German island bans Christmas tradition of spanking women with cow horns. Is this really happening in the 21st century?

[Tarifa]

While most Germans celebrate Saint Nicholas Day by leaving their shoes out for surprise gifts, residents of the German island Borkum have taken the 'festivities' to an entirely different level. It involves spanking women on the buttocks with cow horns. Young men dress up and roam the island to strike women on the buttocks with cow horns during the night.

Strangely, not everyone sees the ritual as a problem. Many locals brush it off as ‘harmless fun.’ Organizers of the event have always tried to discourage social media coverage to avoid exposing the identities of the costumed participants.

How on earth can this be seen as 'fun' and defended as part of a 200-year-old 'tradition'?

[Astarlessnightsky]

Its not just "spanking on the butt", the women are rounded up, held down by multiple men, and hit with a club, the cow horn, by six different men for minutes until the men are exhausted and move on to get more drunk. No woman is safe, not even pregnant ones, there is no safeword, the women are simply abused and violated.

And the people on Borkhum are aware that this tradition is wrong, otherwise they wouldn't prohibited filming, posting on social media and avoid questions from journalism.

[Billlewis]

Like cheating, spanking is generally much more beneficial when it is administered to the male, rather than the female. This is my opinion only.

[Anonymous]

This may shock you but sometimes us women enjoy being spanked and playful males pursuing

[Tarifa]

I'm not easily shocked. If they agree to the terms of the 'game', that's fine. But I understand that it isn't the case here. They are held by various men and don't have much choice other than to submit to being spanked.

[Opinion Owner]

Where I'm from girls get spanked by guys on their 18 birthday with a paddle.

[Abbycado]

Oh, no.

I’d like @mandyfire98 to get one of them horns for our new tradition then.

[Tarifa]

I bet she'd gladly spank you. For fun.

[Abbycado]

No, no.

When I unwrap her box at Christmas, I am going to put the horn in it.

[mandyfire98]

Mess with the Abby, you get the horn... Y

[seeyounexttuesday]

How on Earth have we become so pussified? Sounds like fun.

[Tarifa]

I wouldn't see any problem if women were allowed to spank men as well.

[seeyounexttuesday]

That wouldn't be the tradition, would it.

[Adel50]

Source please.

[Tarifa]

euroweeklynews.com/.../

www.dw.com/.../a-70940053

You can google it.

[Adel50]

Thank you.