The woodshed has a place in American culture that still holds true today
Even the Bible says the blueness of the wound cleanseth the inward parts.
Go ahead ... take it up with the eternal FATHER.
The problem is that in African-American society, corporal punishment means horrible abuse. Beatings of male children by single mothers create tremendous hatred towards women. During all my years in NYC, I was always shocked at how black mothers spoke to their young sons. You have to witness it to believe it.
Bill Cosby has been very good on this issue.