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Originally Posted by gtdxeric
One thing that I think is so fundamental to fraternity/sorority life that it's often overlooked by members: if you're in a fraternity, you have to enjoy, at least on some level, a lot of interaction with a lot of different men. Similarly, I have female friends who could never be in a sorority, simply because they couldn't handle that many girls in one place, and the drama would just outweigh the benefits of sisterhood to them. This manifests itself as the stereotype of the "frat guy" who is always hanging out with six to seven other guys, and the "sorority girl" who never goes anywhere without a cloud of her girls in her wake. Does this make sense?
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This is exactly what people thought about me and what I thought about myself for a long time but Sigma Gamma Rho proved me wrong. One of our stereotypes (that we encourage) is about us being so individual and encouraging individuality, and I have to say that of most of the sorors I've met, this rings true. Many of the ones I've met did not even seriously consider greek life until finding out about Sigma Gamma Rho because they thought that they wouldn't be able to be themselves. Because the Sigma women on my campus were so individual (had lots of non-greek friends and were a part of other clubs) even though they were in a sorority, I felt that I could still be myself and I didn't have to be around them 24/7. I'm naturally a loner (well, part of me is) and I have lots of guy friends, but I found that I can be around a group of girls when I want to or to achieve something. My sorors respect that sometimes I need to be a loner or to be around others and they are cool with that. They know that when I'm ready to be with the group, I'll come around and they can count on me to do whatever I signed up to do or what they need for me to do. So my personality definitely doesn't fit the stereotype and I was even one of those who once said that they would never join a sorority and complained about how women just can't get along. So go figure.