The school owes it to the boys to guide them in finding their sexual identities, not to expel them On first seeing the screengrab of the Instagram post that made the rounds on social media on Thursday, I was dismayed. Was that really a schoolgirl willingly subjecting her to a simulation of a teenage boy’s porn gangbang fantasy? On closer inspection it was really a boy dressed up as a girl. In the picture, the boys all demonstrate that slightly awkward runaway glee found on the face of kids doing something really naughty but super fun. The body language of the boy in drag looks uncomfortable and put upon. Perhaps he is really getting into character. The caption does not bear repeating. The Twittersphere is understandably outraged, but then they are always on the brink of fresh new outrage. Now they are baying for blood. It will probably result in the expulsion of these boys and everyone will move on by next week.Teenage schoolboys will be teenage schoolboys. I don’t ever want access...

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