Australia: School makes male college students apologise to females for ‘rapes dedicated by their gender’

A college in Victoria, Australia induced an enormous outcry from college students and fogeys alike by forcing its younger male college students to apologize to their feminine counterparts on the behalf of the ‘male gender’.
Brauer College, the varsity in query, held a faculty meeting a few week in the past, the place boys had been informed to face up and apologize to women and girls on behalf of their complete gender.
One of the dad and mom mentioned that her son in seventh class felt confused as to why he needed to situation this weird apology, whereby boys had been anticipated to make an apology to women and girls who’re raped and sexually assaulted by the male gender.
‘He said that he was made to stand up and basically apologize… it wasn’t defined correctly to the male college students what they had been doing or why they had been doing it,’ the mom Danielle Shephard informed 7News. They actually ought to have made extra of an effort to inform the dad and mom,’ Ms. Shephard added.
On a Facebook publish, Ms. Shephard shared one other mum or dad’s complaints relating to the school-sponsored apology, which the mum or dad described as a “joke”.
‘Wow just wow… this is actually disgusting Brauer College… not at all impressed that you made my son apologize for something he’s by no means achieved nor thought of doing,’ the mum or dad wrote.
A male scholar took to Snapchat so as to criticize and denounce the varsity’s meeting forcing male college students to apologize for one thing they haven’t achieved.
‘Today at Brauer they made every guy stand up and apologise to every girl for rape, sexual assault,’ the scholar mentioned.
‘Guys go through as much s**t as girls do.’ 
A male scholar from Brauer College unapologetically criticizes the varsity meeting in questionResponse for Brauer College
The Principal of Brauer College Jane Boyle mentioned relating to the controversy that while the meeting itself was “well-intended”, she acknowledged that the symbolic apology a part of the meeting was “inappropriate”.
“Schools play an important role in the promotion of safety and respect of all students, and discussions in schools around respect towards girls and women are a key part of this vital work,” the principal mentioned.
The Principal later explains the context inside which the male college students had been pressured to apologize, “The assembly included the screening of a video message by Brisbane Boys’ College Captain Mason Black about being proactive in stopping incidents of sexual assault and harassment.”
“As part of this discussion boys were asked to stand as a symbolic gesture of apology for the behaviors of their gender that have hurt or offended girls and women. In retrospect, while well-intended, we recognize that this part of the assembly was inappropriate.” the principal Jane Boyle mentioned.
Principal Jane Boyle has additionally made it clear that the varsity will contact dad and mom to “explain the reasons behind the assembly” so as “to ensure that any student who requires support is aware that it is available.”