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Students Create 'Pro-Rape' Facebook Group

by Caleb Johnson on November 10, 2009 at 01:45 PM

You can learn a lot in college. Apparently, though, courses in common sense and decency aren't offered at the all-male St. Paul's College at the University of Sydney in Australia. According to The Sydney Morning Herald, authorities and experts are in an uproar over a highly offensive Facebook group called "Define Statutory," which was created by a number of current and former students. The group's members described themselves as "anti-consent" and "pro-rape" on the page, which was listed under the sports and recreation category.

Although the page was taken down at the end of October, many people are still upset about the group. Linda Burney, New South Wales's minister for women, says it made her sick. "The idea that a group of young men that are going to become leaders within our community, leaders in the law, leaders in medicine, leaders in business, studying at an elite college, at an elite university, think it's okay to post information like this encouraging rape on a Web site is absolutely abhorrent," she told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The university's vice-chancellor Michael Spence even spoke out to the Herald. "I am appalled by the reported behavior and apparent attitudes of some students," he said. But despite this uproar, the creators of the public group haven't been punished by the university.


With Facebook booming, there's bound to be some idiots spreading hate on the social networking site. People just need to keep an eye out so it'll quickly get the boot. There's no excuse for the 'Define Statutory' group's three-month stay on Facebook. Let's hope that the dimwits behind the group have an even shorter stay in college. [From: Telegraph and The Sydney Morning Herald]

Tags: college, crime, facebook, rape, sexual harassment, SexualHarassment, socialnetworking, top, violence, web

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