Glasgow university sexist heckling

[Tallgiraffe]

I find it staggering, upsetting and depressing that supposedly well educated young men can think this is appropriate

I wonder where the officers and alumni of the GUU end up. It could be interesting, for example, to look at the GUU officers who produced the Freshers' guide that MechanicalTheatre quoted, or who organised the porn nights, and see where they are now.

SDTG, you'll be pleased to know that the president who sanctioned such antics is currently a maths teacher. I'm not saying he wrote the stuff - but the buck stops at the top.

Hurrah.

That is utterly depressing mechanicaltheatre

Very depressing indeed.

It is, yeah.

I heard about it on Womans Hour. Totally unbelievable. Had never come across the term 'rape song' till last week. What sort of retrograde crap is this? The university's reaction was pathetic

He's a maths teacher?

He's in contact with children?

Hi everyone, I'm really heartened by these responses to the GUU incident - I'm currently a student at Glasgow and am just so disgusted by this.

One of my friends is involved with the campaign against misogyny - i don't have a whole lot of time between studying and taking care of my daughter (3yrs) so can't be as involved as i'd like.

But she's just noticed me reading this thread and asked if anyone here is an alumnus from the time when the GUU had to admit women? Late 1970s-early 1980s - might be a long shot but if so and you'd be open to being in contact with their campaign against misogyny it'd be great if you could contact me and I'll pass on her details to you?

I pulled out of student politics for this reason. I was an officer for my union for 2 years as well as holding positions on NUS committees. At NUS conferences, there aren't many women compared to men, and you are treated like an object. I never enjoyed them, never felt comfortable or that people were interested in my opinions, just whether or not thy could buy me a drink / if I was single really depressing that these could be our future leaders.

NUS have released a report on Lad Culture with ink UK universities, it's called "thats what she said" if any of you would like a read. It's interesting stuff but very sad.

I ran the feminist society at uni and came under all sorts of flack for being a feminist! Abuse written on toilet walls, kill joy for being against strip nights etc, mocked constantly. Like going back in time...

I didn't realise until the last line of the article that heckling is allowed in these debates. I can see now that the problem is not just one of civility, but people who are not able to separate rhetorical aggression from sexual abuse.