Having said all that, I was very relieved when circumstances changed so there was no longer any reason I might have to cane a female pupil.
And I also believe – in an ideal world – that male teachers should be banned from administering corporal punishment to girls. And if necessary to make that happen, female teachers should also be banned from administering corporal punishment to boys. In an ideal world.
And if corporal punishment ever returns to widespread use in places where it has largely or completely fallen into misuse, necessitating new regulations and rules, this is a rule I would support having.
I don’t think it’s absolutely necessary to have such a rule in place. I do think it is desirable.