The Foul Haze of the University Colleges By Mrs Vera West

     This is in part a James Reed article, since he is on a perpetual rampage against the universities, but the issue crosses over into women’s issues, giving me the shot, so to speak:
  http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/current-affairs/alleged-victim-of-hazing-at-sydney-university-kendra-murphy-says-colleges-should-be-disbanded/news-story/7e6ba06ee5821d3d58c35f0d372a72d4 
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-05/st-marks-college-denies-dismissing-hazing-complaints/9508766
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-26/report-into-university-colleges-reveals-bizarre-rituals/9478036  

     The basic gist of the articles is that there are incidents involving the student colleges of leading universities, where student’s board. It seems that these colleges have cultures of alcohol, which has led to drunk male students raping female victims as reported in the articles. What is interesting is that the universities have a big public promotion that they are safe spaces for young women, but the colleges are in the respect detailed, not, if the victims’ testimonies are accepted, and I have no reason to doubt them. Clearly, all of the actions described in the article constitute criminal offences. Some victims advocate closing down of the colleges, which I think is fully justified in the light of their testimony and the evidence of a new 200 page report, The Red Zone, on the toxic culture of the universities.

     Portraying this as a “man” problem is not helpful because even though men are the primary perpetrators of this sexual violence, the feminist claim is ignoring the cultural and institutional context in which the behaviour arises, that is, the social construction of the violence, and that involves the university culture and institutions. In Britain, the university colleges for men were horrific places, where some of the weaker men were raped and bullied just for “fun,” and even in Australia some male students have tragically taken their own lives after abuse by what are the children of the elites:
  https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/feb/26/family-of-stuart-kelly-demand-inquiry-as-hazing-culture-revealed

     James Reed is right: close the universities  down, for they are beyond repair!!!