Is there a physical reason why you enjoy being spanked (in a sexual context)?

Is there a physical reason why you enjoy being spanked (in a sexual context)?
I assumed that people enjoy spanking either because it increases bloodflow to the ass, or because (since the pain and pleasure regions of the brain are overlapping) the brain is interpreting pain as pleasure.

But in response to my other poll (please vote if you haven't): Do you ever engage in spanking for sexual arousal and/or sexual pleasure?

Someone said that being spanked causes vibrations to ripple to their clitoris.

I was wondering how common that is? When being spanked, do vibrations ripple to your genitals? Or is there another physical reason that you find pleasure in being spanked? Or is it all psychological?

If you don't enjoy being spanked, or have not tried it, choose the last option.
Vibrations & physical sensations ripple to my genitals
Vote A
The increased bloodflow to the ass is pleasurable
Vote B
Both of the above
Vote C
My brain simply interprets the pain as pleasure
Vote D
It's all mental
Vote E
Other
Vote F
I don't enjoy spanking, OR I haven't been spanked (in a sexual context)
Vote G
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  • For me it’s a submissive pleasure. If she has the power in this context. Let’s pretend I’m like tied up, at her mercy.

    I don’t know it works, but giving away that power, is like orgasming. When you give that power away you have this full body orgasm that feels incredible.

    And since the power has been given to her, and she maintains that power since I’m tied up, it just feels better and better.

    And then the pain. The pain a part of that. She now has the power to cause me pain. My ability to avoid that pain has been removed. She now has power over me. So when she hurts me, it hurts. And then my sexual brain says “omg she can hurt me as much as she wants and there’s nothing I can do about it. Mother-fucking-YES!!!’” And then rush after rush of bodily orgasm.

    Relinquishing power is the best sexual feeling I’ve ever felt besides having power. Relinquishing power is just this extremely kinky sexual orgasmic feeling. Having the power, such as the power over her life (my hands choking her) feels like deep bubbling love and affection. A deep connection is what I feel when I experience either type of power exchange in the bedroom.

  • It's not vibration that stimulates the clitoris. It's just that while spanking, surrounding nerves and muscles also feel a little. Hence the clit gets stimulated

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  • Spanking shows dominance in my eyes. That I've been a little brat and need to be punished which I find very erotic and kinky. And something like that turns me on a lot which makes me more wet and aroused.

    But I also have to admit, I do enjoy the sensation of my partner's hand on my butt and the stinging feeling when he spanks me very hard. It adds pleasure to me so I guess I do enjoy certain types of pain.

    So half psychological and half physical.

    • i agree so much

  • Spanking isn't something I do regularly but I've noticed it shortens my time to orgasm once the actual sex starts.

    • Sometimes the best part is being kept on the edge of orgasm for ages until you finally blow, and letting that orgasm last for as long as possible...

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  • I have my issues with pain in general and in highly sensitive areas in particular.

    Tell me, how does it feel to have a visit at the dentist's office and have him perform a root canal on one of your molar without anesthesia.

    Must be fun, right?

    What makes you believe that being spanked is just as physically enjoyable as having a root canal treatment? The location of the pain for a root canal is exactly at the same place as for spanking, namely, the parietal lobe as well as the frontal lobe that controls physical reactions.

    If you dislike pain from a tooth extraction, a broken leg or a headache, why should you like other kinds of pains unless you are a masochist that likes pains in general. But the vast majority of people don't seem to like pain.

    You may be the exception here. Congratulations!

    • First off, I've never been spanked (in a sexual context). But even if I did enjoy being spanked, almost all women on my other poll said they enjoy being spanked Do you ever engage in spanking for sexual arousal and/or sexual pleasure? ↗

    • But as for your argument "The location of the pain for a root canal is exactly at the same place as for spanking" Pain also activates the same region of the brain as sexual arousal (the amygdala). So, since the pain of being spanked (by a sexual partner, on the ass - a sexual body part) is occurring in a sexual context, the brain activation can overlap, causing the brain to mix the emotional reactions & thereby perceiving the pain as pleasure. This would also be why even people who enjoy being spanked in the bedroom, wouldn't enjoy being spanked as punishment (such as by a parent). Because that context isn't sexual, in the same way root canal treatment isn't in a sexual context. Thus, the pain isn't perceived as pleasurable in those contexts.

    • As I said in my other reply to you. It takes all kinds of people to make the world go round. And I'll add that it seems that some isolated people take every single excuse to associate sex with any part of the body, from the tip of the hair down to the toes.

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  • I craved more than spanking. I craved being caned bare butt.

    My girlfriend only did that once to me. I totally got horny and aroused and then we had a fuck that I totally remember until now.

    But it's different for her. So that was my first and last. 😔

    • She didn't enjoy caning you?

    • No. She did it with some form restrain, probably worried she would hurt me, despite me later showed my heightened sexuality.

    • does the cane leave bruises though?

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  • My partner says the pain is real but is erotic. When she's over my knee and I'm alternating between spanking her hot, bare bottom with my hand and using that same hand to play with her clit and G-spot, she says the pain goes straight to her clit and G-spot. She can sometimes come for caning and also from having her nipples caned or bitten

    • is caning different than a strap or about the same? My ex who I might get back with really liked the razor strap on her wet bare ass.

    • @fabulousoldfart The cane is close to if not the most painful toy to play with, esp the ones out of synthetic materials. The strap distributes the kinetic energy over a bigger area.

  • Damn! I didn't enjoy being spanked when I was a kid and don't now either. But I'll tell you it didn't do anything for me sexually.

    Is there a physical reason why you enjoy being spanked (in a sexual context)?
  • This girl is certainly not a fan of spanking in a sexual content anyway.

  • Thanks to all the naughty girls who like getting their asses slapped while being hard fucked. I think of a rider whipping a horse's flank to make it gallop faster. Yeeeehawww! Giddy up! Ride her hard and put her up wet. Leave her panting and her legs quivering.

    • My ex said it gave her multiple orgasms too.

    • @fabulousoldfart spanking gives multiple orgasms?

    • that is what my ex said. She meowing like a fucking cat in heat for like a half hour and we ended up doing it for five hours.

  • the pleasure/pain connection

  • People really overthink this shit.

  • Definitely love it. Love to have my man in charge, big turn on lol he loves spanking just as much I do so it’s a win-win

  • Sometimes people accept pain not because it feels good, but because it masks a greater internal emotional pain. Just as some people cut themselves to relieve the pain. It doesn't really relieve the pain, because it causes a new pain. Bu they accept the new pain, because it's less onerous than the pain the often feel in their mind.

  • Because it makes me feel like the submissive little slut that I have always wanted to be ;-)

    • honest!!!

    • Honesty is a very important value ;p

    • good little slut!

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  • My pain turns into a tingly feeling and it makes me wet

  • I like being spanked because I was spanked as a child.

    • So did you enjoy it as a child too?

  • It. makes me feel naughty and I enjoy being his naughty girl

  • Probably mental and biology as to why most women enjoy being spanked whether or not it's for a job well done (ie nice dinner) or as punishment (ie dinner not ready).

    Is there a physical reason why you enjoy being spanked (in a sexual context)?Is there a physical reason why you enjoy being spanked (in a sexual context)?
  • I'd like a girl to spank me if she gives off a more dominant vibe or is into power exchange, but that's more the psychological aspect than the physical, and plays into a broader submissive fantasy. That said I'm a 'Switch' so also love to administer a good round of spanking on a naughty girl :D to control or be controlled, that is the question lol

  • I like that we are connecting with my partner and being playful with each other, it's more pleasurable to me than anything else, and I like that he's being manly and it really does feel amazing the sensations the spanks can give so it's all beautiful

  • I don't like it much though

  • I want to be spanked... But for some reason, it's not crystal clear as to why! I think it could be that I (more than almost anything) want to be sexually abused by a girl someday, and spanking is a perfect way!

  • However it works, it's arousing.

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