Most complaints were about FemSoc not EnSoc

Stuff reports:

The University of Canterbury has fielded 57 complaints since a student car event that campus feminists say poked fun at women, Islam, Malaysia Airlines and the Ebola crisis. 

The Engineering Society (Ensoc) encouraged members to theme their RoUndie 500 cars and costumes ”the more inappropriate the better” at the weekend, sparking complaints from the Feminists’ Society (FemSoc).

But 47 of those complaints were actually made against the feminists, a university spokesman said.

”A small number of [complaints] are from members of the public and alumni, but most are from students.”

The complaints about FemSoc related to the ”perceived approach” used to draw attention to the issue, including commenting to the media before making a formal complaint to the university, and alleged provision of information to the media without the approval of the students featured, he said.

The complaints received about Ensoc related to the perceived offensive nature of some of the vehicles published on social media.

Would be a great own goal if it is the complaints about FemSoc that are upheld. Having said that I think it is silly that the university is involved at all. Each club is entitled to their own point of view.