Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
This page was last edited on 18 September 2024, at 19:43 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
Cruel and unusual punishment is a phrase in common law describing punishment that is considered unacceptable due to the suffering, pain, or humiliation it inflicts on the person subjected to the sanction. The precise definition varies by jurisdiction, but typically includes punishments that are arbitrary, unnecessary, or overly severe compared ...
Belting is the use of belts made of strong materials (usually leather) as a whip-like instrument for corporal punishment (see that article for generalities). Although also used in educational institutions [1] as a disciplinary measure, it has most often been applied domestically by parents.
Flagellation was so common in England as punishment that caning (and spanking and whipping) are called "the English vice". [ 33 ] Flogging was a common disciplinary measure in the Royal Navy that became associated with a seaman's manly disregard for pain. [ 34 ]
Phyllis and Aristotle, a fictional tale written in the 13th century, as depicted by artist Giovanni Buonconsiglio in the early 1500s. A dominatrix (/ ˌ d ɒ m ɪ ˈ n eɪ t r ɪ k s / DOM-in-AY-triks; pl. dominatrixes or dominatrices / ˌ d ɒ m ɪ ˈ n eɪ t r ɪ s iː z, ˌ d ɒ m ɪ n ə ˈ t r aɪ s iː z / DOM-in-AY-triss-eez, DOM-in-ə-TRY-seez), or domme, is a woman who takes the ...
Stoning has been reinstated as a form of punishment after the Taliban regained power in 2021. In 2023, the Taliban reaffirmed their commitment to administering the death penalty by stoning, focusing in their message especially on the punishment of women for the crime of adultery. [22] There have been reports of the Taliban stoning women to ...
Pejorative terms for women (3 C, 56 P) Pages in category "Slang terms for women" The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total.
Forms of labour for punishment included the treadmill, shot drill, and the crank machine. [3] Treadmills for punishment were used for decades in British prisons beginning in 1818; they often took the form of large paddle wheels some 20 feet in diameter with 24 steps around a six-foot cylinder. Prisoners had to work six or more hours a day ...