UNSW students protest sexist song

UNSW students have formed a giant R for respect on the university's lawn and condemned a video of male students chanting an offensive and sexist song.

A file image of the Kensington campus at the University of New South Wales

A file image of the Kensington campus at the University of New South Wales Source: AAP

University of New South Wales students have protested a sexist song chanted by a group of male students during a boys' night out.

Boys from the Philip Baxter College were filmed singing offensive lyrics which referred to women as "buns in the oven" they'd like to "cream by the dozen".

The protesters formed a giant R for respect on the uni's lawn and listened to speakers from the Student Representative Council who condemned the "disgusting" video obtained by Junkee, an Australian pop culture news website.

The university said it was appalled by the "sexist and demeaning" behaviour.

"The University has zero tolerance for offensive behaviour of this nature and is taking immediate steps to investigate," UNSW said in a statement on Tuesday.


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