Investigations into a social media post ranking female students from a South East Queensland secondary school into disturbing sexist categories is underway. WARNING: this story contains offensive language and references to sexual violence.
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00:00 A shocking list targeting Gold Coast schoolgirls.
00:05 In a now-deleted post, more than a dozen female students from Foxwell Secondary State College
00:12 have been ranked into disturbing categories.
00:15 Violent terms such as 'abduction material' and 'unrapeable' are just some of the offensive
00:21 classifications used to describe the teenagers.
00:25 "I just don't know how people can come up with these to think that that is okay to make
00:31 up these categories and then put young girls in them.
00:34 It's just horrifying."
00:35 Earlier this month, boys from a Melbourne school were suspended after compiling a very
00:40 similar list.
00:42 The mother of one of the Queensland girls singled out says whoever made the post should
00:47 also face consequences.
00:49 "They can sit behind a computer and post this, but these girls, they're going to be stuck
00:54 with this for the rest of their lives.
00:56 At 16, at such a vulnerable age, to be having to deal with this, it just blows my mind."
01:01 "The comments that I've seen are vile and disgusting and no girl should experience being
01:06 spoken about in that way."
01:08 It's prompted calls to increase education for respectful social media usage in schools.
01:14 "If we don't look at preventing these things, then we're actually at the aftermath and we're
01:20 picking up the devastation."
01:21 The State Department of Education has called the post vile and says any student found responsible
01:28 will be held to account.
01:30 This advocate says disrespect towards women at any level must be called out.
01:35 "For the last 20 years I've worked in the prison system and I've worked with men convicted
01:40 of violent crime and their behaviour went unchecked."
01:43 Queensland Police are also investigating.
01:46 "I'm not going to be in jail for this.
01:47 I'm not going to be in jail for this."
01:48 "I'm not going to be in jail for this."
01:49 "I'm not going to be in jail for this."
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