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Flagellation (Latin flagellum, 'whip'), flogging or whipping is the act of beating the human body with special implements such as whips, rods, switches, the cat o' nine tails, the sjambok, the knout, etc. Typically, flogging has been imposed on an unwilling subject as a punishment; however, it can also be submitted to willingly and even done by ...
The video shows the flogging of a woman in the courtyard of a police station or court in Omdurman, Sudan. It includes no information on the identity of the woman, why or when she was being flogged, or the location of the flogging. All one could see (and hear) was a man (allegedly the judge), ordering the woman to sit down so they can „get
Theresa Berkley ran a high-class flagellation brothel at 28 Charlotte Street [1] (which is today's 84–94 Hallam Street). [2] She was a "governess", meaning she specialised in chastisement, whipping, flagellation, and the like. [3]
France: Universities open to women. [9] France: Free public secondary education to women. [123] France: Public teachers training schools open to women. [123] United States, Oregon: Married women granted trade license. [13] United States, Oregon: Married women granted control over their earnings. [13] Japan: Japan's first penal code declared ...
A knout / ˈ n aʊ t / (Russian: кнут, Russian pronunciation:) is a Russian whip that consists of a rawhide thong or a rope attached to a long wooden handle. Commonly used for prodding horses or cattle, knouts were also used for flagellation as a corporal punishment in Russian history.
Birching in a women's prison, US (c. 1890) 1839 caricature by George Cruikshank of a school flogging Edmund Bonner punishing a heretic in Foxe's Book of Martyrs (1563) It was the most common school and judicial punishment in Europe up to the mid-19th century, when caning gained increasing popularity.
Her books are a valuable source on women's education and women's work in the late Victorian period; in particular, A London Girl of the 1880s provides an unparalleled portrait of life in a Victorian women's college. The Encyclopedia of British Women's Writing, 1900-1950 notes "She has received no attention from critics." [4]
Judicial corporal punishment in a women's prison, USA (ca. 1890) American colonies judicially punished in a variety of forms, including whipping, stocks, the pillory and the ducking stool. [66] In the 17th and 18th centuries, whipping posts were considered indispensable in American and English towns. [67]