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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m not totally opposed to it but anyone says it’s all charity work and bonding and no hazing or sexual assault is hopelessly naive [/quote]

I was in a sorority. I wasn’t hazed, nor was I sexually assaulted. I’m comfortable saying the same is true for ALL of my friends in Greek life.

My DD is in a sorority at a different university. She hasn’t been hazed or sexually assaulted. She did wake up at 6am today to volunteer at an event raising money for pediatric cancer research. She went with 4-5 of her sisters.

(Also, do you really think sexual assault exclusive to Greek life?)[/quote]

That’s great for you and your DD. I’m happy for you, and fwiw I’m not OP. My DD is the one at a school with light Greek life, who likes the girls she knows who are rushing, and who still isn’t interested in rushing herself.

Someone (you?) is insisting that she actually really truly does want to rush — wants it more than she wants anything else in fact — and would absolutely definitely 100% do it if she weren’t scared. You don’t see that this is a weird thing to insist? Is it not the equivalent of my saying to my neighbor with cats, “actually you DO like dogs better than cats, you’re just too scared of dogs to have one.” That would be weird of me, right?

I am glad that you had a great experience. I hope all the girls who rush have a similarly great experience! Go forth with god, my friend. [/quote]

No, that wasn’t me. There are multiple people posting on this thread.

Your daughter can have a great time in college without joining Greek life. I wish nothing but the best for her. My other daughter probably won’t be the sorority type. I’ve lost no sleep over this. She’ll be just as fine as my daughter who chose to do it.

But the insistence on this thread that girls entering Greek life will get hazed or sexually assaulted needs to be addressed. It simply isn’t true. [/quote]

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