Caning is used as a punishment for both criminals and students in Singapore, but only males are caned, including school boys.

lightning_palm · 2021-05-27T19:58:51+00:00

Extremely gruesome statement of a Singaporean caning officer (below). I don't know if it's true, got it from Quora.

Edit: Checking the linked Wikipedia article, this seems to be very plausible.

I was Caning officer of Changi prison in Singapore for almost 12 long years. I have caned more 1150 inmates during these 12 years. Earlier there used to be large number of mens being caned, but now in recent years the number has decreased. Now maximum men recieve only 2 or 3 strokes of cane. Rarely a man gets 24 strokes of cane.Some get 5–6 strokes. Earlier, the number of strokes for each man was quite high.

We as a caning officer, have to apply all our weights to cane a man. We are given special training for caning. I had won several medals in martials arts and javelin throw. A caning officer should have a very good arm. We give strokes to all males at an interval of 30 seconds.

We cane all males to make cuts across their whole buttocks.All men cry like babies. There is profuse bleeding from buttocks and cuts that we gave it to inmates. We try to distribute the pain in all area of the butt of the inmates.We can’t give a stroke twice to a man, if it misses, then the chance is gone. As everyone knows, the complete body of man is naked, except a tiny cloth across his penis.

A man has to bend in 90 degrees and show his buttocks. We also have mandatory distance between legs of a man. If the legs of inmate are apart, then it inflicts more pain to buttocks of a man and more bleeding. It is like chopping the buttocks of a man, the flesh of buttocks may fly away in air also.

A caning officer can give only 6 strokes at one time to a male inmate, the reason being, thr caning officer gets tired. All strokes should have equal force and pain to the buttocks of a man. We are not allowed to show mercy to them. All men struggle in the Caning stand, they are not able to move, but all men move with a force like that of animals. They try to shake their buttocks and save them from strokes, but all are unsucessful and struggle a lot during whole process.

We show a little mercy to a man who poops, pee and other discharge from body while caning. We wait until a man passes his urine and feaces and then cane him. If a man vomits, faints, etc or not able to take his punishment, then we stop after doctor’s signal.

Most wealthy men, having political connections, etc give us bribes sometimes, so that we miss out a stroke or give him the strokes lightly. I have seen many officers taking bribes from prisoners. Caning and imprisonment is mandatory.

After caning a man he cripples and is not able to walk. He is taken to a bed, after that his buttocks are applied medicines and ointments. It takes 1 or 2 months time to heal, but black stripes across buttocks are permanent for a man caned.All men are in terrible pain after caning, some prison officials also provide them weed and other stuff to relieve pain if given money.

But, All men are not able to poop, urinate after their caning. Some men find it difficult to pass normal stools everyday after caning. This causes a serious problems for many men. They are required to be hospitalized, if required. Some men develop intestine disorders after their canings and can lose their lives also after the process.

All men have watery discharge from their buttocks for some days. They are advised not to wear clothes for some days. But some men wear clothes and their wounds don’t heal.

According to me, caning should be on back side, just above spinal cord. The caning should be such that, It should not take lives of inmates.Ass, buttocks is a vital part for anyone, even animals. So anyone can die after hard and long canings, if he is not able to poop and pee.

Note: More questions in comments will not be answered. Please frame other questions, I will answer them seperately. I am not bound to diclose my name as per rules. Canings take place in closed compound only. Sometimes, other officials may witness the punishment. Please don’t believe any fake rumours. In prison, the inmates themselves spread rumours.Even the toughest man is in fear and gets terrible feeling because of which he talks insane. We don’t allow others to witness the humiliation of a man. We alone make a man humiliate, cane him hard in closed premise and make to stay him naked for a few days.

Threwaway42 · 2021-05-27T23:42:17+00:00

It’s sad how all the other discussions of this mention caning is used but none mentioned the systemic sexism with it

Vista_Seagrape · 2021-05-27T16:56:49+00:00

Direct and blatant disparity of legal rights, an extra punishment is reversed for males, even children. It is a violent punishment that causes physical damage and trauma.

Solid-Perspective98 · 2021-05-27T17:12:10+00:00

Don't forget military caning for conscripts, who are all male as well.

random13980 · 2021-05-27T19:44:43+00:00

That’s awful

MapleSyrup612 · 2021-05-28T04:01:01+00:00

Singaporean here. So true

Tmomp · 2021-05-27T19:03:48+00:00

/r/BlatantSexism

/r/blatantmisandry2

hehimCA · 2021-05-28T01:14:19+00:00

Wow. Sad but not surprising. Thanks for posting.

hendrixski · 2021-05-29T15:28:29+00:00

In general, isn't corporal punishment a "men's issue"?

Banake · 2021-05-29T19:36:23+00:00

David Benatar has a great discussion about this in his The Second Sexism.

Skinnyguy202 · 2021-05-28T01:34:47+00:00

I don’t think they should do that... but that’s just me

OirishM · 2021-05-28T04:37:08+00:00

Interesting, I hadn't heard of this. Thanks for posting

MapleSyrup612 · 2021-05-31T07:02:00+00:00

There was this thread on r/Singapore a few months ago that talked about men’s rights

Title	Caning is used as a punishment for both criminals and students in Singapore, but only males are caned, including school boys.
Author	Vista_Seagrape
Upvotes	191
Comments	29
Date	May 27, 2021 4:56 PM UTC (5 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates
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