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Amalia de Orange breaks tradition and will not join the Amsterdam University student association accused of sexism

2022-08-11T11:33:09.581Z


The heiress to the throne of the Netherlands makes the "personal" decision to distance herself from a group criticized nationally for its misogyny


Princess Amalia of Orange, 18, has decided not to join the Amsterdam University Student Association (ASC/AVSV, in its Dutch acronym) for the time being, thus breaking a family tradition with this type of brotherhood that goes back to his great-grandmother, Queen Juliana.

The heiress to the throne of the Netherlands will study in the Dutch capital from next September and this is the group that would correspond to her.

However, she has made the decision after the sexist speeches made during a party held last July by its members generated a wave of criticism on a national scale.

The information service of the royal house (RVD) has confirmed Princess Amalia's decision to public television, and has described it as "personal".

The ASC/AVSV association, to which in addition to the students of the University of Amsterdam those of the Free University (VU) —also in the Dutch capital— and those of the polytechnic (Hogeschool) can sign up, already lost last year the subsidy it receives from the rectorate to carry out its activities.

So, it was due to the violence of the hazing to which the new partners are subjected.

This course, the initiation rituals have been suspended.

Scandals due to humiliating treatment in an educational center are also a problem in other countries and for other European royalty.

This is the case of the crown princes of Denmark, Federico and Mary, who last June announced that they have decided to change schools for their 16-year-old eldest son, Christian.

The young prince will no longer study at the Herlufsholm boarding school,

and her sister, Isabella, 15, will not enroll there either, after an official report uncovered cases of intimidation and harassment.

Located about 90 kilometers from Copenhagen, and with a good reputation to date, both brothers will now attend other schools.

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Amalia, the heiress from the Netherlands, will study Politics, Economics, Law and Psychology and will live for rent with more students

In the biography on the Dutch princess Amalia, which appeared in 2021, its author, Claudia de Breij, pointed out that the young woman hoped to enjoy the full experience of the university stage.

She wanted to “belong to a student association and live in a house with other students”, as she said.

Her current resignation shows, however, that she is attentive to what is happening in Dutch society, since becoming a member of these groups is not mandatory.

In the case of ASD/AVSV, both the president of the board and three of its male members resigned as soon as misogynistic comments made during the party held on July 24 came to light.

That day, the three now-separated students said, among other things, that "women are buckets of semen."

It was also proposed to "break their necks to penetrate them", and they were called "whores",

in chorus, during a meal.

The leaking of a video of the celebration generated a wave of criticism, and 270 students published a letter of rejection.

Princess Amalia (in the center) with her sisters Princess Alexia and Ariane at the King's Day celebration on April 27, 2022 in Maastricht (The Netherlands).

P van Katwijk (Getty Images)

Amalia de Orange is diligent and passed secondary school with an average grade of 8. Technically, she obtained a diploma

cum laude

.

At the University of Amsterdam you will follow a three-year degree (Bachelor) in Politics, Economics, Law and Psychology, which requires a selection process.

In her family, student association membership goes back to her great-grandmother, Queen Juliana, followed by her grandmother, Queen Beatrix.

His father, King William, now on the throne, also did, although it was not his intention.

According to Peter Rehwinkel, an expert on constitutional law, when William of the Netherlands was crown prince, he "would have preferred not to join a university brotherhood."

"He didn't want to study at Leiden University either, where future sovereigns used to do it, but he ended up doing both," Rehwinkel told Dutch television.

As for the place chosen to live, Amalia wanted to reside with other university classmates, although she knew that in her case security measures had to be taken into account.

At the moment, the shortage of rooms for students throughout the country is notorious and the educational centers themselves advise those enrolled to postpone their studies, or even cancel their enrollment, if they do not find accommodation before the start of the course.

Amalia de Orange will not have these problems.

According to Rick Evers, an information expert for the Dutch royal house, on his Twitter account, the princess will live in a house along the canals of Amsterdam owned by friends of her parents, King William and Máxima.

At the end of May, RVD spokesmen stated that the space chosen during this stage would be rented to its owners.

Source: elparis

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