Hope for America!!

[abaris]

Atlas speaks the truth here. I have spoken to many people who have fetishes from their childhood because of how they were disciplined by their parents. Hell, I've spanked most of them myself.

On a less harmless note, it's also one of the steps in creating a sociopath. Not the only one, for sure, but one of the ingredients, according to forensic psychologists is abuse of any kind.