[blkwebman1919]

I always find it interesting that many in the blue and white fam who are part of co-ed chapters generalize that those who are in gender-specific chapters "fear change", as if those chapters "aren't enlightened", or need to "come out of the dark ages", or something along those lines.

Just for the sake of argument: Change for the sake of change isn't necessarily a good thing. In many situations, change means loss of stability, loss of tradition, loss of history, etc., etc.

I was made in a gender-specific chapter of KKPsi and the fact that it was gender-specific had a lot to do with defining its character. I'm a graduate of an HBCU. In the Black Greek community, fraternities are all-male and sororities are all-female. Nothing more, nothing less. We wouldn't have it any other way, and no-one feels discriminated against, or restricted, or what have you.

Honestly, I would recognize a female member of KKPsi (I've met a few and they're cool). I would never (at least not intentionally) snub anyone; that's just not my nature. I even met a couple of male members of TBS many years ago. I have to admit, though, that the term "male sister" still throws me (but, that's just me). I'm "old school", though, so sue me.... ;-)

That being said, I do appreciate that some schools chose to switch to co-ed chapters or decided to colonize as such. They have their reasons and their history. However, DO NOT discount or trivialize the same of us who came through single-sex chapters. Our characteristics define our chapters just as co-ed chapters do theirs. Just as co-ed chapters wouldn't imagine being any other way, neither do single-sex chapters.