Girls have tended to both misbehave more and been punished more severely and readily when they did so – than boys.
and caning on the whole was not only reserved for serious misdemeanours, but petty infractions that both genders committed.
Sometimes, but not always. And far more commonly in boys schools than in girls.
If behaviour ran near at parallel levels among girls from non caning schools to girls’ schools that did adopt CP, then others punishment options seemed to work reasonably well enough for schools that didn’t cane.
For girls, yes.
The problem seems to identify itself where co-ed schools treated boys and girls differently, did these schools feel what worked well in girls schools, would work in a co-ed situation with the girls, hence girls were subjected to less CP or given alternative punishments.