# In BDSM/Fetish/Spanking videos do they actually beat the performer?
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**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [June 13, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bdsm-fetish-spanking-videos-do-they-actually-beat-the-performer/585334 "2011-06-13T17:27:26Z")
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### Author:  [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2011, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bdsm-fetish-spanking-videos-do-they-actually-beat-the-performer/585334/21 "2011-06-15T18:26:20Z")
They may be using a variation on literal [slap sticks](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slapstick):
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> The phrase comes from the batacchio or bataccio — called the ‘slap stick’ in English — a club-like object composed of two wooden slats used in Commedia dell’arte. When struck, the battacchio produces a loud smacking noise, though little force is transferred from the object to the person being struck. Actors may thus hit one another repeatedly with great audible effect while causing very little actual physical damage. Along with the inflatable bladder (of which the whoopee cushion is a modern variant), it was among the earliest special effects that a person could carry.
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### Author:  [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bdsm-fetish-spanking-videos-do-they-actually-beat-the-performer/585334/22 "2011-06-15T18:31:10Z")
I can attest from a, uh, friend’s experience, that a spanking can make a hell of a noise and produce visible marks and still not actually be all that painful. I mean, yes, there will be pain, but it’s not devastating or unbearable pain.
I mean, that’s what I heard.
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### Author:  [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bdsm-fetish-spanking-videos-do-they-actually-beat-the-performer/585334/23 "2011-06-15T20:16:54Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#):
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> They may be using a variation on literal [slap sticks](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slapstick):
Possible, but like I said, the implements are the kinds typically made of leather, and appear far too flexible to be disguised slapsticks. For example, a coiled bullwhip.
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### Author:  [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2011, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bdsm-fetish-spanking-videos-do-they-actually-beat-the-performer/585334/24 "2011-06-15T20:20:20Z")
> [@Wizard\_One](#):
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> Why did they punish you for educating an annoying guy at school? 😉
> I’m willing to bet that he was well behaved after. But, what school practiced caning as a punishment? I’m unaware of any that still did since the 1970’s.
I believe AK84 is from Pakistan.
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### Author:  [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2011, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bdsm-fetish-spanking-videos-do-they-actually-beat-the-performer/585334/25 "2011-06-16T01:49:09Z")
I can’t speak for the mass-produced pornography, but within the scene, a good Dominant knows how to hurt their sub without injuring them, and that’s a very critical difference.
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### Author:  [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2011, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bdsm-fetish-spanking-videos-do-they-actually-beat-the-performer/585334/26 "2011-06-16T01:57:31Z")
> [@Sierra\_Indigo](#):
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> I can’t speak for the mass-produced pornography, but within the scene, a good Dominant knows how to hurt their sub without injuring them, and that’s a very critical difference.
Yes. If you cause injury, the scene will be over too soon.
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### Author:  [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2011, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bdsm-fetish-spanking-videos-do-they-actually-beat-the-performer/585334/27 "2011-06-16T04:16:21Z")
There is nothing worse than faking pain in porn. I have a fetish for getting trampled by women. Meaning I like them to walk on my chest and stomach. So of course I enjoy trample porn. It’s obvious though that alot of them are faking on both the receiving and giving ends. No erections and the video will have a 250lb guy wincing and screaming about a 90lb girl stepping on his chest. It’s so annoying and fake I can’t even watch it.
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