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[quote=Anonymous]I was wondering - has anyone actually taken the time to disaffiliate from their college sorority?
I was in one in a top college.  It was a lot of fun and definitely helped my social life.  Now, I think back and I am disgusted.  I feel like the sorority is everything that I teach my young daughter to never be.  We excluded other girls (I can remember some crying and having to go home for a few days when not "selected"), we sat in meetings and discussed other girls after meeting them for 15 minutes, blackballed some girls for the most trivial reason, and then we paired up with fraternities for ridiculous events that other people were not invited to.
I didn't go to one of those schools where sororities are everything in life, but it was still a big part.  We weren't even the most popular or the beautiful crew.  We were pretty middle of the road, and tried to be kind.  That makes me think that if I am so embarrassed to have been a part of such a clique, it must have been even a hundred times worse for others.
I can't stand when people defend them because they do "community service."  My sorority was a bunch of goody-goodies and I don't think we set any records for service.  Plus, there are a million ways to help other people without being part of a group that excludes people in the process!
Should I just chalk it up to things we do when we're young?  I still get a magazine every month that I immediately throw away.  Go through the effort to disaffiliate?
(Anyone else read "Pledged" by Alexandra Robbins? That definitely intensified my feelings!)[/quote]

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