At least going off what has been posted on SCP about the US, you in America include girls as much as boys as the recipients of school corporal punishment. We in the UK are probably not as forward as the US in the equality of the sexes on this particular subject.
The normal welcome garlands were not put out for you on your arrival, even though this site has been very quiet of late, so I shall welcome you to this site. Post again, and do not be put off by some comments that lack southern hospitality.