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The SADDEST part about this all, is that this is not an isolated incident. This occurs ALL the time-- with chapters that are struggling or not. I have heard accounts from women from different STRONG chapters that have been forced to "hide in the kitchen" because they aren't the "face of XYZ" or they don't "fit the image of ABC." Out of 200 women in a chapter, these women are the 3 or 4 who don't meet their new members until bid day, but who have worked just as hard behind the scenes.
The fact that this occurs more often than most people realize just goes to show the culture of greek organizations. The fact that it happens shows that people allow looks and size to matter to them. If it REALLY didn't matter to PNM's, why would the chapters still do it?
I think most of us here on GC don't have the "stereotypical sorority girl" mindset and we hold ourselves to higher standards than that.
But the fact is, at some schools, in our very own chapters at those schools, this is the NORM.
Last edited by axidgl; 06-25-2007 at 03:05 PM.
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