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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Turns out a lot of our older women friends are professionals AND members of DDs sorority. If it works for you it works for you. You can buy sorority gifts on Etsy [b]if it’s too much work[/b] or just borrow them from the chapter. Some of those gifts are 10+ years old. [/quote]

PP: it's not that it was too much work, for me it was more a symptom of a way of thinking/being in a group that seemed numbing--and seemed to too narrowly define a lot of wonderful young women and waste their time and mental energy. Sororities might be the perfect place for some women, that's fine.  And it may help some grow into their potential.  I just think early rushes (and even spring of freshman year seems early to me) don't let young women become settled enough to make a real decision about whether they really want this and what their options are.  It reminds me of the religious groups that also strike early at vulnerable points.  I know they don't see themselves that way, but I do: rush creates false hoops to jump through, and false sense of achievement for a 'good rush' and generally heightens vulnerability at a vulnerable time.  It seems like cult/grooming behavior. I experienced rush, joined, stayed through sophomore year and left a sorority (while staying good friends with some members).  Clearly they are not a fit for me, but for a time in my freshman year they were able to convince me they were--and too much of my time/mental/emotional energy was spent joining, participating, and feeling bad about leaving.  I feel it was a waste of my time at an important time of growth.  So much more growth happened after I left.  This perspective sometimes doesn't get heard because the women who last, who stay on as alums, are the women who it worked for.  But you don't have to start out anti-Greek to become that way. [/quote]

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