We all enjoyed those pop-punk-soundtracked teen/college movies, the ones where life was all mundane gossip and chit-chat propped up around wet and wild keg parties where massive Greek-named houses would brim with red cups, boozy jocks and taut young girls. But while a lot of us were just happy to leave that frat party fantasy in the early noughties, some people are looking for a continuation of it over here.
Because, with reports that Edinburgh's outpost of American fraternity Delta Kappa Epsilon (DKE) has held meetings where its members threaten to rape members of the feminist society, we've got absolute solid proof that British universities' posh lad culture is a direct import from America's frat-boy culture.
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The university is investigating the DKE after details of their meeting's minutes emerged. The meeting, held in the Old College, reveals an exchange surrounding an item called 'Feminists'. One member of the all-male DKE suggested 'a paint-balling match between DKE and the Feminists, to "calm the waters,"' and after it was rejected, another piped up, 'How are we going to rape them?'
One replies: 'Let's go to Montenegro, for a raping trip.'
The Edinburgh outpost of student tabloid, The Tab, reported that members of the DKE had joked about offering drunk women walks home after nights out in a bid to take advantage of them.
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Though the DKE is not directly affiliated to Edinburgh University Students' Association (EUSA), its members were having weekly meetings at the university, using the code name 'Mandarin study group'. The EUSA's vice-president, Eve Livingston, gave a statement saying she was 'completely horrified' by the views presented by the minutes of the meeting.
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One ex-member of the DKE told The Tab: 'There’s a couple of them that always judge people for meaningless and pointless things – where you come from, who you are. You’d take it on the chin but the more they said it the more you’d think they’re just terrible people. I can’t emphasise how strange it was, it was masonic. I’m so glad I left.'
Sadly, it looks as if it's exactly that weird sense of tradition and nobility keeping the rest of the members there, even though it sounds like an absolute toolbox.
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.