Is spanking REALLY that underground?

The following is part of a review I recently received for The Point of it All:

It was misogynistic bullcrap and the author should take some classes on the evils of domestic violence and maybe a class on normal male female interaction.
Skip this one, download something worth your time. This was a waste of a good premise, and a waste of paper and ink.

Clearly, this book was not for her. The warning at the bottom of the product description that the book contains scenes of spanking, did not deter her from downloading a copy, so she was somewhat intrigued. That, or she wanted to send some sort of message.

I've been saying for...well, a looong time, that more people are into the spanking thing than is believed. To every person who reads a book or a story on this subject and believes it is abuse, or that by writing such 'drivel', we've set the progress of women back a hundred years, I say that whatever lifestyle you choose, it is precisely about that--CHOICE. That was what Gloria Steinem and Bell Abzug had in mind when they fought and preached for equality. Choice. Not their choice, but yours, ladies.

We all know the difference between a CONSENSUAL relationship between adults, and abuse. Intelligent people also know the difference between real-life and fiction. There are many authors out there who write in this genre. Go to Amazon and search SPANKING or DOMESTIC DISCIPLINE under ROMANCE, and a hundred books will come up. I'm a fan of many of these authors, and all of them are writers of fiction. They are stories meant to entertain.

Do I live this lifestyle personally? Do other authors who write in this genre live the lives they write about? If it helps you to enjoy the books more, believe what you will. After all, it's about escape. It's about fantasy.

To that end, there are people who actually DO live this life. Are they over 18? Is it consensual? If so, then God bless.

Here is an interesting article from an online news source in South Africa:

A SPANKING GOOD STORY

I have always been fascinated by alternative lifestyles. I never dreamed I'd one day write about it. It's fun, and I guess I'll do it until it isn't. Life and choice. It's all good.