Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for June 02, 2021

All of a sudden, Calvin believed in the equality of the sexes and Susie didn’t.

I don’t (entirely) understand this comic but I think I’m happier not knowing !

Delicate, is an interesting word…..

It’s not often Susie is the misbehaving one between her and Calvin.

Now that that’s out of the way, let’s get to the part where Calvin gets in trouble (again) and Susie (more than likely) gets off with a warning.

Did your mother or grandmother tell you that, Susie?

My mother said that we boys couldn’t “do stuff” to ladies, but when our sisters weren’t BEING ladies, it would be okay to treat them as other than ladies… carefully. It mostly worked out okay, though she did get called in to adjudicate (after the fact) pretty often, until we all grew up a bit.

She also was quite likely to rule that any particular problem was BOTH (or ALL) parties’ fault, in which case everyone involved got the same punishment. Even if she REALLY DID start it! :(

Panel 4, I haven’t heard “heinie” in decades!!!

Per square inch, maybe.

Calvin caught speechless at the end. I am too.

I was in elementary school in the 70s and was never paddled. Since this strip occurred between 85 and 95, I’d think that the school admins would be even less likely to break out the “board of education”. :/

Bet they laugh about this twenty years later when they are married.

I love researching foreign vocabulary…

Heinie – A German soldier from WW1

The buttocks

I think I’ll go with the latter…

That’ll change…..

The psychology should be applied at home but the site of application is restricted to the heinie.

Why was Calvin sent the principal’s office Susie is the one who started it

And men love girls!!

19 years later in bed: Calvin:She was right

Never stopped my parents from spanking me.

Since when, ‘heinies’ are the same ! ! ! !

I wouldn’t know. I’ve never spanked a guy’s heinie.

oh…she’ll grow up to be one tough-ass broad…

I know she must be right, because— think about it— the seats on girls’ bicycles are more padded than the ones on boys’ bikes.

She’s right.

I remember the term “hind end” a lot.

Vive la différence!

Don’t worry, Susie…a lot of schools gave up paddling fearing lawsuits…

Must be an American school where corporal punishment was still legal in 1991. Maybe that’s a reason why more kids bring guns to schools to shoot their teachers than any other nation.

calvin refuses to take responsibility for his action … he’s the one that got them sent to the office.

And so it begins, Calvin, the double standard that will torment you for the rest of your life.

Ok… how many synonyms for “heinie” do we know? One each. Mine is tuckus. (Thank-you Berke Breathed)

I like the last panel where Calvin is pondering her comment.

Oh but no, little miss “ERA”. Good enough for Calvin is good enough for you.

“Go ahead and touch any girls heinie, see how sensitive we can get”

I got my paddle punishment on the palm of my outstretched hand, that was in the seventies.

Susie’s saying that a girl’s “heinie” is “more delicate” than a boy’s “heinie” means that boys’ heinies are themselves delicate, but not AS delicate, as girls’ heinies. Is that true and, if so, where did she learn that?

I should be paddled.

And fronties, too

Girls could be paddled at my rural Missouri high school in the early 1970s. In that halcyon era before drugs were a problem, this was most often done for getting caught carrying their boyfriend’s cigarettes or snuff (called “dip”) in their purses. The purses were safe from random searches as long as they were closed, but sometimes things fell out at inopportune times. However, they were only paddled by the female vice principal and then only behind a closed door. Alas, by the mid-1970s, drugs became a problem. Corporal punishment at school ended around that time, but that was for unrelated legal rulings.

We used to get the cane in the 60s. Up to six of the best across the fingers. If you were really bad, six on each hand, if you were really really bad, the cane hit close to the tips. If you AND the teacher were bad, you got the cane palms down.

Cuter for sure, but delicate.. meh, not sure of that. Boys have dangling parts that are.. sensitive.

Heinie previously offensive as used to refer derogatorily to enemy German soldiers by American, French, and British during WW I and often to those of German heritage living in US during WW I.

I remember when this one first came out – I cracked up then too!

Know what you mean ! Last time I heard that was in the movie The Enemy Below with Robert Mitchum and Curt Jergens. Jergen’s second mate’s nickname was “heinie” !

Pretty sure Calvin knows what to expect.

The gig’s up now girls. You’ve been running a state-side fanny scam for years. One tear from your eyes, and Principlal Doodad will heiny-wallop Calvin for simply identifying himself as a heiny-scam fact-finder. Oh! The mere dread of it all.

You can call it a “heinie” in the USA, but don’t refer to your “fanny” in the UK.

OK, why is Calvin being sent to the principal, though? All he did was snitch.

Never ever was paddled in elementary school in early 40s. But when 4 years old I was always in some trouble. When “trouble” happened I either caused it, was watching it, or directing it. One time I really “crossed the line” & my father prepared to spank my bare butt with a Hairbrush. As the brush was raised I turned around & said: “be careful, I’m fragile”. My father put down the hair brush a quickly left.Years later my mother told me the rest of the story. My father was laughing too hard to continue!

Nicer to look at, too.

As my grandfather would say: “the south end of northbound moose”.

As for corporal punishment, look at it this way: You show someone what meanness is, don’t be surprised at how well they’ll eventually learn their lesson.

The look on Calvin’s face!

One of my all time favorite strips!

So began sexism.

Paddling in schools was still a thing in 1991?!

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