Rape Culture Is Invading BHUSD, And The District Is Complicit
“You gotta keep a man’s belly full and his balls empty. […] You need to minimize my stress, maximize your looks, and take care of the house. That’s your job.”
A Readers’ Digest Summary
On Tuesday, February 17, 2026, right-wing “alpha male” influencer, conspiracy theorist, and adjudicated child sex predator Ben “King” Azoulay was allowed to enter the campus of Beverly Hills High School to give an “inspirational” speech to a room full of hundreds of impressionable teenagers (nearly all boys). BHUSD does not seem to care.
Normally, we would fold this jarring incident into a long-form examination of recent troubling cultural shifts within BHUSD’s student body and how they are least partially attributable to the district’s derelict majority leadership. In truth, we’ve had several lengthy articles about BHUSD’s continuing degradation half-written for months. Unfortunately, every time a piece is nearing completion, a new scandal erupts within BHUSD that pulls focus and usually warrants significant rewrites.
This time, delay is not a luxury we can afford.
Who is “King Azoulay”?
An excerpt from Hillary K. v. Azoulay, the civil lawsuit filed against Ben Azoulay, his younger brother, and one of their friends by the 15-year old girl they sexually assaulted while she was intoxicated.
Ben Azoulay is many things. An Instagram influencer with over half a million followers. A fitness coach. A martial arts instructor. An occasional podcast guest. But most notably, and as previously mentioned, Azoulay is an unrepentant sexual predator who turned his participation in the gang rape of a 15-year old in 2009 into a “meme.”
Which of these merited adding “high school guest speaker” to Mr. Azoulay’s resume?
To be clear, Mr. Azoulay is not a registered sex offender, likely due to the terms of the plea deal he took in the above-mentioned rape case. For our purposes, this is little more than semantical distinction. A convicted felon can still choose to be contrite. An imputed felon who embraces his own predation as a celebratory characteristic is a different kind of animal, one known to have purchase with vulnerable youth looking for role models in our social media-blighted culture.
Indeed, in this sense, Mr. Azoulay is doing little more than following in the footsteps of other notorious sex offenders like Andrew Tate, of whom Azoulay and at least one current BHUSD Board Member is an admirer. Nevertheless, it is difficult to believe Mr. Tate would be welcome at any high school run by adults with access to Google.
Yet Beverly Hills High School played host last week to this individual, whose greatest hits include:
“All women are gold diggers”
“School is a prison” and the school system was created by John Rockefeller to control you.
You aren’t born gay, vaccines and pharmaceuticals in tap water made you that way because the “elites” want to “depopulate the world.”
At this point, it would not be unfair to ask what about Mr. Azoulay’s pedigree renders him an appropriate motivational speaker for the high school set. Nothing about his educational background sheds any apparent light on the matter, as he is a proud high school dropout and “F student” who peddles “Limitless Wealth Seminars” on the internet for $49-497 (with higher-tier purchasers enjoying a VIP lunch). We are unaware if BHUSD’s guidance counselers have been alerted to this potential career path for matriculating students to pursue.
The sum total of Azoulay’s youth outreach experience prior to being invited to BHHS was a similar speech given to a room full of teenage boys at Calabasas High School. The incident sparked outrage among parents and community members. Consequently, both Azoulay and those responsible for booking have been subject to widespread mockery online.
Calabasas provided a learning opportunity that Beverly Hills declined to accept.
Having been granted access to BHUSD’s student body, Azoulay wasted no time attempting to parlay his speaking slot into a new branding opportunity. Photos and videos of Beverly Hills High School students are now being used to promote future “seminars” from Mr. Azoulay. (Note: We took it upon ourselves to obscure the faces of these students in an effort to avoid damaging their reputations and future career prospects. “King” Azoulay did not.)
Who Invited Mr. Azoulay to Speak at BHHS?
Rabbi Illulian is local faith leader and the “spiritual advisor” for both the Jewish Club and the Israel Club at Beverly Hills High School. He also appears to run a private, unofficial Instagram account for the Jewish Club (@jteensbh) that is separate from the officially sanctioned account (@jewish_club_bhhs). Among other concerns, this would appear to violate BHUSD’s social media policy, which provides that “[a]ll social media accounts representing BHUSD entities, such as schools, departments, student organizations, academics, and/or extracurricular programs, shall operate under staff supervision and align with the District’s Branding Guidelines, strategic goals, and commitment to students.”
It is unclear who suggested Rabbi Illulian bring Azoulay to BHHS, but what is clear is that the vetting process for on-campus speakers at Beverly Hills High School is woefully inadequate, if it exists at all.
Mr. Azoulay Stands on a BHUSD Board Member’s Shoulders
Mr. Azoulay’s invitation to speak at BHHS is not without precedent. Indeed, just over two months ago, Beverly Hills High School’s Men-Tell Health Club invited a different speaker to deliver a sermon outlining his own prescriptive views of alpha male mentality. This speaker penned an entire manuscript outlining the evils of feminism and male superiority while lavishing praise on virulent misogynists, rapists, and sex traffickers as emblematic of the male spirit BHUSD students should strive to embody. He entreated students interested in these views to pick up a copy of his tract on Amazon.
Can you guess who the speaker was?
Correct. The speaker was BHUSD Board Trustee Russell Stuart, and the book is Reclaiming Men.
For the uninitiated, Mr. Stuart self-published Reclaiming Men on November 15, 2025 as his solution to the problem of “collapsing mahood in America.” The very first cause he ascribes to this collapse, literally before any others, is “the feminization of education.” Armed with this insight, Mr. Stuart took it upon himself to lead a “conversation centered on mental health, resilience, and the power of surrounding yourself with the right people” — which Mr. Stuart will gladly provide instruction regarding, if students pay him $28.99 (hardcover) or $18.82 (paperback).
Indeed, if you squint just right at Mr. Stuart’s Instagram post above, you might notice something in the background.
That’s right. Mr. Stuart’s presentation to the Men-Tell Health Club included a QR code to purchase Reclaiming Men, displayed prominently on the district-owned screen behind the district-educated students he was pitching it to.
Assuming any students elected to pick up a copy of Reclaiming Men, you might wonder what additional insights they might glean beyond Mr. Stuart’s elevator pitch. The answer? Misogyny, transphobia, ableism, and various other classic alt-right dog whistles. The only legitimate defense of this book and its “author” is the fact that, based on the tidal wave of ChatGPT “tells” cascading from every page, he very clearly did not write more than 5% of the content therein. Indeed, the “References & Bibliography” section at the end of the book is so poorly organized so as to render it almost incomprehensible. However, anyone committed to studying it would note several “citations” (such as they were) to various right-wing think tanks, including the Institute for Family Studies and the American Enterprise Institute.
Perhaps more concerning is the “Recommended Reading” section, which encourages purchasers to explore the work of the following luminaries:
Jack Donovan: White nationalist and former hate group leader.
David Deida: Purveyor of weird sex stuff whose book, The Way of the Superior Man, is specifically recommended by Mr. Stuart. Here’s a representative excerpt, in which the author waxes poetic on the sexual charms of teenage girls.
Jordan Peterson: Noted misogynist and transphobe who nearly died after trying to cure his depression by eating nothing but beef and water.
As to the content of the book itself, we are content to let the following cornucopia of quotes from the book speak for itself. As a caveat, these are gleaned just the first half — the second is just as bad, but you don’t need to be hit over the head.
A Children’s Treasury of Wisdom from Reclaiming Men
“Men had duties, women had expectations, and children grew up watching that partnership in action. It wasn't perfect, but it was functional. Everyone knew their role, and society moved forward. Then we started believing equality meant sameness." (p. 16)
"As the twenty-first century began, the consequences of these cultural shifts started to harden into daily life. [...] Boys entered schools where no one looked like them in authority. [...] They watched families collapse around them and were told that 'a family can be anything.'" (p. 25)
"Social media rewarded outrage, sarcasm, and emotional confession, traits that fit better with female communication styles." (p. 28)
"Helping men is not a popular cause in a society addicted to victim hierarchies." (p. 29)
"[T]he social experiments of the last sixty years, designed to liberate everyone, actually enslaved a generation to confusion." (p. 31)
"But rebuilding requires rage first. [...] You should be furious that policies designed to 'liberate' women ended up destroying families and abandoning sons." (p. 32)
"There's a reason movements like 'men's rights' or 'traditional masculinity' never gain mainstream support. They don't fit the narrative." (p. 35)
"A single high-profile scandal could be used to smear an entire gender. The nuances of human nature, virtue, temptation, redemption, were erased. Every story had to fit a moral binary: women good, men bad." (p. 37)
"But behind every law labeled 'equality,' another layer of dependency formed." (p. 38)
"The courtroom soon followed the classroom. Divorce laws shifted to 'no-fault' systems, making it easy to dissolve marriages without proving wrongdoing." (p. 52)
"Let me be brutally clear about what this means: we are chemically castrating the spirits of millions of boys because it's easier than redesigning a broken system." (p. 63)
"Here's what that looks like in practice: a grown man loses his job because he stated a biological fact. A teacher gets fired for refusing to pretend reality doesn't exist. A student is suspended or even expelled for questioning an ideology. A father loses custody for refusing to endorse his child's claimed gender identity. These aren't hypotheticals. These aren't just headlines. This is America in [sic] today." (p. 106)
"That's why victimhood has become the fastest-growing identity group in the world. It's the only one that guarantees power without responsibility. [...] And here's the sick genius of it: victimhood is addictive. It feels good to blame someone else. [...] We've created millions of emotional addicts who get their dopamine hit from being offended. [...] They don't want to heal. Healing would cost them their identity. So they stay wounded on purpose, milking their pain for status while the people who actually suffered in silence get ignored." (p. 109-10)
"Every major advancement in human history, agriculture, architecture, exploration, science, governance, came from men who accepted risk and responsibility." (p. 133)
"For years, we've told boys to sit down and shut up while the world lectured them about privilege. They watched as their fathers were mocked in sitcoms, their heroes erased from history, and their values rewritten as oppression. They were told they were born guilty for crimes they didn't commit. Eventually, they stopped listening." (p. 142)
"People love to attack figures like Andrew Tate, Jordan Peterson, and others who speak directly to male frustration. [...] Peterson told men to clean their rooms and take responsibility. Tate told them to fight, build, and stop apologizing. [...] Peterson has tens of millions of followers. Tate reached hundreds of millions before they tried to silence him." (p. 143)
These last two are among the most concerning in the context of this post:
"They see the right [wing] offering identity, even if it's rough around the edges. [...] A young man graduates college with student debt, no job prospects, and a degree that taught him he's inherently evil for being white and male. The left tells him he's privileged and should be grateful. The right tells him he's been lied to and should be angry. Which message do you think resonates?" (p. 146)
"And to the young men reading this who've been labeled radicalized, toxic, or dangerous for refusing to bend: I see you. I know what you've been through. I know you were told to sit down and shut up while adults who never built anything lectured you about privilege. I know you watched your fathers destroyed by divorce courts and your brothers medicated into zombies. I know you're angry, and you have every right to be." (p. 154)
Taken in this context, Mr. Azoulay’s invitation to speak at BHHS is suddenly much less surprising. Mr. Stuart has set a clear precedent that these views are appropriate for platforming within BHUSD’s student body. Whether delivered by a Board trustee or statutory rapist, they are to be considered mainstream and a much-needed “course correction” from the feminizing influence of modern liberalism. This effort is not even covert: BHUSD’s superintendent was present for Mr. Stuart’s indoctrination session, and the event was promoted on BHUSD’s social media channels.
What Can Be Done
If nothing else, it is clear that BHUSD’s administration, leadership, and Board are not taking this cultural rot within the district seriously. Indeed, Board Trustee Sigalie Sabag went out of her way to defend Azoulay’s visit to multiple outraged parents in various WhatsApp group chats. Time and time again, they bank on time, apathy, and the crisis fatigue they’ve spent the past 14 months inflicting upon this district once again working in their favor.
Unless the community stands up.
There is a regular Board meeting scheduled for Tuesday, February 24th at 5:00PM PST at the Hawthorne campus. The rules for public comment can be found here.
You are also welcome and encouraged to write to the BHUSD Board and Superintendent Alex Cherniss directly to demand answers about how this happened, who was involved, and why parents are being given the brush-off! Sending one email to all recipients is fine, but due to one of the few Brown Act guidelines they actually care about, you are more likely to get a response if you email each person individually.
BHUSD Contact List:
Judy Manouchehri (President): jmanouchehri2@bhusd.org
Sigalie Sabag (Vice President): ssabag@bhusd.org
Dr. Amanda Stern: astern@bhusd.org
Rachelle Marcus: rmarcus@bhusd.org
Russell Stuart: rstuart@bhusd.org
Dr. Alex Cherniss (Superintendent): acherniss@bhusd.org
Lastly: Don’t let up. Talk about this, write about this, post about this. BHUSD talks a big game about student safety, but every time a fox shows up looking to trade on the Beverly Hills name for profit, the people in charge throw open the henhouse doors.