Hi, I'm Liam, 37 from the uk and this is my first post here. I hope its ok to post this. My father was a strict husband and my mother had to obey him always, never answer back never argue or talk to him badly. If she stepped out of line she got the belt or a different punishment like not being allowed to do things she wanted to do, made to stay home (i guess like being grounded) having to sleep on the sofa (usually its the man who has to do this, in my dads house that would never happen, my mum would be on the sofa) The best advice my dad gave me was that when i got married i should ''keep a belt to hand'' which is something i took on board totally.
I know some people would say corporal punishment is abuse but i don't believe it is. Its great for correction as long as you don't go crazy with it. Make it safe, hard but safe. And as i said there are other punishments a husband can give to his wife besides the belt anyway.
The point of my post is that i feel that the world now, where women are not being disciplined properly and they are not submitting to their husbands, is a problem. Now women do what they like, behave as they like and this is the problem. If a husband tried to use corporal punishment or any other punishment the woman doesn't tolerate it and says its abuse or whatever. My mother always knew that my dad would not tolerate any bad behaviour. She knew if she behaved she didn't get punished. misbehave and she was punished. She said herself that it was really very simple and easy to do.
When i got married i made it clear from the start that my wife would obey me and what was expected of her. She had to sign a contract agreeing to my rules and i made it clear that she would expect to be punished for disobedience. We've been married for 10 years and there are no problems because she is the same as my mother and she understands how she must behave as my wife. I have brothers and other family who have been in miserable marriages and relationships because they are ending up with women who are not like that and i see it as a big problem.
I know my views are possibly controversial but i'm not talking about abuse i'm talking about punishment/discipline which is fair and done sanely. A man who goes mad, loses control and just outright abuses a woman or anyone else i don't and never will support. But lack of discipline and punishment husbands not having proper control of their wives and not being able to punish when needed is part of how we've ended up where we are now with women and girls and why they are out of control.