This book is not a work of fiction. It records how women have been subjected to various forms of corporal punishment throughout history and into the twenty-first century. It describes the different ways in which women have been corporally punished, including many techniques especially designed for application to members of the female sex. It examines the justifications - both religious and secular - that have been advanced to support such methods. All the examples used are either from the recorded first-hand experiences of women who have received such punishments; from reliable eye-witness accounts; or from documentary evidence. There are no fictitious accounts.