His reporters investigated the Norwood, Colorado, incident involving the father and his son, and they were surprised to find how dismissive administrators were of the incident. Jonathan Kaufman, a managing editor at Bloomberg, coordinated a larger investigation on sexual hazing among boys. That's the only way you can change the attitude towards this." "As an administrator, just like a parent, you have to realize there's going to be backlash when you push it forward," he said. "There still seems to be the sense, especially in schools or colleges, that when these incidents happen it’s part of 'boys being boys.'" Jonathan Kaufman, journalist One pleaded guilty to sexual contact without consent, the other two pleaded guilty to third degree assault. The father reported the incident to the Denver police, and the Denver District Attorney pursued charges against the three attackers. "He was stronger than anyone, going and facing that every day." "He was in school everyday," the father said. That's when the father decided to pull his son out of school. Some people in town made t-shirts supporting the attackers, and some students wore them to school.
"It was kind of like we were on an island trying to figure out what can we do, but nobody wants to talk about it." "We called the department of education, we called everywhere we could," he said. The father found no recourse in the school administration, or sympathy from other parents. People in the town considered the boy a snitch, the father said. "They were either making fun of him for what happened or giving him a hard time for actually saying something about it," said the father. Life at school became difficult for the boy who was assaulted. Under Colorado law, school officials are required to report incidents of abuse to the police or social services. They contacted their attorney and they suspended the kids that did this to my son for one day." "None of them ever talked to my son to make sure he was okay," said the father, who Here & Now is not naming, in order to protect his son's identity. His father, the school's principal, first confronted the coach and reported the incident to the vice president of the school board and the superintendent of schools. On an empty school bus at a high school wrestling tournament, three upperclassmen bound a 13-year-old boy with duct tape and sodomized him with a pencil. One recent example is in Norwood, Colorado. They contacted their attorney and they suspended the kids that did this to my son for one day.” Father of assault victim Ten percent of high school boys report being victims of rape, forced oral sex and other sexual assault, according to a study by the Journal of Youth and Adolescence.Įxperts say sexual hazing has been increasing in the past decade, and high school hazing fuels college hazing. Michael explained that he sped out of there as quickly as possible.Twitter facebook Email This article is more than 8 years old.
However, they were interrupted when two of the jocks from Zach’s rugby team walked in. When the pair met in the bathroom they began making out in one of the stools. He explained that he “assumed” he was gay “but I didn’t think too hard on it because I didn’t want to be”.
Michael explained: “I was so nervous, I was thinking everyone must know I’m about to get a blowjob”. The boy, who the twins described as an ’emo Pete Wentz’, made plans to meet with Michael in a bathroom during a class. Michael went to school as usual but his day became more interesting when a boy approached him and asked him if he wanted to make out in the bathroom. The revelation came about when Zach was sick with a stomach bug and took a week off school. “And I thought Zach was the straight twin,” Michael added. Michael was the straight twin in my mind.” Zach explained: “Me and Michael did not know each other was gay – we were handling our own problems.