Boys behind list ranking female students 'should be expelled'

Students suspended, police called after sexism scandal at high-profile school

Distraught parents at an exclusive private school in Melbourne are calling for the male students involved in a vile spreadsheet ranking female students’ appearances to be expelled.

Year 11 students from Yarra Valley Grammar School at Ringwood shared a spreadsheet of photographs of female students to the messaging app Discord and ranked them in categories.

The girls were ranked from top to bottom as “wifeys”, “cuties”, “mid”, “object”, “get out” and then finally “unrapable”.

Police have been called in to investigate a sexism scandal at the prestigious Yarra Valley Grammar School in Melbourne’s east.

The school was alerted to the post last Wednesday and by Friday the students involved in creating the post had been suspended pending further inquiries.

The parents of the girls pictured in the post were notified by the school.

One father told 9News today he wanted the suspended students responsible expelled.

He was horrified at the thought of the boys returning to the same classroom as his daughter.

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan said she was “utterly devastated” to learn of the incident, labelling the act ”disgraceful”.

“My thoughts today are with the young women and young men they go to school with who are devastated by this news. To think they are sitting in a classroom with classmates who hold these views and write them down, this is no joke,” she told reporters.

“Respect for women has to be at the forefront of every classroom, every household, of every part of the community.

“We are seeing the extreme end of what respect for women looks like, with too many women subject to violence and too many women losing their lives.

“I can’t imagine how tough it is for those young women today.”

Yarra Valley Grammar School principal Mark Merry.

Yarra Valley Grammar principal Mark Merry described the post as “disgraceful”.

“Respect for each other is in the DNA of this school, and so this was a shock not only to us … but it was a shock to the year level and the boys in the year level that see this as way, way out of line,” he said.

The final category on the spreadsheet, which referred to girls as “unrapable”, was particularly concerning, Merry said.

“As a father, I find it absolutely outrageous, disgraceful, offensive. As a principal, I need to make some decisions [about] what we do about all of this,” he said.

“My first impulse and concern is about the wellbeing of the girls concerned. I want to make sure they feel assured and supported by the school.”

Year 11 students from Yarra Valley Grammar School at Ringwood shared a spreadsheet of photographs.

Police are being notified by the school about the use of the word “unrapable” in case there has been any criminality involved.

“We are going to be consulting the police because the language used could be an inferred threat. I don’t think it was, but we need to get further advice on that … I’m hoping it was an appalling lapse in judgment,” Merry said.

Fees at the prestigious co-ed school in Melbourne’s east cost about $30,000 a year per student. There are 185 students in year 11.

The school holds regular “respectful relationship” classes and seminars for students throughout the school year.

There will be a meeting today for the parents of the 40 girls involved pictured on the spreadsheet.

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