Talk:Easter whip

Latest comment: 9 months ago by NobodyGetsOutAlive in topic Additional Easter Whip comment

Easter whip entry improvements

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It seems that there is more to this Easter whip tradition and it seems very sexist. Someone should look into this and upgrade this page and not take someone else's word for it that this is a totally benign event. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d0GAGFkpcM Even if the whip doesn't hurt, it's still a degrading thing to do to someone and seems like it would encourage violence. 129.71.238.24 (talk) 16:52, 23 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Additional Easter Whip comment

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This tradition is described by a Czech woman who endured it as being abusive. Please review and check for accuracy. The YouTube video mentioned in the other entry is informative (not a source, but if this is to remain a valid entry, this aspect should be addressed). I'm certain there are valid articles to cite. Appl atcha (talk) 17:14, 23 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Hi - I have found a few articles which may useful in writing a brief section which addresses these concerns. BBC and Czech Radio are solid sources. The last link is a study which shows that 80% of Czech women don't like the practice; the study seems sound enough to me, and I found it referenced a few times in other publications, but I don't read Czech, so the machine translation could be missing some nuance. (Edited for typos.)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52270063
https://english.radio.cz/czech-easter-tradition-whipping-girls-8164899
https://nms.global/cz/zeny-si-velikonocni-pomlazku-stale-neoblibily-rado-ji-nema-80-procent-cesek/ NobodyGetsOutAlive (talk) 19:25, 30 July 2025 (UTC)Reply