Probably there were some changes made in the staff or the policy at that time that let this happen.
Male on male rape is a dominance thing, sort of in the “Lord of the Flies” category.
That said, while we’ve been talking about the boys who were raped, I wonder how the older boys who were encouraged to rape them are feeling about themselves right now.
I think they should have been charged with something a lot more than “hazing,” in any case, and their coaches should be looking at long, long prison sentences for setting this up.
Yeah, I’ll never quite understand it, or why so many people seem to favor even milder versions of it.
I think you’re right that it’s a male dominance thing—but I think there’s also a homoerotic element mixed up with it.