilliant Career and The Rainbow. He writes:
There can hardly be a male passive flagellant who would not joyfully change places with Anthony Pye, and afterwards, like him, offer allegiance to Anne of Green Gables; friendship and adoration having replaced hostility and defiance by means of the sweetest imaginable catharsis.
In Part II “The Flagellant Experience” he writes about what people actually do, and the possible reasons why:
