{"id":249,"date":"2008-07-22T12:17:01","date_gmt":"2008-07-22T11:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howethical.com\/sustainability\/ethical-spanking-paddles\/"},"modified":"2012-07-01T06:52:58","modified_gmt":"2012-07-01T05:52:58","slug":"ethical-spanking-paddles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/sustainability\/ethical-spanking-paddles\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethical Spanking Paddles!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, there\u2019s a title to grab your attention!<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"It looks like something you'd use to take bread out of an oven, but it's not.\" src=\"http:\/\/d3f650ayx9w00n.cloudfront.net\/coco\/700\/35912.jpg\" alt=\"Spanking Paddle\" width=\"252\" height=\"336\" \/><\/center>.<\/p>\n<p>A quick <em><strong>whip<\/strong><\/em> around the office for ideas of alternative uses for this handy device brought forth various suggestions, from a primitive rafting paddle or a table tennis bat, to a cheese board!<\/p>\n<p>However, this genuinely is sold as a Spanking Paddle, much to our entertainment!<\/p>\n<p>You may be wondering where we found such an item, but whilst immersing ourselves in researching ethical products for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/\">ethicalsuperstore.com<\/a> we stumble across many \u2018interesting\u2019 products which grab our attention. This is undoubtedly the most amusing items we&#8217;ve discovered this week &#8211; we weren\u2019t searching specifically &#8211; honest!<\/p>\n<p>So <em>Why oh Why <\/em>is this considered ethical we hear you cry?!?<\/p>\n<p>Primarily it is because it was handcrafted as part of a fair trade project in India using sustainable wood, making this piece of &#8216;equipment&#8217; the ultimate in eco-friendly spanking technology.<\/p>\n<p>So what are you waiting for?!? The producers of these sustainable spanking paddles, <a href=\"http:\/\/cocodemerusa.com\/store\/pc\/viewcontent.asp?idpage=8\">Coco de Mer <\/a><strong>(NB don&#8217;t click on this link at work!)<\/strong> wax lyrical about the endorphins released from a good spanking, but perhaps the less said here and now about the potential associated euphoric highs the better&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I think the most important lesson to be learnt here is that whatever your hobbies, and whatever your persuasions, you can do whatever on earth it is that you do in an eco-friendly manner! And the moral of this story is that your sex life certainly should not be excluded from this. Buying <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/search\/condom\/\">fair trade condoms <\/a>is a good starting point, but whether you stop there is up to you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, there\u2019s a title to grab your attention! . 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