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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why would anyone want their kid to join a fraternity. Really.

You name the health issue (binge drinking, hazing, rape) and they have an outsized problem. This is based upon studies, not my stereotype).

Think about what else your kid is "learning" there.[/quote]

Social connections, popularity[/quote]

I think drinking, hazing and sex are why men join [/quote]

I did not ask why a certain type of young man might want to join, I asked why a parent would EVER want their college age child in one. [/quote]

do you have a current college student? The drinking and sex are just as prevalent outside of greek life now, if not moreso. Those inside greek life are actually held to standards and face charges that affect the entire chapter if caught. My kid goes go a heavy greek life school. Chapters have been suspended and/or kicked off for things like sororities giving new members a bottle of champagne, a frat requiring boys to party every night for the first week of pledging, having hard alcohol in their frat house, making pledges wear ugly clothes (considered hazing), etc. Right now, if they are caught in a group of more than 15, the whole frat or sorority can get disbanded.
The students not in greek life, are free to do whatever they want without responsibility to an organization. Their infractions only affect themselves. There are students who don’t party, but for those who do, it’s a free for all, and many have moved past alcohol and weed and cocaine is surprisingly common on college campuses now.
In addition, Sports teams haze just as hard if not harder and clubs party just as hard, although they can face infractions. 
You can’t blame everything on greek life. All college students are adults and need to make responsible decisions. If they can’t, they shouldn’t be away from home yet. [/quote]

I do have a kid in college right now.

One who would not even consider a heavy greek school.

If you think such schools have the same culture as non greek, you are wrong.

There are many studies to document this.

Have the worse been shut down (often after DEATHS), yes. But what was up with that being needed.

You are kidding yourself. Maybe you should read up how distorted people's views of college drinking are.

http://cobe.vcu.edu/behind-the-numbers-love-liquor-and-social-norms-theory-at-vcu/[/quote]

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