Bettina, are you able to name the college? I attended one briefly in the 1970s, so my question is partly out of curiousity, and partly out of knowing the history of the college. This had been a men's college, then in the early '70s they decided to admit women - imagining of course that this would be good for everyone and make a more bala…
Bettina, are you able to name the college? I attended one briefly in the 1970s, so my question is partly out of curiousity, and partly out of knowing the history of the college. This had been a men's college, then in the early '70s they decided to admit women - imagining of course that this would be good for everyone and make a more balanced environment. Over the years the women have taken over and the college journal regularly features "women's issues" - ie. both decrying alleged injustice against women, and celebrating women's achievements. The cover of last year's featured the classic feminist symbol, front and centre!
If this event happened at the college I am thinking of, there would some extra irony in their admission of women in the '70s! Even if it's not the college I am thinking of, it may well be another formerly men's colllege, with a similar history.
Another Melbourne uni college, Wesley, was hit with a fake "rape" scandal a few years ago. As I recall, it was literally "rape" which was alleged. The college caved shamefully and made a big issue of it, promising to address the "culture", and the young feminists had a field day promoting the "outrage". As I recall, the boy's side of the story was convincing and supported by corroborating evidence, but was ignored (I can't recall whether he either said the sex didn't happen, or it was consensual).
Bettina, are you able to name the college? I attended one briefly in the 1970s, so my question is partly out of curiousity, and partly out of knowing the history of the college. This had been a men's college, then in the early '70s they decided to admit women - imagining of course that this would be good for everyone and make a more balanced environment. Over the years the women have taken over and the college journal regularly features "women's issues" - ie. both decrying alleged injustice against women, and celebrating women's achievements. The cover of last year's featured the classic feminist symbol, front and centre!
If this event happened at the college I am thinking of, there would some extra irony in their admission of women in the '70s! Even if it's not the college I am thinking of, it may well be another formerly men's colllege, with a similar history.
Another Melbourne uni college, Wesley, was hit with a fake "rape" scandal a few years ago. As I recall, it was literally "rape" which was alleged. The college caved shamefully and made a big issue of it, promising to address the "culture", and the young feminists had a field day promoting the "outrage". As I recall, the boy's side of the story was convincing and supported by corroborating evidence, but was ignored (I can't recall whether he either said the sex didn't happen, or it was consensual).