Students at St. Paul College of the University of Sydney created a pro-rape Facebook group that was kept on the site from August until late last month.

WAToday.com reported that past and present students are responsible for the group’s creation and described themselves as “anti-consent” in the description.

The group, titled “Define Statutory,” is just part of what the Sydney Morning Herald reported as a much bigger problem on these elite college campuses where there is a lack of respect for women by some men.

Twitterers are disgusted that this group existed, though some are saying that it does not come as a surprise.

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   maxine (Sydney, Australia) Least surprising news story of the morning: “Elite college students proud of ‘pro-rape’ Facebook page” http://bit.ly/4AWKzA 08 Nov 2009 from Tweetie
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   nellieoconnor (Sydney, Australia) Am disgusted by the USyd College ‘pro-rape’ facebook site. I hope it was in jest, but some things just aren’t funny. http://bit.ly/B8bWb 08 Nov 2009 from web
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   Jen_Bennett (Sydney, Australia) Misogyny, rape at Sydney Uni colleges not super surprising, just depressing. What year is it again? http://bit.ly/1nSo1P (via @rachelhills) 08 Nov 2009 from web
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   auswonderwoman (Melbourne, Australia) Elite University of Sydney college students proud of ‘pro-rape’ Facebook page. Disgusting and disgraceful! 08 Nov 2009 from web
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   theastonshuffle (Canberra, Australia) horrible, but im not surprised RT @SBSNews: pro-rape Facebook site set up by students of elite colleges http://bit.ly/2BNgBY (via @radger) 09 Nov 2009 from Twitterrific
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   JoinTheFarQ (Sydney, Australia) Please prosecute these ‘ Pro-Rape’ facebook group of weak, scum, idiots: http://bit.ly/4rZWm2 09 Nov 2009 from TweetDeck
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   PeterBlackQUT (Brisbane, Australia) this sounds like an american frat house, not an australian uni: “elite college students proud of pro-rape facebook page” http://j.mp/27ybUu 09 Nov 2009 from BigTweet

School officials are “sickened” by the issue and believe that the binge drinking lifestyle that is common on college campuses is partly to blame for women feeling unsafe.

While the University is looking into the issue further, no action has been taken yet against the students responsible for the group, ABC News in Australia reported.

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