COMMENT | Three headline-grabbing cases in as many weeks don’t just shock the conscience - they expose a pattern.

What’s unfolding is not mischief or “children going too far,” but a convergence of three systemic failures that quietly teach boys entitlement and leave girls to carry the harm.

First, boys are being socialised in environments where domination and humiliation are rewarded - amplified by online spaces that normalise voyeurism and the circulation of abuse - while schools lack the day-to-day safeguards that make boundaries, consent and accountability non-negotiable.

Second, institutional reflexes remain reactive - complaints are handled slowly, language downplays the gravity of sexual harm, and order is prioritised over safety and truth-telling.

Civil society organisations (CSOs) have already flagged how...