Fustigar is Whipping, both verbs are nothing more than an instrument of torture or punishment to those who deserve it, for convenience, history shows us who had to whip was the slaves, who did a bad job or those who had proper conduct. There are many ways to whip people or animals, the essence of whipping is mistreatment, hit or aggression. It can also be considered to be whipping someone when they are being sexually or verbally harassed.
Whiplash was one of the most common ways of whipping slaves, including, for no apparent reason, those known as slave traders or foremen, whipping slaves and blacks who worked hard and by force. Another type of beatings was seen among those who mistreated people. In times of dictatorship, those who ignored or rebelled against the regime, imprisoned and viciously lashed them, a clear example of this is Venezuela, in the dictatorship of Marcos Pérez Jiménez who did not agree with the regime and tried to organize a "Guarimba" against the government was punished, even with death.
In religious terms, the whipping that was carried out was a form of sacrifice, it can still be considered that there are people who whip themselves by paying some kind of promise. Jesus Christ was whipped with lashes until he reached the mountain where his cross was nailed and he was crucified, followers, devotees and admirers of Christ's work are whipped in his name as a sacrifice of devotion. Different sects also use whipping and mistreatment when a person starts, they can incur all kinds of negative acts against the person in order to make him worthy of the precepts of the sect.
Definitivamente el termino Fustigar lleva consigo un historial de tortura, malos tratos y dolor. Aunque sea cuestión de cultura, lo más básico del fustigar es provocar dolor, es hacer pagar o simplemente cumplir con una condena establecida por un mal cometido o no, ya la historia lo definió como un maltrato y símbolo de la esclavitud.
