Nemesia Ladies Residence: 'Perpetuating rape culture'

My feeling is that I worry about the girl sharing a room with a strange guy, as he would now be sleeping only a few metres away from her. The reality is she is sharing a room with her roommate and therefore has no choice but to now except it. Waking up in the morning with your PJ's or towel around you walking from the bathroom. All of a sudden you don't have that freedom anymore. I was a HK at Nemesis and I lived in res for 3 years. It was the best 3 years of my life. My responsibility as a HK was to keep the girls safe and stand up for all girls rights in the res. I feel saddened by the HK 's decision and feel that they haven't only let the girls down, but all HK's of the past that contributed to building a legacy of which we could be proud of. One of my fondest memories was sitting up till late talking to my friends in the "koffie kroeg" not caring what we looked like, or what we were wearing in the mornings just having a laugh about what we had got up to the previous night. Nemesia was now our home, coming from Durban I had no where else to go, Nemesia was my house for the next 3 years of my life, and I want to feel like I'm in my own house by not having to be afraid to walk out of a bathroom with a towel around me and bumping into some strange guy. Not to discriminate this rule should apply for all sexes. That means no girls to sleep over either, gay or straight. Keep it simple and safe if you live there you can stay there. X