Growing up in Mexico

[CuletCat]

As I mentioned in the first post I made I am a young man who grew up in a very rural area of ​​Mexico, a place rife with strange beliefs and customs. I hope this doesn't bother anyone here, but I was born in 2006; I am well aware that while many of these things—which were common elsewhere before the 1980s—have largely disappeared in most countries, they remain very common in Mexico today. Well, I want to share a few of these unusual customs with you, starting with the punishments I and other boys my age used to face. I was a pretty spoiled kid; as I mentioned in a previous post, I used to be very rude to girls. This led to frequent spankings—mostly from my mother, though I also got them from my aunts, my grandmother, and even a neighbor (I had messed with her daughter, and she wanted to teach me a lesson). Strangely, the spankings were administered while completely naked; I don't know if it was meant to increase the humiliation, but every time, I was forced to take off even my shoes, so the spanking happened in the buff. One specific instance stands out: I was playing with friends on a dirt lot—we were kids, so we ended up getting absolutely filthy. When I got home, my mother was furious; she stripped me naked and spanked me. The worst part was not being allowed to get dressed afterward. In Mexico, we have these stone structures called *fregaderos*—outdoor washbasins that are often communal—where we scrub our clothes. My mother forced me to wash everything I’d dirtied and bathe right there in the washbasin. The only dirty items were my pants and shirt, but my mother wasn't going to make it easy; she took away my underwear until I finished washing the rest, leaving me wearing nothing but my shoes. So there I stood, wearing only shoes and desperately washing my clothes—not to mention my sister, whom I didn't get along with very well, constantly teasing me. Since the washbasin wasn't inside the house, some mothers and small children saw me, too. The mothers just smiled; they knew I must have done something wrong. They didn't usually stick around to watch, though—they weren't going to let a small child stare at another naked boy for long. But compared to my grandmother, my mother was actually quite kind; when my grandmother dished out punishments, she used even more terrible methods. In Mexico, it’s a fairly common practice to rub chili on children to teach them a lesson. If you were lucky, they’d put it on your hands so you wouldn’t rub your eyes—or, for boys, so you wouldn’t touch your private parts (since that’s often considered rude). If you weren’t so lucky, the chili would be applied to a more "sensitive" area during a spanking to intensify the redness and burning sensation. And if you were really unlucky—especially if your punishment was for bothering girls—well, mothers and grandmothers would apply the chili to the area you can probably guess. And yep, that happened to me a few times, but I’ll save those stories for part two. By the way, please forgive my poor English; I’m using translation tools to share this story, so if you spot any errors or anything reads confusingly, feel free to let me know.

Thanks for sharing, it's shocking to know that spankings and naked punishments are still so common in some parts of the world. I suppose boys still get punished like that in this rural area as of today?

You say that you were spanked once by a neighbor... did she speak with your mother beforehand, or could any adult just spank any boy at any place if they thought it was deserved? And did only women spank you?

[Halfway Teahouse]

Love to hear they got to watch you get spanked! That must've been so humiliating for you to be put on display like a trophy

[Dotka]

Yes, children are still shamed in this way. Although some forms of punishment have become less common, I have a younger cousin—he’s about 10—who has two sisters. Whenever I visit them, I still encounter the same kinds of humiliating situations that I myself went through as a child—for instance, visiting my aunt and finding him standing naked in a corner. So, yes, it remains quite common, at least among boys—especially when this cousin is staying with my grandmother. My grandmother is someone who still believes this is the best way to raise a child, so she continues to use forms of punishment that are no longer widely practiced.

I wouldn’t say it was common for just any woman to spank a child she didn’t know, but since it was a small community, most of the mothers knew each other and understood that it wouldn’t be an issue—it was simply the norm. In fact, most of the mothers were so close that they saw nothing wrong with it.

No, interestingly enough, I was never spanked by a man. I grew up only with my mother, so most of my spankings came from her; the rest came from other women in the family who were typically in charge of the household, which included the discipline of the children.

[NoUserName0]

Yes, children are still shamed in this way. Although some forms of punishment have become less common, I have a younger cousin—he’s about 10—who has two sisters. Whenever I visit them, I still encounter the same kinds of humiliating situations that I myself went through as a child—for instance, visiting my aunt and finding him standing naked in a corner. So, yes, it remains quite common, at least among boys—especially when this cousin is staying with my grandmother. My grandmother is someone who still believes this is the best way to raise a child, so she continues to use forms of punishment that are no longer widely practiced.

I wouldn’t say it was common for just any woman to spank a child she didn’t know, but since it was a small community, most of the mothers knew each other and understood that it wouldn’t be an issue—it was simply the norm. In fact, most of the mothers were so close that they saw nothing wrong with it.

No, interestingly enough, I was never spanked by a man. I grew up only with my mother, so most of my spankings came from her; the rest came from other women in the family who were typically in charge of the household, which included the discipline of the children.

Do you know if any girl received the same punishment or it was just for boys?

[Dotka]

As for spanking, for the girls, it happened occasionally—always over their pants, or sometimes with their pants pulled down, though unlike the boys, they kept their underwear on. In my experience, whenever I witnessed my sister being spanked, it was usually because we were both in trouble; yet, I was always the only one who ended up completely undressed. When she was punished alone, it usually took place behind closed doors in her room, so I never knew if my mother applied the same rule—making her remove all her clothing—as she did with me; it’s not something I tend to discuss with my sister. Regarding the punishment involving chili peppers, for the girls, the chili was only applied to their hands—not to their genitals, as was the case for the boys. However, I recently obtained a photo from my mother that suggests my sister may have been subjected to that punishment as well—though in such strict privacy that, had it not been for those photos from my mother, I wouldn’t even be aware of it.

[CuletCat]

However, I recently obtained a photo from my mother that suggests my sister may have been subjected to that punishment as well—though in such strict privacy that, had it not been for those photos from my mother, I wouldn’t even be aware of it.

Can you tell us more about that photo? How old was your sister when she was punished like that?

I can't even imagine how much the chili punishment must hurt. I've heard old people say kids were sometimes punished with ginger root applied into their anuses back in the day, I guess the chili treatment is the Mexican version of that.

[Dotka]

Can you tell us more about that photo? How old was your sister when she was punished like that?

I can't even imagine how much the chili punishment must hurt. I've heard old people say kids were sometimes punished with ginger root applied into their anuses back in the day, I guess the chili treatment is the Mexican version of that.

To talk about the photo of my sister, I think I need to provide some context first. Recently, my sister posted an embarrassing photo of me on her social media—nothing out of the ordinary, just the typical kind of photo taken when you’re five years old and not wearing any pants. This prompted me to ask my mother about other photos, which led to the discovery of three specific ones, all taken at my grandmother’s house. My grandmother was the only woman in the family who still used chili peppers as a form of punishment. As for the punishment itself—at least in my case—it varied in severity: in the "best" (or least severe) scenario, she would rub chili on my hands. In the worst—and most common—scenario, she would strip off all my clothing from the waist down, leaving me in just a T-shirt, and rub chili on my penis and my hands (to prevent me from covering myself). She would then force me to keep jumping around and crying in the living room until she felt the punishment was sufficient—often while my sister watched. Afterward, she would let me go outside to an area with a small basin, where I could pour water on my penis. Regarding the three photos: two are of me during one of these punishments—in one, I’m standing there, and it even looks like I might have urinated on myself; in another, I’m searching for water in the basin, and my backside is visible. The third photo is of my sister; she is facing the camera, completely unclothed from the waist down, trying to splash water from the basin onto her own genitals—she must have been about 11 or 12 years old at the time. It’s worth noting that none of the photos are very clear, as they appear to have been taken surreptitiously—we don’t seem to be making any effort to cover ourselves—but in my sister’s photo, it’s still clearly visible that she isn’t wearing anything. In my case, it’s a bit more embarrassing: the shape of my genitals is quite distinct, and my backside is visible in surprisingly good detail.

I had never heard about ginger being used this way; it must be horrible—especially if it were inserted whole into the anus. I assume the usual practice was just to rub it on, because anything else would be terrible. Does anyone have any experiences with ginger root they’d like to share?

[Freesub]

Can you tell us more about that photo? How old was your sister when she was punished like that?

I can't even imagine how much the chili punishment must hurt. I've heard old people say kids were sometimes punished with ginger root applied into their anuses back in the day, I guess the chili treatment is the Mexican version of that.

I had never heard about ginger being used this way; it must be horrible—especially if it were inserted whole into the anus. I assume the usual practice was just to rub it on, because anything else would be terrible. Does anyone have any experiences with ginger root they’d like to share?

If inserted whole, that sounds horrible

[CuletCat]

It is indeed horrible, and child abuse, but it's been used in the past. In the generation of my grandparents, I suppose it was just rubbed on, not inserted

[Nothing]

Can you tell us more about that photo? How old was your sister when she was punished like that?

I can't even imagine how much the chili punishment must hurt. I've heard old people say kids were sometimes punished with ginger root applied into their anuses back in the day, I guess the chili treatment is the Mexican version of that.

To talk about the photo of my sister, I think I need to provide some context first. Recently, my sister posted an embarrassing photo of me on her social media—nothing out of the ordinary, just the typical kind of photo taken when you’re five years old and not wearing any pants. This prompted me to ask my mother about other photos, which led to the discovery of three specific ones, all taken at my grandmother’s house. My grandmother was the only woman in the family who still used chili peppers as a form of punishment. As for the punishment itself—at least in my case—it varied in severity: in the "best" (or least severe) scenario, she would rub chili on my hands. In the worst—and most common—scenario, she would strip off all my clothing from the waist down, leaving me in just a T-shirt, and rub chili on my penis and my hands (to prevent me from covering myself). She would then force me to keep jumping around and crying in the living room until she felt the punishment was sufficient—often while my sister watched. Afterward, she would let me go outside to an area with a small basin, where I could pour water on my penis. Regarding the three photos: two are of me during one of these punishments—in one, I’m standing there, and it even looks like I might have urinated on myself; in another, I’m searching for water in the basin, and my backside is visible. The third photo is of my sister; she is facing the camera, completely unclothed from the waist down, trying to splash water from the basin onto her own genitals—she must have been about 11 or 12 years old at the time. It’s worth noting that none of the photos are very clear, as they appear to have been taken surreptitiously—we don’t seem to be making any effort to cover ourselves—but in my sister’s photo, it’s still clearly visible that she isn’t wearing anything. In my case, it’s a bit more embarrassing: the shape of my genitals is quite distinct, and my backside is visible in surprisingly good detail.

I had never heard about ginger being used this way; it must be horrible—especially if it were inserted whole into the anus. I assume the usual practice was just to rub it on, because anything else would be terrible. Does anyone have any experiences with ginger root they’d like to share?

In India and indian subcontinent this type of punishments are pretty common to in the rural side of the country, mostly beating or naked punishment of sort.

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