Paddles!

[MooseGirl]

I can't believe your talking openly about paddles on this forum. I was always led to believe they were discouraged because of the negative connotations.

Then again I see big/little terminology still hasn't faded away even years, decades, after it was written out of the books.

(and now I'm sure this post makes me sound all stuck up...oops)

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by MooseGirl

I can't believe your talking openly about paddles on this forum. I was always led to believe they were discouraged because of the negative connotations.

Then again I see big/little terminology still hasn't faded away even years, decades, after it was written out of the books.

(and now I'm sure this post makes me sound all stuck up...oops)

No it just makes you sound confused. You'll have noticed that people here say Rush even though it's Recruitment. At least in the NPC, i think the word "paddle" is so far divorced from the prospect of actually beating someone, that people don't think about it. But you can call it a wall plaque if you like.

And where was big/little "written out of the books."

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

And where was big/little "written out of the books."

Not the concept, but what they are called. Because supposedly calling someone your little is "demeaning" and promotes a sense of "power" one member over the other.

Things that are good stick. Things that are stupid do not.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Not the concept, but what they are called. Because supposedly calling someone your little is "demeaning" and promotes a sense of "power" one member over the other.

Things that are good stick. Things that are stupid do not.

I didn't realize this was the Phi Sig forum and not the main paddles post that's been updated so frequently lately.

So maybe that's the case for them.