Sexy College Culture

Below is my comment on the following post.

http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/inside-our-sexist-college-culture-and-how-to-fix-it/

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Firstly it is important to remember is that this culture within colleges is dominate but not the entirety of the students. I am sure that there is a group of guys that are horrified by the dealings of their fellow students.

In addition this is true of the Australian Society. This attitude of sex is not deeply ingrained into Australian Culture (even global western culture)!!!

I was a male college student. I lived on campus in a co-ed college for a number of years at UQ and the behaviour of male students is no different there. Nudie runs, published sex activity, awards for the most sexually active students.

One of to things is happening here either the College Wardens are oblivious to it or they are turning a blind eye to it. Personally I believe it to be the later. It has certainly proved the old phase "What you don't know can't hurt you" WRONG!!

As a male college student I did not value it nor did I accept it. What this leaves you in college is a social outcast.

What I believe has happened in the recent years is a devaluing of sex. Sex in today's culture is for selfish gain, personal pleasure and gratification. It is not about intimacy or marriage but is more so treated as a sport. How many touch downs has the next person scored.

Sex is pleasurable.

Sex is normal.

BUT

Sex is not about self. It is special and what has been lost in our current culture is a value of sex.

As for the fix?

Not to be negative but I am not sure that it is possible. The reason is that this is so deeply ingrained into our culture and when it comes to culture it comes from each human heart. The human heart can be fixed but most people reject the fix for the human heart.

The Migration Debate

I am a migrant. I have close friends that are refugees.

I see the following debates

1. The Cause of the Refugees
2. The Processing of Refugees
3. The Intake of Refugees
4. Our Response to Illegal Migration

This is my policy.

1. The Cause of the Refugees

I firmly believe that we as Australians and as a global community need to firstly look at the root of this problem. This problem is caused by oppressive regimes, cruel leaders and civil unrest. This is where our first response should be.

Countries in this situation should be calling on the world to assist them and we should be on the look out to assist them. Regimes like Zimbabwe should NEVER have been allowed to continue by the world community and it is a disgrace that any developed nation just sits by watching.

The first response has to be the prevention of displaced peoples and that occurs by intervention or assistance.

2. The Processing of Refugees

At the end of the day most political leaders are to weak to take a stand on the cause and the UN has also not been the best example of how to act in these situations. As a result we have to deal with the current reality of refugees and it is unlikely that this will disappear in the future because there will always be evil individuals harming others.

So what do we do. We need to pour money into the UNHCR to ensure that claims are processed quickly, and transparently. But we also need to acknowledge that this is not an easy job. These people often don't have evidence of who they are and country in chaos does not have a priority on these issues. You can never assume that anyone applying for refugee status is actually a refugee.

3. The Intake of Refugees

This is simple we need to increase the number of refugees that we intake on an annual basis and in addition we should have "Emergency Intake Plans" if there is a disaster like what has happened in Sri Lanka.

4. Illegal Immigration

I think that sometimes people forget that what these people are doing is illegal. There is no if buts or maybes. They may be genuine refugees or they may not be but they are not going through the right channels (and as I said these channels need to be improved).

It is a privilege to live in Australia not a right and this is true of any country and as such they should be detained.

I think the solution of housing them in a facility that is better than most low socio-economic families live in Australia is not inhuman. Is detaining them for long periods of time desirable? NO. Again this process should be transparent and quick.

These are my unarticulated thoughts.