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Chelsea and her husband Clint, who asked that I use only their first names, belong to a small subculture of religious couples who practice “Christian Domestic Discipline,” a lifestyle that calls for a wife to be completely submissive to her husband. Referred to as CDD by its followers, the practice often includes spanking and other types corporal punishments administered by husbands—and ostensibly ordained by God. While the private nature of the discipline makes it difficult to estimate the number of adherents, activity in several online forums suggests a figure in the low thousands. Devotees call CDD an alternative lifestyle and enthusiastically sing its praises; for critics, it’s nothing but domestic abuse by another name.

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for critics, it’s nothing but domestic abuse by another name.

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Maybe it's just foreplay but they think they need a biblical excuse for it.

jes sayin'.

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the practice often includes spanking and other types corporal punishments administered by husbands

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I'm thinking that this particular group of believers must have completely misunderstand that entire "turn the other cheek" concept!

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