College culture

Making the move to college, for many students, is their first experience of adult life.

Heavy drinking can lead to bad behaviour - boat races and beer bongs are commonplace - but how far is too far?

Allegations of sexisim and violence, and the boys-club mentality has led to a bad name for college culture.

Tamzin Byrne, who went to Melbourne Uni's Queens College, and Sydney writer Carina Garland talk to Hayley Crane in the studio about sexist college culture.

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The elephant in the room

The unsaid factor here is the difference between co-ed and single sex colleges. Sydney Uni is largely dominated by single sex colleges, and unsurprisingly, where much of the institutionalised misogyny seems to occur.