One of the delights of early issues of Janus becoming available again as digital downloads is that they serve to remind us how good the magazine was at capturing the drama of corporal punishment. The editorial team knew that photos illustrating anxiety and shame were just as important as those capturing the actual punishments.
Take these three high quality images from the Janus archive that perfectly capture those tense moments prior to punishment.
The Janus 14 photo story ‘Last in Line’ devotes six pages of photos and narrative to Michelle’s nervous wait outside the Principal’s office before she finally steps inside.
In Janus 16 we meet Serena James, a private secretary about to get ‘The Treatment’. We can sense the tension as she passes the cane to her employer.
‘Teacher Training’ in Janus 18 brings Jennifer Simmonds, a junior arts and crafts teacher to the headmaster’s office. She clearly knows all too well the fate that awaits her sentenced bottom.
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She’s wondering if he will make her take her jeans down. (Of course he will – her knickers too)
I like the top image particularly. His posture is masterful and sadistic, hers meek, fearful, and sorrowful.
His next words are: “Bend over the back of the chair! Reach down! Further!” He walks round to pull the hem of her skirt up and across her back, and to take her knickers down to her ankles. His eyes sparkle as he views her tender, defenceless buttocks.
“Ready?” He snaps.
“Y-y-yes,Sir” she stammers in reply.
“You are to keep perfectly still, and remain completely silent! Is that understood?”
“Oh, please Sir…please……”
“I SAID ‘IS THAT UNDERSTOOD?’
“y-y-yes, Sir. Sorry Sir!”
“Good! So lets start!”
He touches her twitching buttocks very gently with the cane. Lightly. Teasingly. And then……
Six cuts in rapid succession. He had barely got to three before a banshee wail started, and….her hands moved to protect her helpless flesh.
“Right!” he snapped. “We’ll just have to start again.” He paused. “I’m prepared to offer you the privilege of having your hands manacled. Which will protect you from reaching back again. Would you like that?”
“Yes, Sir. Please….”
In a trice her wrists were fastened.
He smiled. This was going to be good. Very good. He touched her buttocks again – striped and aching now – and smiled.
Janus 14 was one of my favourites. It brought back my own memories nervously waiting knwoing that ultimately my trousers and pants would be down and I’d be bent over for punishment.
I particularly enjoy seeing the professional woman being disciplined, and enjoy the facial expressions throughout the spanking. Thank you for a glimpse of both here.