Continuing this year's theme of 'throw all men into the sea', the results of a review into sexual harassment and assault at the University of Sydney's residential colleges have been released and the outlook is officially bleak.

The review, led by Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick and featuring a 69 per cent participation rate across all five colleges, found 32 per cent of women living on college campuses have experienced sexual harassment, with 6 per cent surviving attempted or actual sexual assault. In the vast majority of cases, this harassment or assault was perpetrated by fellow college students and took place on college grounds.

"If anyone asks, we hold women in the deepest of regard." Credit:Andrew Quilty

In response to the findings, Broderick said women were more likely to experience "exclusion or isolation, pressure to drink alcohol, sexist remarks, the pressure to have sex or hook up to fit in, [and have] experiences of sexual harassment and of sexual assault." As she put it, "Our evidence found that for women in particular, the college experience can be quite different to that of their male peers."

The cultural conditioning of girls as gatekeepers and surrogate mothers is supposed to keep boys in a perpetual state of liberation. They can do as they please and trust that the consequences of their actions will be held against any woman they choose to hurt in the process. This form of gendered entitlement is particularly evident in men who enjoy wealth and privilege, both of which can be found in overbearing quantities on the campuses of residential university colleges.