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"The theme that ended up emerging---and Robbins confirms this by stating it baldly in her conclusion---is that sororities may claim to exist for service and sisterhood, but they function mostly as a adjunct to fraternities, in order to funnel the most socially acceptable college girls into the beds and onto the arms of fraternity brothers. "
"What Robbins finds is there’s something of a bait and switch going on with sororities. (At least the historically white sororities---historically black ones have different recruitment systems). Freshmen girls are attracted to the system because they imagine they’re going to find a whole bunch of girl friends, and this is actually true for many, but what they get when they get there is that everything they do is centered around fraternities and getting dates, preferably with frat boys. And from within the system, I don’t think many of the girls are able to see and articulate this for what it is, in no small part because it’s just an extension of how high schools tend to be socially structured around boys, and even the “mean girls” who run the system are subject to the need to please and be validated by the boys. "
"But what I found most shocking was how blatantly boyfriend-grubbing was institutionalized at the sororities, since most of them had some sort of candlelight ceremony where you celebrate it if some dude will allow you to be his real girlfriend. Grades and other achievements didn’t rate near the enthusiasm. "
"I came to the conclusion at the end of it that the Greek system, as it currently stands, needs to go."
So, to those of you who have had experience with sororities and the like, what do you think about this? Is this an accurate depiction?
Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FD
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