You claimed that commonsense had already told the teachers what you claim the research subsequently showed. The researchers do not make the claims you do ( in general they claim CP is harmful to both sexes) so I’d like to know why you think the policy of not caning girls was based on “commonsense”.
We were discussing the situation decades ago, not just the last few years.
Yes, we are. So? I really don’t understand what point you are making here. You seem to be focusing on particular dates at different times for reasons that I’m sure make sense to you, but don’t make any sense to me. It might help if you explained why you focus on a particular time.