Exactly the position my Mum used to put me in when she took the slipper to me, naked and bent over the arm of the sofa. I would be beaten until my bottom was red raw and throbbing with the pain. I would have to maintain that position for at least a quarter of an hour after, whilst she had a cigarette and recovered from her exertions, the strain of doing so without using my arms to support my weight adding to the torture.