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_Maxolotl OP t1_jamm379 wrote

How have we not banned corporal punishment of children entirely, including at home, like most of the free world?

There have been tons of scientific studies about it and the conclusion is almost universally that it causes long term harm and doesn't improve behavior.

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ChurchPicnicFlareGun t1_jaus11g wrote

It’s mostly won out but obviously empirical evidence and experience over generations is not always so easily discarded.

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