An Australian school has apologised to parents after male students were forced to stand up in a show of compulsory solidarity at an assembly and apologise to the female students for sexism and assault on behalf of their gender. The assembly, which was held on March 24 at Brauer College, a private school in Warrnambool, in the Australian state of Victoria, elicited an angry reaction from parents and the community, forcing Principal Jane Boyle to apologise. ABC reported that Boyle conceded that a discussion on sexual assault and harassment held at the assembly had taken an inappropriate turn. In a statement, Boyle said the male students were asked to stand “as a symbolic gesture of apology for the behaviours of their gender that have hurt or offended girls and women.” “In retrospect, while well-intended, we recognise that part of the assembly was inappropriate,” she said. One parent told The Herald …
An Australian school has apologised to parents after male students were forced to stand up in a show of compulsory solidarity at an assembly and apologise to the female students for sexism and assault on behalf of their gender. The assembly, which was held on March 24 at Brauer College, a private school in Warrnambool,
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