Injury is damage or harm caused to the structure or function of the body caused by an outside force, such as violence or an accident. The term injury can also refer to injured feelings or reputation, rather than injuries to the body.
Injury from spankingEdit
Any form of corporal punishment comes with a risk of injury (and some forms of light injury, e.g. welts, can even be desired when such punishment is given). Spanking is a comparatively safe method of corporal punishment because the buttocks are well-padded and can generally take a spanking well. Spanking is safer, for example, than whipping a person's back (where the sensitive spine is), slapping a person's face (which can easily injure the eye, nose, teeth or ear), or striking a person's hands (where a lot of fragile bones and joints are close to the skin).
Still, there is a risk of injury from spanking, especially when given in an unsafe or excessive way. In BDSM, the principle safe, sane and consensual demands that unsafe play is to be avoided. It is up to the players what types of minor injury count as 'safe' and what types do not. All possible health risks connected to spanking should be known by both the spanker and the spankee and measures taken to reduce or avoid them.
- Skin and tissue injuries:
- Injuries that can come with bad aim:
- Injuries that can come with excessive, hard spanking:
- Other health risks: