Frankly, I didn't put up with it because I was taught in school that child abuse is wrong. I fought back with full-blown punches, and I showed absolutely no restraint. An abuser is a piece of shit, and they will never admit that they are wrong.
Corporal punishment is entirely about power and control. Abusive parents like to see their children flinch and cower when they reach for their belt-buckles. This reaction is due to a sudden fluctuation of cortisol, which is a glucocortocid we find in the adrenal cortex. Cortisol regulates norepinephrine, which is essentially the "fight hormone," in a negative feedback loop. As a consequence, a child who suffers from chronically elevated cortisol levels, which can be brought on by abuse, is less likely than a non-abused child to offer backchat or retaliation against their abuser.
If you are uninclined to take my word on that, then do find other posts to offer your responses to. They taught this in high school while your head warmed the desks. I am in no mood for bullshit today.
For you fellows who have spent some time in college, you may have learned that cortisol depletes intelligence. Ahhhhh, not always accurate. Fortunately, I had a very wise instructor one semester, and he explained to us that the
correct levels of this hormone tend to be associated with high IQs. I forget why, but I still have the dude's e-mail address. I could probably find out for you in a few hours if it's a weekday.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080314085041.htm
If this squirrel study accurately represents our children, then it correlates with the proposition that corporal punishment can damage a child's IQ. The use of force in the direction of children should not cross the line into abuse. What this means is that spanking is entirely unnecessary. Children can be guided just as easily with nudges, and they are perfectly capable of getting the point without being beaten to the point of uncontrollable tears.
On the other hand, cortisol can bring you closer to your sexual partner.
http://www.newser.com/story/54840/spankings-stressful-but-sm-brings-couples-closer.html
In fact, one of the reasons that people who suffer from low intelligence and a high risk of obesity tend to have
higher rates of fertility is
probably due to the fact that cortisol suppresses the immune system. One of the effects of this is to make the uterus more receptive to implantation. After all, if a woman's immune system is functioning normally, she will not be very receptive at all to implantation. The blastocyst is more likely to be treated as a pathogen. On the other hand, cortisol can also negatively affect our secretion of progesterone, which is also necessary for successful fertilization, and obesity has been linked with infertility.
Now, if you are like me and naturally have very low cortisol levels, you can get around this by indulging in some mild S&M play. By deliberately undermining your immune system during the act of conception, you are making yourself much more open to fertilization. As the study suggests, your cortisol levels should fall back to normal later on, and it will bring you closer to your partner. You can make jokes about this to your heart's content, but my reasoning here is fairly sound.
The key difference between your sexual partner and your children, though, is that you are not trying to get your children pregnant, so quit beating your kids, douchebag. You are lucky the kid doesn't clock you on your jaw for that bullshit.
