[PvK]

Ya, good parenting does not need to include physical punishment. If the child values the parents' approval enough, serious disapproval about serious misbehaviour can teach plenty.

Maybe there are some families where some physical punishment can work well.

However, I know there are cases where physical punishment is used badly... and that can be really bad stuff, and do awful things to the parent/child relationship.

As for suggesting that intelligent and accomplished people ought to be forcefully violated because someone disagrees with their opinions, well, no.

When people disagree and can't get along, maybe they should just agree to disagree, and leave each other in peace. I tend to think the USA would be a happier place if the states were much more diverse in their laws and customs, and the Federal government cut back its roles a whole lot, so people could stop interfering with each others' beliefs and cultures, trying to pervert the system to try to control everyone else.

PvK