Top university sports teams blasted over ‘sexist abuse’

WOMEN at a leading university have demanded an end to ‘degrading, violating and hurtful’ sexist chants and abuse by male sport teams.

Female students at the London School of Economics published a letter highlighting ‘ unpunished misogynistic behaviour’ and sexual assaults.

Their open letter refers to a vile chant by LSE’s men’s rugby team called ‘My Girlfriend’s a Vegetable’.

The letter, addressed to all male members of the university’s athletics union, states: ‘We are writing to you as female friends because we have reached a brick wall in our pursuit to be treated equally and fairly.

‘We have approached you multiple times with our concerns and yet no substantial action has been taken.’

The letter claims verbal and physical sexual assaults had taken place, as well as male teams sharing naked pictures of female students.

In 2014, LSE’s men’s rugby club was suspended for a year after calling female students ‘slags’ and ‘mingers’ in a leaflet.

A spokesman for LSE said: ‘We are deeply concerned by the allegations in the open letter.’