https://nos.nl/artikel/25...h-lid-van-corps-amsterdamPrincess Amalia becomes a member of the Amsterdam student body A.S.C./A.V.S.V. and is participating in the hazing this week, reports Dutch magazine Quote. She would initially not have been selected for the regular introductory time, but according to Quote she participated in the so-called post-introduction time, with a camp in Leusden.
The Amsterdam student association is the largest fraternity in the Netherlands and holds a draw every year due to the large number of registrations. The association has been discredited several times in recent years.
In 2022, videos emerged via social media showing male members at a dinner party talking about women as "cum buckets" and "whores". A female member filed a complaint against four men, but the Public Prosecution Service saw no reason to prosecute them criminally
Amalia, who had just started her studies at the University of Amsterdam, decided not to join the corps. In doing so, she broke with family tradition: not only did she go to study in Amsterdam instead of Leiden, like her father Willem-Alexander and her grandmother Beatrix, but she also did not become a "member". However, the message was already emphatic that she had decided not to join at that time, leaving open the possibility that she would join later.
It then became clear that the Crown Princess was so seriously threatened that she could no longer live in Amsterdam. She ended up spending a year in Spain.
The Amsterdam corps also apologized to its members and former members last year for the years of structural violence during the hazing period. During the introductory period at some fraternities, new members were exposed to physical abuse, such as punching, kicking and hitting in the face, and severe humiliation.
Cultural change
According to the corps, a cultural change has now begun. There is a code of conduct and there are internal and external confidential counselors. The supervision of the fraternities by the association and the universities has been increased and the physical well-being of the newcomers is taken into account, who must also get enough sleep every night during the initiation process.
After being introduced to the association, Princess Amalia will undergo initiation at one of the more than thirty fraternities and sororities. The association also monitors this after the incidents in recent years.
The A.S.C./A.V.S.V. and the Government Information Service do not want to say anything about Amalia's entry into the corps.
