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Ha!
Well, you're right. Guess I tried to slide that one by and got caught.
Memberships overall were down in the 1970s, way up in the 1980s, down again in the '90s and up big again now.
I just don't like a system that prevents upper division women from joining. It's none of my business what PanHel does, and they don't care what I think. But...I know that if I came to campus and started a sorority from scratch, I could plow right into the top tier in just a couple of rushes.
You and I have talked about this before. Women value stability and "fairness" and the security of the system more than they value aggression and competition and the drive to be #1.
I do believe that sororities saw a threat, real or percieved, in the large, well-organized little sister groups. In the overall scheme of things it probably never amounted to a big issue. I'm very supportive of sororities, and even helped one re-colonize here. I just wish they'd expand the number of houses and allow more women to join.
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