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"They used shaming punishments like the skimmington, which was quite painful for the men whose private parts were bounced on a wooden rail."

I think I need a diagram of this device to see how it worked and to get an idea of the genital injury severity we're talking about. I also can't stop laughing at the phrase "private parts" in a serious academic book, help, lol