Transcription: In 1792, the Bonton magazine described a London female flagellation club in these words. These female members are mainly married women, tired of marriage in its usual form and of the cool indifference which is wont to accompany it. At each meeting, six are chastised by the other six. They draw lots for the order of procedure. By order of the president, the whipping starts at the calves and goes to the posterior until the whole region Then, as Shakespeare says, from milk white becomes one red.