Flagellation Brothels: Georgian Spanking Houses

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

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Society, Sex, Scandal, Education, History

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

18th century London was a haven for kinky connoisseurs, and flagellation houses were at the heart of it.

Whatever your preference to be spanked by - birches, whips, paddles - they had you covered.

What went on behind closed doors? Who was being spanked, and why was it all the range for upper class men?

Taking Kate into this naughty underworld today is Julie Peakman, author of Lascivious Bodies: A Sexual History of the Eighteenth Century.

This episode was edited by Tom Delargy, the producer was Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.

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0:00.0	Hello my lovely betwixters it's me Kate Lister I am here once more to educate and
0:06.0	horrified but before we can do that I have to tell you this is an adult
0:09.7	podcast spoken by adults to other adults about adult things in an adult
0:12.6	you way covering a range of adult subjects and you should be an adult too and now
0:16.7	you have heard that don't be writing as angry letters because fair do's we have
0:20.6	warned you but if you listen to this and you like it and you don't want to write as angry
0:24.4	letters, then maybe you could vote for us at the Listeners Choice Awards at this year's
0:28.7	British Podcast Awards and you can do that simply by going to the website
0:32.6	www dot British Podcast Awards
0:35.1	dot com forward slash voting and clicking on
0:37.8	betwixt the sheets.
0:38.8	If you've already done that, thank you so much you can have a gold star
0:42.0	and I should remind you that you can vote more than once you didn't hear that from me right off with the show
0:58.3	Come with me betwixters as we enter the door of one of Georgian London's finest flagellation brothels. Don't worry, I am good mates for some of the ladies who work here and they are an absolute scream.
1:05.6	Hidden away amongst the lavish velvet decor in the shadowy corners, look some of society's most respected individuals who are all keen to keep all of their anonymity.
1:15.8	Hmm. The air is heavy and scented with candles and perfumes and well sweat. What can I tell you but let's breathe it in it's hushed
1:26.1	and anticipation is high because in the adjoining rooms if you listen closely there are
1:30.9	the whooshes fl flagellation.
1:34.0	Or some good old-fashioned spanking, if you want to just call it what it is.
1:38.0	Whatever your weapon of choice, be it whips, canes, or birches,
1:42.0	the outcome is always the same.
1:43.7	They are being brought down across some very delicate flesh indeed.
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