I tend to find when this topic comes up in “vanilla” discussion
– e.g. on local history sites or parenting groups –
women tend to have more negative views on CP than men but it’s not difficult to find a substantial number of women who assert that they deserved the good hidings they got and it has made them better citizens,
or that they got the cane once and it made them determined not to repeat the behavior which brought it about!
There’s also the converse argument that CP was generally inflicted on a group of “usual suspects” for whom it had lost its deterrent value whilst remaining a source of fear for the better-behaved.