Australian students take sexism gong for rape ‘joke’

tudents from ydney niversity have been handed ustralia’s annual gold “ rnie award for sexism for distributing beer holders branded “It’s not rape if it’s my birthday, organi ers said yesterday.

affe- prone rime inister ony bbott was also among the recipients, taking “ he linton category for repeat offenses.

he politics award went to his conservative colleague al rough for naming a uail dish on a menu at an election fundraiser after ex-premier ulia illard due to its “small breasts, huge thighs and a big red box.

ut Wesley ollege, among several prestigious church-run residential dormitories at ydney niversity accused of sexual harassment and wild initiation rituals in recent years, won the traditional “boo-off at Wednesday night’s gala dinner in ydney.

heir gold rnie was awarded for claims from an ex-student, published last ovember, that residents of the college handed out beer holders with the slogan “It’s not rape if it’s my birthday during campus orientation week.

rnies founder eredith urgmann said the past two years of the awards had been “the worst I can remember in years due to illard’s appointment as prime minister, with many of the nominations and a number of the winning remarks about her.

“ he sheer vitriol of some of the attacks on ulia illard is hard to stomach, said urgmann. “ he al rough menu was a particularly worthy winner.