Article: Biting, spanking: Fads for the diverse 1990s.(Metropolitan Times)

Biting, like sadomasochism, is becoming fashionable.

Bite-themed restaurants are not sprouting up, but being able to get spanked after the hors d'oeuvres didn't happen overnight.

Certain people consider the spanking the main course, and they pay for the pleasure.

With the help of Dr. Spock - the real one as opposed to the one with the ears - spanking lost its cachet in the '60s. Spanking never went away completely; it just went underground. People who enjoy being spanked used to need Jerry Springer to explain their position, their favorite being over someone's knees.

This is how these things work in pop culture. A person who ...

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