Melbourne School Named On ‘Porno Ring’ Site Slammed For Responding With Alleged “Short Skirt Ban”

Melbourne high school Kambrya College has been criticised by students and parents following an alleged ‘short skirt ban’, in response to a online “pornography ring” targeting schoolgirls.

Fairfax Media has shared footage of 15-year-old Kambrya College student Faith Sobotker saying, into a friend’s phone, that she’s “looking for equality”, in reaction to her college's apparent updated guidelines.

"I am 15 years old. You do not get to sexualise me like that,” she added.

Last week, a mother of one of the students from the same school recounted on Facebook a “furious text” from her daughter, following a compulsory meeting for all year seven to ten girls.

“Undoubtedly like many others, instead of laying blame directly where it falls – with the perpetrators – it seems her school decided the best line of defence was to haul the girls into a meeting and not just police their appearance, but thoroughly insult and denigrate them,” she wrote.

“They were told the boys are distracted by their legs, and that boys don’t respect girls who wear short skirts.”

Kambrya’s principal Michael Muscat has since followed up with a post to the college’s Facebook page, in which he clarified that none of their students had “uploaded images onto the website or had their image uploaded to it”, and that male and female students were both addressed in individual assemblies.

“The girls’ assembly was also used as an opportunity to remind students of the existing uniform policy, finalised late last year following an extensive consultation process involving all students, parents and staff,” he wrote.

“I want to be clear here and say that in no way did we suggest that what girls wear makes harassment or abuse acceptable. This is never the case.”

The website in question was brought down last Friday, with a criminal investigation ongoing.

If you have any information contact Crimestoppers on 1800 333 000 or the Child Protection Helpline on 132 111.

If you or someone you know has been impacted by sexual assault or exploitation support is available at 1800 RESPECT, Kids Helpline - 1800 55 1800 – or Reachout.com.au.

Photo: Kambrya College.