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more about #fraternities boobalore: i went to a really dorky school where only 1/3 of campus was greek, but it was well known that you don't go to certain frats (SAE, called Sexual Assau... more » ArtfulSlinger: I went to a small liberal ARTS college and frats and sororities were NOT allowed on campus due to competition and other issues and I have to say I am ... more » lisas: "As Megan has said time and again (and as too many people still don't get), rape isn't always about sex - it's about power." Maybe I'm a little too bl... more » Remedios Varo can't see no huevos.: At my school it seems like frats have more trouble with alcohol issues than anything else, i.e. one frat was put on probation one year because a pledg... more » rumpelshowsskin: I think the emphasis on weeding out weakness is fraternities is prime breeding ground for assault against women but also against each other. So many g... more » Pennyfeather: I don't know why it's okay to generalize men in groups, but not women. The prevailing notion that frat guys = rapists is about as offensive as the ste... more » Jack_Burton: Fraternity - n., Thirty guys laughing, one guy crying. more » rumpelshowsskin: A friend of mine once told me about a frat at her school in which a frat guy would bring a girl home and leave a sock or something else on the door so... more » The Queen of No: My bestfriend was nearly date-raped by our friend's frat brother. When she said something to him, our friend said "I'll have to hear his side." Guh. more » SisterRay73: I'm in a sorority in a very small Greek system at a very large university in a large city, and while I've heard of extremely skeezy, even rapist, guys... more » birdfeet: YIKES. That article made me feel sick. I don't think I could make it through the book itself. Why do girls still go to frat parties? It was one and... more » hkcd: I was at a party with some old high school friends/acquaintances the other night. A guy I know recently joined a frat and was wearing a t-shirt from ... more » messybessy: Has anyone seen the episode of Buffy in Season 2 where she and Cordelia go to a frat party, get roofied, and then are fed to a giant penis demon? It's... more » Uncommon Whore: I had to google "snow job." I was always such an assertive and straightforward slut, that whole slimy smooth talk thing wouldn't ever work on me. But... more » Wibbles: I've always considered joining the frat at school. It's for academics! I like academics! They just pick up litter around campus, set up campus study g... more » mfnher: Separate but related. Jamie Foxx's "Blame it on the Alcohol". I try REALLY hard not to sing along with that song when it comes on. The lyrics pretty m... more » vamusical: Among fraternities, and the bad situations that may arise from them, there is a HUGE variation in a) rules for getting kicked out of your frat and b) ... more » kendroboto: I have a very biased view towards fraternaties...and it's incredibly negative, to say the least. I was sexually assaulted by a guy in a fraternity who... more » kungfutoday: It's important to remember that not all fraternity members are rapist d-bags. Certainly, many are and a few really bad apples spoil the whole bunch. I... more » Tu-lip: The "Greek System" is the fraternity system, isn't it? I see it in the movies and I've googled it, but I still don't understand it, it's so different ... more » -
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Do Frats Contribute To A Culture Of Sexual Assault?
Nicholas Syrett's article "Bros Before Hos" argues that fraternities developed their current reputations in response to fears of homosexuality. More »
