Private school boys suspended after ‘absolutely outrageous’ ranking of female classmates

Four boys from an exclusive backstage schoolhouse successful Melbourne’s eastbound person been suspended aft standing their pistillate classmates according to looks and describing whether they were bully capable to beryllium raped.

Police are being notified aft the twelvemonth 11 students from Yarra Valley Grammar successful Ringwood shared a spreadsheet of photos of their pistillate classmates to messaging app Discord and ranked them successful categories. The girls were ranked from apical to bottommost arsenic “wifeys”, “cuties”, “mid”, “object”, “get out” and past yet “unrapable”.

Boys from Yarra Valley Grammar person been suspended for ranking girls successful categories connected a chat group.Credit: Eddie Jim/The Age

The schoolhouse became alert of the station past Wednesday and by Friday the students were suspended pending further investigation. The parents of the girls pictured successful the station were notified by the school.

Yarra Valley Grammar main Dr Mark Merry has described the station arsenic “disgraceful”.

“Respect for each different is successful the DNA of this schoolhouse and truthful this was a daze not lone to america … but it was a daze to the twelvemonth level and the boys successful the twelvemonth level that spot this arsenic way, mode retired of line,” helium said.

Dr Merry was peculiarly offended by the past class connected the spreadsheet, which referred to whether the girls were good-looking capable to beryllium raped.

The students posted the spreadsheet categorising the girls connected messaging app Discord past week.Credit: Nine News

“As a father, I find it perfectly outrageous, disgraceful, offensive. As a principal, I request to marque immoderate decisions [about] what we bash astir each of this,” helium said.

“My archetypal impulse and interest is astir the wellbeing of the girls concerned. I privation to marque definite they consciousness assured and supported by the school,” Dr Merry said.

The schoolhouse volition notify constabulary astir the usage of the connection “unrapable” successful lawsuit determination has been immoderate criminality involved.

“We are going to beryllium consulting the constabulary due to the fact that the connection utilized could beryllium an inferred threat. I don’t deliberation it was, but we request to get further proposal connected that … I’m hoping it was an appalling lapse successful judgment,” helium said.

Yarra Valley Grammar School principal Dr Mark Merry said the boys’ spreadsheet was “disgraceful”.Credit: Nine News

There are 185 students successful twelvemonth 11 astatine the prestigious co-ed schoolhouse successful Ringwood, which costs astir $30,000 a twelvemonth per student.

The schoolhouse regularly teaches “respectful relationship” classes, holding a fig of seminars for students passim the schoolhouse year.

Dr Merry says the schoolhouse volition enactment harder connected teaching boys however to behave, peculiarly wrong the existent environment, wherever unit against women has been expanding astatine an alarming rate.

“We are good alert of the broader issues successful narration to respecting women … we request to truly bash our champion to guarantee that young men recognize their responsibilities and their boundaries of however they should behave,” helium said.

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