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We consider the Austrian - style which means prohibition of all corporal punishment of children a vital strategy for reducing all forms of violence and abuse. "Moderate every-day violence" even if socially accepted is no trivial issue and never has been, because it may well serve as the breeding ground for any form of violent behaviour including sexual exploitation, pornography and child abuse.
Physical punishment therefore cannot be scientifically divided into acceptable and not acceptable forms. It simply is wrong - and indeed it is not only wrong but useless and dangerous.