For obvious reasons, a lot of our focus here is on the people who get spanked. Some of the fictional spankees in our films are curious ingénues, ripe for a journey of self-discovery; others are reluctant, recalcitrant bottoms, writhing and unenthusiastic. Plenty more are experienced spanking lovers having the time of their lives, perhaps even manipulating themselves into getting the discipline they crave.

This week, I want to pay a little more attention to the characters on the other side of the paddle. There are just as many ways to play a top as a bottom - some are salacious, lustful, leering; others are reluctant, administering a spanking that does not please them for the good of a bottom that does.