I just ran across a mainstream discussion of spanking in pop culture, focusing on McLintock.
It was at http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2013/09/22/lady-spanking-from-kiss-me-kate-to-comic-books/, but is probably not worth your time to visit. (You've seen the images before.) But among the many comments was one that people might want to dig into:
Debbie • 5 years ago
Do you guys know what has been the MAIN source and outlet for scenes in which the heroine gets spanked by the hero in the MAINSTREAM medium during the past 30 or 35 years? NOT movies. NOT TV shows. NOT stage plays. NOT comics or comic books. NOT even Playboy, or other such men's publications.
The MAIN source has been ROMANCE NOVELS!!! Yep, the stuff written for women.
I review Romance Novels for a living, and can tell you that there have been a great number of these which have included such scenes, some of which become a focal point of the story. I can't list them all, but just off the top of my head, here's a few:
Johanna Lindsey:
BRAVE THE WILD WIND Avon, 1985.
CAPTIVE BRIDE, Avon Books, 1977.
DEFY NOT THE HEART, Avon, 1989.
KEEPER OF THE HEART, Avon, 1993
MAN OF MY DREAMS, Avon, 1992
ONCE A PRINCESS, Avon, 1991.
Catherine Coulter:
JADE STAR, Zebra, 1986.
THE OFFER, Topaz, 1997.
Anne Hampson:
TO TAME A VIXEN, Harlequin #2233, 1979.
Brenda Joyce:
FIRESTORM, Avon, 1988
Catherine Creel:
BREATHLESS PASSION, Zebra, 1983.
GOLDEN OBSESSION, Zebra, 1986.
NEVADA CAPTIVE, Zebra, 1984.
PASSION'S CHAIN, Zebra, 1991.
RAPTURE'S ROGUE, Zebra, 1986.
SURRENDER TO DESIRE, Zebra, 1985.
TEXAS SPITFIRE, Zebra, 1987.
TEXAS TORMENT, Zebra Books, 1985.
YANKEE AND THE BELLE, 1974.
Jude Deveraux:
THE CONQUEST, Pocket Books, 1991.
VELVET SONG, Pocket Books, 1983.
Heather Graham:
GOLDEN SURRENDER, Dell, 1985
LOVE NOT A REBEL, Dell, 1989.
A PIRATES PLEASURE, Dell, 1989.
It was at http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2013/09/22/lady-spanking-from-kiss-me-kate-to-comic-books/, but is probably not worth your time to visit. (You've seen the images before.) But among the many comments was one that people might want to dig into:
Debbie • 5 years ago
Do you guys know what has been the MAIN source and outlet for scenes in which the heroine gets spanked by the hero in the MAINSTREAM medium during the past 30 or 35 years? NOT movies. NOT TV shows. NOT stage plays. NOT comics or comic books. NOT even Playboy, or other such men's publications.
The MAIN source has been ROMANCE NOVELS!!! Yep, the stuff written for women.
I review Romance Novels for a living, and can tell you that there have been a great number of these which have included such scenes, some of which become a focal point of the story. I can't list them all, but just off the top of my head, here's a few:
Johanna Lindsey:
BRAVE THE WILD WIND Avon, 1985.
CAPTIVE BRIDE, Avon Books, 1977.
DEFY NOT THE HEART, Avon, 1989.
KEEPER OF THE HEART, Avon, 1993
MAN OF MY DREAMS, Avon, 1992
ONCE A PRINCESS, Avon, 1991.
Catherine Coulter:
JADE STAR, Zebra, 1986.
THE OFFER, Topaz, 1997.
Anne Hampson:
TO TAME A VIXEN, Harlequin #2233, 1979.
Brenda Joyce:
FIRESTORM, Avon, 1988
Catherine Creel:
BREATHLESS PASSION, Zebra, 1983.
GOLDEN OBSESSION, Zebra, 1986.
NEVADA CAPTIVE, Zebra, 1984.
PASSION'S CHAIN, Zebra, 1991.
RAPTURE'S ROGUE, Zebra, 1986.
SURRENDER TO DESIRE, Zebra, 1985.
TEXAS SPITFIRE, Zebra, 1987.
TEXAS TORMENT, Zebra Books, 1985.
YANKEE AND THE BELLE, 1974.
Jude Deveraux:
THE CONQUEST, Pocket Books, 1991.
VELVET SONG, Pocket Books, 1983.
Heather Graham:
GOLDEN SURRENDER, Dell, 1985
LOVE NOT A REBEL, Dell, 1989.
A PIRATES PLEASURE, Dell, 1989.