Noel Lenski, a historian at the University of Colorado at Boulder, has told NPR that women would encourage men to hit them, as it was believed the action would increase their fertility.

科罗拉多大学博尔德分校的历史学家诺埃尔伦斯基告诉美国国家公共电台，女性会鼓励男性打她们，因为人们认为这种行为会增加她们的生育能力。