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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I remember being disgusted when I saw my friends (young women) drinking beer out of baby bottles their freshman year to show their sorority allegiance to a fraternity as "little sisters." [/quote]

I purposely applied to universities that did not have Greek systems because I found this type of behavior gross.  I
Aside from any hazing, I find the Greek system to be exclusionary and judgemental- my best friend from HS went to a public university with a big Greek presence.  She was so tired at the beginning of sophomore year because she sat in a basement sorting through women who wanted to pledge her sorority.  They had to fill out forms and submit pictures and then they decided who got in.  It was so awful to me.[/quote]

Yeah that’s how formal recruitment goes? I think everyone is aware of it especially now in the social media age.

I would be fine if I had a girl and she wanted to join a sorority. I’d make sure she knew about the time and financial commitment and she’d be using her summer job money to help pay dues - but I’d be fine with it from a purely safety standpoint. But I only have boys and I will strongly discourage them from Greek life. Every time you hear about one of these stories where a kid ends up dead or severely/permanently injured, it’s a freshman boy pledging a frat. When Greek orgs are kicked off campus for behavioral violations, 9/10 times it’s a frat, not a sorority. When you get a bunch of 18-22 year old young men together without a lot of oversight from adults, bad things happen. [/quote]

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