Canadian university suspends 13 dentistry students for misogynistic Facebook group

Thirteen fourth-year male dentistry students were suspended from Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia after a Facebook group, called “DDS Gentlemen’s Club,” filled with violent sexual comments about their female peers was discovered.

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The group included a Facebook poll asking members who they would want to have “hate” sex with, and plastered on its wall were photos of their female contemporaries.

The group was discovered in early December, but it wasn’t until today, after four professors called upon the university to take action, that officials made a statement. According to CBC News, though the announcement was made today, the decision to suspend the students was made on Dec. 22.

Dr. Thomas Boran, dean of the faculty of dentistry, said the scandal has “rocked the administration.”

“The committee will assess the situation of each individual and ensure that any individual recommended for graduation will have complied with the professionalism requirements of the academic program. No student will be permitted to graduate unless they have done so.”

The delay in action led to the hashtag, #DalhousieHatesWomen on Twitter. And a change.org petition asking for the expulsion of the members of the group has garnered nearly 50,000 signatures.