I asked Carole Jean if she would like to contribute something to the 'Petticoat Discipline Monthly' Christmas Annual, which was a bit cheeky of me, since Carole Jean has her own, very popular, site. However she was very happy to make a contribution, and so here is her introduction, and the two paintings.

Dear Susan,

I read your updates monthly and enjoy the effort and scholarship you put into them. However, I must say that my greatest interest is in illustrated Petticoat Punishment fiction.

In fiction there is one key element: the victim should be unwilling. In the words of George Bernard Shaw, 'There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it'. For me, the tension vanishes from a story as soon as the victim thinks that wearing girl’s clothes isn’t so bad. He should fear exposure as a boy-girl or sissy, and he should be so exposed.

He may try his best to look and act like a girl in order to avoid being revealed and embarrassed, but that very attempt is humiliating for him and, in the end, his efforts will fail.

Petticoat discipline in real life may lead to the victim accepting, and even embracing, his condition, but in fiction there is little drama to be found in a proud and happy petticoated male. In my stories, and the illustrations accompanying them, you will see none of them.

On my web page, http://www.petticoatpunishmentart.com, you will find drawings by the best artists in the field. So far, I have reviewed the work of Stanton and Bilbrew and shown many drawings by Juan. Future reviews will include Ward, B.J., Curtis, Prim and others. I should add that I am interested in contacting any of your readers who have information or collections dating back to the 1960’s and before.

Here are two unpublished drawings that I had Juan draw to accompany my stories, ‘Beautified Bullies’ and ‘Bill’s Humiliations in Panties’. In one, Nick and Mike see their classroom in the school for boy-girls for the first time. They are shocked to see that the dresses they thought they were wearing for punishment will be their school uniform for years to come. In the other drawing that I have never shared before, Bill’s friend Jeff, who has been promoted from maid to housewife, readies Bill for his first of many trips to market as a French maid.

Thank you for your wonderful site and best wishes for a happy holiday season.

Carole Jean
Carolejean@tgforum.com