On the contrary, withstanding the pain of Corporal Punishment was often seen as a challenge.
Many children saw getting the cane as a rite of passage.
That’s one reason some men deny girls got it, if a “mere” girl could survive being caned it couldn’t be much of an ordeal.
For others, less concerned with “proving” their masculinity, it allowed them to accept girls and women as equals.
For women, the transition to motherhood is also a rite of passage in many ways.