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I Was Caned On The Hands In School

There seems to be a perception that girls received less corporal punishment at school than boys. Having taught in the era when corporal punishment was widespread and having chatted to many people on here, I am not sure that is actually true. However, I am sure there were some schools where boys received corporal punishment and girls did not. Personally I cannot see any reason at all for treating girls more leniently than boys. Girls benefit from firm discipline just as much as their male classmates.

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MartinII · 70-79, M

When I was at a boys grammar school in the 1960s, where the cane was used sparingly, I imagined that there was no caning at equivalent girls schools. I still believe that to have been the case at the two girls schools I knew best. However, many reports from ladies on SW and EP reveal that some girls schools, and some schoolmistresses, were very keen on the cane.