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The biggest problem with it is that (as has been stated numerous times in this thread) it puts ALL of our organizations at risk of losing their single sex status. If some groups have members of the opposite sex, then we can all lose our ability to remain single sex tax exempt organizations. Fraternities, sororities, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, and a few other select groups fought to be able to discriminate by gender and got formal rulings to ensure that we could stay single sex organizations. Formal "little sister" groups such as the former Lambda Chi Crescents were banned for very good reasons. Our GLOs spent big money on lobbyists and attorneys to preserve our single sex status. If we lose it, we will either have to allow members of the opposite sex to join our organizations or we will lose our tax exempt status.
Additionally, the less formal lil sis/big brother type arrangements were used for what we termed "cross-hazing" when we started cracking down on hazing big time in the late 80's/early 90's. Then everybody could say "We don't haze our pledges", while allowing other groups to do it for them.
Rules don't come from nowhere. It's helpful to understand the reasons for them.
Dee
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