Born in 1886, George Ryley Scott was a pioneering writer on all aspects of sex, sexuality, discipline and associated practices in different cultures and eras.
PART I THE PSYCHOLOGY OF FLAGELLATION I. THE INHERENT CRUELTY OF MANKIND .
Man's delight in the persecution of others-Punishing II. THE AMBIVALENCE OF
PLEASURE AND PAIN III. BASIC MOTIVES: CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS IV. THE
CURATIVE AND MEDICINAL VIRTUES OF PAIN PART II PENAL FLAGELLATION V.
WHIPPING OF THIEVES, PROSTITUTES, ETC. VI. WHIPPING OF SLAVES AND SERVANTS
VII. FLOGGING IN THE ARMY AND NAVY VIII. FLOGGING CHILDREN IN THE HOME AND
SCHOOLPART III RELIGIOUS FLAGELLATION IX. FLAGELLATION IN MONASTERIES AND
NUNNERIES X. SELF-FLAGELLATION XI. THE SECI' OF THE FLAGELLANTS XII. THE
HOLY INQUISITION AND FLAGELLATION XIII. CONFESSORS AND FLAGELLATION PART IV
THE CASE FOR AND AGAINST CORPORAL PUNISHMENT XIV. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF
PUNISHMENT XV. PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF WHIPPING ADULTS XVI.
PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF JUVENILE BIRCHING XVII. EVILS
CONNECTED WITH FLOGGING AND BIRCHING XVIII. PATHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT XIX. SUMMING-UP THE POSITION
