The King's School headmaster Tony George hits back at 'woke' criticism ... trends now
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The headmaster of a $40,000-a-year school has lashed out at recent criticism surrounding elite private boys' schools and their perceived culture of misogyny.
He later went on to say that private school students are being 'increasingly targeted and ridiculed' by media reports.
'Government single-sex schools have seemed to avoid criticism, as have single-sex girls' schools,' he wrote in the scathing article for the North Parramatta school in Sydney's west.
'However, the underlying agenda against the straw man of white privileged males has fuelled the creation of the term toxic masculinity and the religious fervour it subsequently generates.'
In the King's School Institute journal, Leader , Tony George argued that 'wokeness' has evolved into the 'age of victimhood' and ' cancel culture '
'The concept of identity abuse, where individuals are misrepresented and objectified for sensationalism, is a disturbing trend with children attending non-government schools being increasingly targeted and ridiculed.'
Mr George's comments come after questions were raised about whether there is a toxic culture of sexism and misogyny at some of Australia's leading private schools.
A viral petition circulated in 2021 brought the issue into the spotlight with up to 3000 girls claiming to have been sexually assaulted during their school years.
This month, Cranbrook School in Sydney's Bellevue Hill came under more scrutiny after an ABC Four Corners episode alleged that a teacher who
