Matt Canavan said the circulation of the images, which has prompted a Victorian police investigation, represented a broader cultural problem.
"It is a cultural issue across our society that for whatever reason, the standards of behaviour are not being taught to young boys," the Queensland Nationals senator told Nine on Wednesday morning.
"I wish I had the answers - I don't - but I don't necessarily think it's something a government or a law can change.
"We've all got to chip in to try and make sure that young boys understand what it means to grow up to be a man and live by the standards that society expects."
Mr Canavan said technology had "supercharged" boys' bad behaviour, Â after it was revealed images of students from Bacchus Marsh Grammar, northwest of Melbourne, were spread online.
School principal Andrew Neal said images of female students had been manipulated using AI to make obscene photographs.
"It's appalling. It is something that strikes to the heart of students, particularly girls growing up at this age," Mr Neal told the ABC.
A teenager was arrested over the explicit images circulated online.
The boy was released pending further inquiries and an investigation was ongoing as of Wednesday.
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