Further exploration of sorority paddling practices
Having recenty posted information on sorority paddling that was based on first hand accounts, I felt I needed to do additional research to try and further validate what I had said. While you will never find a sorority web site that states that they paddle pledges or exchange swats when the big sister is given her paddle by her little sister, you can certainly learn a lot by reading the captions they include with their pictures. I came across more than 100 pictures that demonstrate that sorority paddling is still alive and well.
From the captions and the pictures I learned a lot. First it seems that most sororities have an activity that is based around the paddle. There were many pictures that had titles such as “Paddle Party”, “Paddle Initiation”, “Paddle Ritual”, and “Paddle Night”. Something else of great interest is that it seems that it is a fairly common tradition that on the night that the little sister presents her paddle to her big sister, that the big sister also gives a gift, which is a pillow. I can only assume why it is that on the same night that one gives a paddle, one receives a pillow. The two seem a little too closely tied for us not to assume that someone ends up with a sore bottom that requires a pillow for sitting.
Many of the pictures I found clearly showed that a lot of the paddling is done in a fun way and takes place at parties. Either way, it is clear to me that the paddles you often see on the walls are not just for decorations. There are literally hundreds of pictures out there of young ladies bending over for swats at a party.
Often these girls are being swatted by guys:
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But even more often the pictures featured girls being paddled by girls:
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While many of these pictures were clearly fun and games at a party:
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Some of them were clearly part of a activity, initiation, or some formal event. The captions for these two pictures was “waiting for the pledges”
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There is no doubt that both of these are the real thing at an event based around the paddle:
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I also find it hard to believe that unless this picture comes from a movie I am unaware of, that these young ladies will not be feeling these paddles before the end of what looks like a very interesting night. Note that these are not the pretty decorative paddles you generally see, these are very functional paddles:
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The next two caught my attention because of the captions. Both of them esentially described that this was the little sister trying to avoid what she had coming from her big sister. Based on the size of the paddles, I do not blame them:
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The next three all deal with the actual event of the little sister and the big sister exchanging swats during the presentation of the paddle.
This is one of the pillow/paddle exchange events. The little sister, holding her new pillow, is preparing to take her swat:
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The caption for this one was “big sis takes lil’ outside for more room to swing”
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In this picture the little sister, now on the floor, just took her swat from the big sister which knocked her to the ground:
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The caption of this final picture made it clear that this was not an ornamental paddle. It read “___________ waits to paddle __________”. Too bad there was not a picture of the actual paddling, just look at how thick that paddle is:
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I have dozens of pictures like these that I will continue to post in the weeks to come.
Comments:
Michael, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!! One of my favorite fantasies is sorority paddling. The pictures are great and I look forward to see more. I sure hope you produce a video of a good sorority initation paddling.Thanks again, and keep the pictures and info coming.
Tony
*By the way, she has a pillow her big sister gave her! I wonder why.... ~weg~ I'll have to bring it up the next time I see her!
I'll look forward to more pics.
Curious.
One of my most intense fantasies is to administer paddlings to a sorority pledge class.
That would be too sweet.
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Tom
Back in the day (mid-seventies for me), however, those big paddles were indeed used to warm girl's posteriors. I know. During my four years in at a sorority house at a large midwestern university, I both swung the paddle and was on the receiving end.
Someone asked what it was like. In truth, it was great fun. There was a lot of kidding throughout. I'm sure that's why the girls in the pictures were smiling and laughing. I know stories depict a sadistic sargeant-at-arms, but it wasn't like that. Nor were there any guys around. Did it hurt to be paddled? Well, yeah, of course it did. But it was an experience I treasure.
I hope that sheds a little light.
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