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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sororities are no different from the real world where, like it or not, we’re all judged and stationed based on qualities such as beauty, wealth, intelligence, likeability, athleticism, social connections.  These factors impact us all throughout our lives.  They determine whether you’re in the popular crowd in grade school, what schools you and your kids attend (top public schools bc you can afford the right neighborhood, private schools bc you have the means to pay tuition), what sport teams you can join, what colleges you get into, what social clubs you are invited to join, what social circles you’ll be in, what jobs you are offered and how far you progress in those jobs.  Getting promoted to the executive level really isn’t that different from sorority rush.

Society, both ours and those of most developed cultures, are based on exclusion and a social hierarchy.  Maybe this is unfair, but it’s the way the world had worked since the begging of civilization.  To deny this and pick on sororities as being an exception is unfair.[/quote]

Lol I can’t tell if this is sarcasm.

Some of us prefer a democratic society where hierarchies aren’t supported and encouraged. Some of us are more civilized than our ancestors and aren’t threatened by equality.

You raise the point about why Greek is so popular in the south though. Southern culture is all about hierarchy which is why they love that the “tier” term continues and they love that some girls are heartbroken at the end. It all helps perpetuate that there is a “top” class of people. [/quote]

You’re naïve or a fool if you think hierarchies aren’t supported and encouraged everywhere.  There are hierarchies based on schools, neighborhoods, jobs.  I’d be willing to bet the DC area has more social clubs and country clubs per capita than any city or town in the South.  There is definitely a top class of people, whether you see them or not.  They have access to better health care, schools, social and leisure opportunities, network and investment opportunities, etc. This type of social hierarchy is much more pronounced in cities like NY, DC, Boston, SF than anywhere in the South. [/quote]

No kidding.  And it starts so young.  Even before college. Some people actually believe that the people in your “top class” are better people.  And Greek life just normalizes it.
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